Hey everyone, I'm needing help finding out what the best option is for a computer that can handle photography and all it's software.
Any help would be great!!!
SchatzPhotography Hatchling 2 posts Joined Jul 2010 More info | Jul 06, 2010 22:35 | #1 Hey everyone, I'm needing help finding out what the best option is for a computer that can handle photography and all it's software.
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Jul 06, 2010 22:44 | #2 Budget, OS (Win, OS X, Linux), Camera? (for next few years), do you already have a monitor?, are you interested in so-so, good or great color reproduction (screen), are you a DIY kind of person?, what country you from?
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tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 373 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Jul 06, 2010 23:53 | #3 Buy a Dell with an i5 CPU, 4-8GB RAM, 2 disks, and with a 2209WA monitor. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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HyperYagami Goldmember 2,405 posts Joined Nov 2007 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA More info | given you said absolutely nothing other than "a computer that can handle photography", here is my suggestion.
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petriej Member 83 posts Joined Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO More info | Jul 07, 2010 14:26 | #5 I've had a 2 Dells, an HP and now have a MacBook Pro. I can't say enough about the Mac, it's a 17 inch with dual core. The new ones have quad core which would be amazing. I have run Aperture and the CS5 suite and it handles everything with ease. Canon 5DMK4 | Canon EOS Rebel T1i | Canon ELF SD1000 | Canon 70-200 F2.8 II | Canon EF 50mm 1:4 | Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS | Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS | 580EXII | Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 | Manfrotto 488RC4 | PW MiniTT1 | PW FlexTT5 | Black Rapid Sport
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In2Photos Cream of the Crop  19,813 posts Likes: 6 Joined Dec 2005 Location: Near Charlotte, NC. More info | Jul 07, 2010 14:32 | #6 HyperYagami wrote in post #10493977  given you said absolutely nothing other than "a computer that can handle photography", here is my suggestion. Dell Studio XPS 9000 PROCESSORS Intel® Core™ i7-980X processor(12MB L3 Cache, 3.33GHz) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English WARRANTY AND SERVICE 3 Year Basic Service Plan MEMORY 24GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs HARD DRIVE 3TB Dual Hard Drives (2x1.5TB SATA 7200 RPM HDDs) ADDITIONAL HARD DRIVE 2TB SATA 7200 RPM Hard Drive VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 MONITOR 24.0” Dell U2410 UltraSharp™ Full HD Monitor OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BD-ROM; DVD/CD Burner) and DVD+/-RW SPEAKERS Bose Companion 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System SOUND CARD Soundblaster® X-Fi™ Titanium WIRELESS Dell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card KEYBOARD Dell Wireless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse MOUSE Mouse included in Wireless, Laser or Bluetooth Package MODEM No Modem Option Subtotal $7,438.98 Should last you a while. No SSD for that price! Pfffffttt! Mike, The Keeper of the Archive
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Jul 08, 2010 11:07 | #7 The Sony Z is a cute little thing 5D MK II AF Satisfaction Poll | Reduced Kit List
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Gnhntn Senior Member More info | Jul 09, 2010 09:13 | #8 http://www.bestbuy.com …18152464094&skuId=9699025 "Why is it that children know how to forgive and forget...But adults forget how to forgive?"
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it would handle photography just fine 
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