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Computers and Software => Computers and Software - General => Topic started by: GraphicDisorder on July 26, 2011, 08:49:26 AM
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A lot of you are designers. Tell us about your computer? Here is my main computer. This is my workhorse.
i7 920 Quad Core w/HyperThreading / Asus P6T V2 Motherboard
12gb 1333 DDR3 RAM
120gb Intel SSD (OS/Programs)
300gb WD Velociraptor 10,000 rpm HD (scratch disk)
1tb WD Black 7,200 rpm HD (main data)
2tb WD Green HD (additional data)
1tb Maxtor One Touch (Data Backup)
Nvida EVGA 1gb DDR3 Graphics Card with Dual Dual-Link DVI's.
Cooler Master Case with 5 120mm fans, Nvida Edition / 650w Power Supply
30 inch HP 2560x1600 + 30 inch Samsung 2560x1600
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2008 13" MacBook 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 250GB Drive.
20" Apple Cinema Display, Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse.
Probably not the most robust rig, but it handled a 672 MB layered Photoshop file for a 30 x 80 show banner at 300 dpi with decent speed. I do a job like that maybe once a year. Most other Photoshop work falls within the 10 - 15 MB range at most.
The RAM is maxed out at this point.
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I have the same setup as tpitman except for the display that I use at home now that I got an Imac. Heres whats inside it Imac.
2.93 4 Core i7 processor
12 MB ram
2 TB hard drive
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB Graphics card
27" Apple LED display
This things a beast so far. I have not had any issues with it.
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2008 13" MacBook 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 250GB Drive.
20" Apple Cinema Display, Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse.
Probably not the most robust rig, but it handled a 672 MB layered Photoshop file for a 30 x 80 show banner at 300 dpi with decent speed. I do a job like that maybe once a year. Most other Photoshop work falls within the 10 - 15 MB range at most.
The RAM is maxed out at this point.
Good stuff, ya I work with files that large basically every day so I needed a pretty serious computer. I built it over 2 years ago now.
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I have the same setup as tpitman except for the display that I use at home now that I got an Imac. Heres whats inside it Imac.
2.93 4 Core i7 processor
12 MB ram
2 TB hard drive
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB Graphics card
27" Apple LED display
This things a beast so far. I have not had any issues with it.
Typo right? I had 12MB of ram back in 1990 and it was awesome! I could run Visi-Calc really fast!
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Oops. You're right, it's 4GB of RAM. That's okay. Before I made the post I had that banner job at 672 GB and caught that mistake. Would've been a hell of a job running that with 4MB of RAM. My original Mac IIsi had a whopping 5 megs of RAM.
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I have the same setup as tpitman except for the display that I use at home now that I got an Imac. Heres whats inside it Imac.
2.93 4 Core i7 processor
12 MB ram
2 TB hard drive
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB Graphics card
27" Apple LED display
This things a beast so far. I have not had any issues with it.
Typo right? I had 12MB of ram back in 1990 and it was awesome! I could run Visi-Calc really fast!
LOL yeah oops. 12 GB. Too bad I cant implant that into my brain. ;D
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Thinkstation S10
dual core Xeon 3.0Ghz
6GB ECC Ram
SATA Raid drives
Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 running dual displays
SB Live
64 bit Win 7
This is a photo/video optimized workstation designed by IBM. The bandwidth on the bus is about double the regular PC's, has more cache on the CPU and the video card has the MSRP of $2k. I've ran 1.5GB files in Illustrator (with 8-10 embedded DCS files) and you can't tell the difference from a smaller file. Everything is instant no matter what you throw at it. The sticker price on it was close to $5K when new, I bought it used for $570 two years later (through my connections from the previous business). 'had it for over a year now. . .
Dot Tone Dan was not impressed when he was here, he said it ran like his Mac workstation he had at Mickey's place (sticker of probably around $6k). I', thinking my 1/8th of that for same performance is a pretty good deal!
pierre
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I read this as Ring at first and got excited...
Sorry, that is all I have to add! :)
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I am building a new one fairly cheap. It should rock pretty well. I am not sure what specs it will have, I don't have a huge budget, so we'll see, but it should rock.
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We run all newer 13 inch macbooks at the shop. 2.4 core 2 duo.
4gig ram, SSD drives for OS and Apps. 7200 RPM drives for data.
We have a linux server running virtual box which hosts a WINXP virtual machine with quickbooks and fastmanager. Another WinXP virtual machine - that acts as our network rip using accurip. So anyone can print films.
Our client folder is shared via dropbox.com between me and my wifes computer. This way we can both work on art. From either computer without being hooked up to a fileserver. It syncs stuff online and then to our computers almost instantaneously.
Also we have a VPN into the office so if we want we can connect to quickbooks and fastmanager from home. I can also print films from home to the shop so they are ready for Jen when she comes in in the morning to burn screens.
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We run all newer 13 inch macbooks at the shop. 2.4 core 2 duo.
4gig ram, SSD drives for OS and Apps. 7200 RPM drives for data.
We have a linux server running virtual box which hosts a WINXP virtual machine with quickbooks and fastmanager. Another WinXP virtual machine - that acts as our network rip using accurip. So anyone can print films.
Our client folder is shared via dropbox.com between me and my wifes computer. This way we can both work on art. From either computer without being hooked up to a fileserver. It syncs stuff online and then to our computers almost instantaneously.
Also we have a VPN into the office so if we want we can connect to quickbooks and fastmanager from home. I can also print films from home to the shop so they are ready for Jen when she comes in in the morning to burn screens.
