What is Your Design Setup?
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- aesthletics
I'm just interested in peoples setups for design work, in particular print design. I might be buying a new IMac and was also wondering if the 20" 2.4GHZ 2GB RAM option is a good setup for print design? I know that a Mac Pro is ideal but is not in my price range unfortunately. Any help would be appreciated.
- adev0
DO NOT GET THE 20" iMac FOR PRINT DESIGN.. unless you have a good 2nd monitor for an external display. The latest 20" lcd screen is horrible. Great machine--sucky lcd monitor.
Work: PowerMac dual 1.8 G5, 2.5gb ram, 22 or 23" ACD
Home: 2.0ghz Alum iMac, 3gb ram- are you talking about the glossy screan?
'cause that thing is impossible to work onsikma - No... there's a horrible light gradient from top to bottom due to the design of the screen. Glossy is forgivable, the gradient effect is not.adev
- It's a cheap TN type LCD panel. 24" are high quality IPS panelsadev
- Surely you get the colour change on most LCD'sDancer
- I use a 24" imac and it's fine for print. really. quit whining.doesnotexist
- are you talking about the glossy screan?
- DCDesigns0
Work - Mac Pro, 2 gigs ram, 2 - 23 inch displays. Home - G5 Power Mac, 4.5 gigs ram, 23 inch display. The 20 inch might be a little small for print work. The 24 inch would be better in my humble opinion.
- acescence0
mac pro 2.66, 16gb ram and 2 dell 2408WFPs. get as much ram as possible. ram ram ram. i need ram like zombies need brains.
- monospaced0
A new 24" iMac is a decent machine, especially when maxed out with ram.
- agreed.capn_ron
- Thats what I have, love it so far. Bought it cheap from Apple refurbs, and maxed it out on ram myself.
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- capn_ron0
17" laptop and new 3Ghz 24" imac with full ram capacity. smoking machine.
- aesthletics0
i'm thinking of the 20" IMac 2.4GHz and maxing out the RAM, or at least to 2GB. I think i can only afford that.
- adev0
Here, check out the 20" screen issue...
- 1pxsolid0
hey aesthletics be careful with the latest imacs. We had some in our office and monitor was way too bright... and if you're doing print you really shouldn't be compromising on the monitor.
That's my two cents.... I do however love the new imacs... but when I saw the ones at work I really second guessed em.
- Peter0
Work: 1 new mac, 1 new pc, 2 new monitors, 1 new A4 tablet
Home: 1 old pc, 1 new monitor (huge), 1 old A4 tablet
- omgitsacamera0
20in iMac (The generation before the new ones), 500GB FW Drive, Apple Wireless Keyboard, Wacom 5x4, Canon MP610
- trooper0
dell e521 2 gig ram, 20inch monitor dual core shit hd space loads of external usb drives canon ip4300 printer, labtec ultrasmall keyboard, logitec smart lazer mouse
- stewart0
imac 20" lcd is horrible. when i fill the screen with FF0000 it looks like this, serious:
- That's what my MacBook Pro looks like. I can't really afford an external either...ismith
- yuck I don't see this on my 24"doesnotexist
- I smell lemonMeeklo
- digdre0
macbookpro 15" 2,4ghz c2d, 2gb ram
22"samsung Syncmaster, 226BW
- Timson0
isn't the imac for fun and games?
i have a intel dualcore 2.13 Ghz, 2Gb Ram with a 24" eizo monitor.
also have a IBM thinkp- That's windows.omgitsacamera
- thinkpad that isTimson
- no dude... pc's are for fun and games....and macs are too plus the good CS programsjoseprieto
- i just like how i can customize my pc without having to put myself in debt.Timson
- iMac has MUCH better specs than your POS PC.monospaced
- Dancer0
Powerbook, yes powerbook, G4 867. 2 gig'o'ram 40 gig HD, Lacie CRT. I wouldn't run CS3 on it though :/
I am waiting for the next gen MBP. and yes I am a print designer.
- May the force be with youjoseprieto
- thanks – some days I need it :/Dancer
- joseprieto0
mac book pro 17 with 4 gig of ram and 250 on HD. with a 20 inch apple cinema display.... I hate the resolution on this monitor... my laptop has more resolution! wtf! why do they do this?
- lele0
- Brokenboi0
Mac Book Pro 2.5 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM. Works like a charm, although I'm not in print but motion graphics.
- SlashPeckham0
g4 powerbook 17" and 2 gigs of ram
macbookpro 15.5" and 2 gigs of ram
g5 and 2 gigs of ram...
a couple of 24 inch monitors .. and some kind of shitty pc
- ximeraLabs0
I have a 15" MacBook Pro with a 21" Mitsubishi monster monitor hooked up to it – works fine.