lamoda Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hey everyone, I'm a photographer www.lamodastudio.com I process around 2500 high res images per job, and would love to build a workhorse machine. Can anyone provide a recommended list of parts. Also hoe do I install os x and how do I deal with updates? Thank in advance for all your help. Joe Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...&pid=940826 should work for your needs as well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/#findComment-960212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 If you are working in photography and processing that many photos, I would recommend something a bit more. Especially now that CS4 take advantage of GPUs the way it does. Also RAW imagery is a resource hog, memory is you good friend and it is cheap right now. GA-EP45-DS3R Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz NVIDIA 9800GTX+ 16GB of RAM (16GB is ~$400 right now!!) 700W Power Supply Antec Sonata Case 640GB Hard Drive 2x 1TB Internal Drives Pioneer DVR-216 DVD-R Drive ~ $1700 (Newegg pricing USD) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/#findComment-961416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 mac pro quad ,... get a used one, upgrade, since you will rely on it, you don't want to end up with a unusable machine, just because the assistant, did not know any better than click ok, for the update,.... also some of the RAW updates will rely on os updates,... for jpeg's, you'd be fine with a dual core, imac,... thought youd'd might want a better monitor for calibration,.... in any case, you'd want a raid setup (firewire is fine), for the temporary crunch,.... speed and backup for raw and sheer power,... bibble pro, with an raptors , 3GHz+ screams, for really fast , a U320 15k raid 10, or sas , on 8 core,.... in any case, you should have , one fully supported machine,.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/#findComment-961441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I can run all the updates on my Hack, and I have all the raw updates. Do a retail install and you will have less issue with updates than if you do a pre packaged install. I agree with rschultz101 storage is key and fast hard drives help. Drobo makes a great stand alone storage unit that works well with Mac OS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/#findComment-961505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 is this a kind of competition ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/#findComment-961524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamoda Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Thanks for all the great suggestions! I always take photos in raw, so speed is very important tome. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135514-hackintosh-for-a-photographer/#findComment-963483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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