Good stuff, good to see someone a little techy like myself around here.
We also have remote access to all of our computers as well as our server from home or where ever. So if we need to work or get a file or whatever we can do that.
At home we have a 27 inch iMac with 8gb of ram. Just a dual core, since we don't work much at home. We also have a MacBook Pro, also just a dual core, 4gb of ram.
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Good stuff, good to see someone a little techy like myself around here.
We also have remote access to all of our computers as well as our server from home or where ever. So if we need to work or get a file or whatever we can do that.
At home we have a 27 inch iMac with 8gb of ram. Just a dual core, since we don't work much at home. We also have a MacBook Pro, also just a dual core, 4gb of ram.
I love nerding out.. Stoked you got some nice macs!
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Good stuff, good to see someone a little techy like myself around here.
We also have remote access to all of our computers as well as our server from home or where ever. So if we need to work or get a file or whatever we can do that.
At home we have a 27 inch iMac with 8gb of ram. Just a dual core, since we don't work much at home. We also have a MacBook Pro, also just a dual core, 4gb of ram.
I love nerding out.. Stoked you got some nice macs!
I enjoy the Macs, personally still cant bring myself to use them in the work environment though, my computers are very stable so not had a real reason to do that yet. Maybe someday though.
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I just picked up a Dell refurb "work laptop", so I can manage artwork a little easier wherever I am. I carry a portable HD with me and run sync software between machines so at any given point I should have at least 3 versions of all my important files.
Dell XPS L702X with:
Intel Core i7-2630QM processor (2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz)
640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
17.3in FHD WLED AG (1920x1080)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
Would have been nice to have an SSD for the OS but the Dell outlet is limited on what they have and you gotta jump quick to catch something!
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I just picked up a Dell refurb "work laptop", so I can manage artwork a little easier wherever I am. I carry a portable HD with me and run sync software between machines so at any given point I should have at least 3 versions of all my important files.
Dell XPS L702X with:
Intel Core i7-2630QM processor (2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz)
640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
17.3in FHD WLED AG (1920x1080)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
Would have been nice to have an SSD for the OS but the Dell outlet is limited on what they have and you gotta jump quick to catch something!
I LOVE the outlet deals, there is a lot of computer to be had for not a lot of money. That looks like a pretty nice laptop!
pierre
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Sony Viao
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 GHz
3 Gigs of RAM
17" screen plus a 32" plasma screen on the side :D
Recently had to modify the power plug.... Damn thing finally just wore out...
Ended up using some RCA jacks I found around the house. Worked pretty good!!
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5985874242_383f9757c1_z.jpg)
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You all will get a kick out of this....... I don't know all the details of our system, I know it is HUGE. My IT team is very good!! 4 servers with terabytes of stuff.......workstations everywhere, all custom built for specific use.
Anyway.......one day, all artists were in a meeting in the art area. We looked at the film printer as it was printing film and realized no one had pushed print. I suddenly realized that one of my artists was on the way to New York on vacation and had a flight on Virgin airlines (with WIFI) and taken her laptop. She was running films for her jobs at 40,000 feet over St Louis. (I guessed that a 6 hour flight to New York was boring......LOL)
I love technology.............
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im running a all in one mac classic with a 4" screen...ha s a floppy... ;)
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My home rig's old now ( some parts were 'old' when they were new )
AMD Athlon X2 5200+ ( 2.71 ghz )
Asus m2n-e motherboard
Asus nvidia 9800GT Ultimate 512 ( factory overclocked 725/1750/2000 )
4 gig Corsair Ram ( 3.5 accessible, with the 512meg on the vid card, I still run XP 32bit )
Two 250gig ( seagate? western digital? ) drives, first split in half, second is pagefile, data backup and general crap.
Corsair 520w power supply ( high amps on the 12v rail, can't remember the number atm )
etc.
Stuffed it all in an Antec 900 case.
Good rig, use it for work and play.
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at work I run a mac G5tower ( pre-pro) with dual 2.5 ghz. Risc based Power PC chips. 8 gigs ram, It has a ata drive but I'm running dual 500 gig Scsi raid array drives, ATI Radeon 9550 running dual 21" Diamondtron Nf Pro 2040 CRT monitors..
I just got a 17"Macbook pro i7 Quad core 2.3 with the upgraded 9500 RPM drive and HD antiglare monitor.. 12 gigs ram. I plug it into a 24" LCd by viewsonic.
Now that I have some extra cash from a recent gig I'm looking at the 12-core Mac pro towers...
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12-core Mac pro towers...
Holy smokes! Sounds like something you'd have to wear a radiation suit or pressurized flight suit around . . . :P
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It's just two 2.6 ghz, 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” processors
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At work I have a brand new Quad core Mac G5 with 8 gig of ram, Eizo 24" monitor and a regular 22" Acer monitor on the side for panels.
At home, I have 20" iMac (6 years old) ready to be replaced and a chepo PC (stands for PIECE of CRAP) to run embroidery software and print seps in the basement.
I cant wait to get some extra money so I cold get spiced up 27" iMac next fall.
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Got tired of my slow desktop so went ahead and built a new PC. I haven't done this in years, but I'm tired of Dell's reliability even though their service is great. The laptop just had the screen replaced under warranty.
So I picked my nerd-friends brains and this is what I ended up building:
AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6ghz Quad core processor
16gb RAM
120gb SSD (regular hard drives are so expensive right now because of flooding)
PNY ge-force 520 1gb cheap video card for multiple display awesomeness
23" LED backlit monitor
It's a beast! Just need to install the rest of my programs and get it crankin'!