4season
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For asset management, editing and output that is. Not wondering whether it can be done, but rather, whether it can be done as well as I might do it under OS X in terms of color management and what not.
What I'm thinking of right now includes:
24" NEC Spectraview monitor (30-bit)
Lenovo Thinkstation C20 2x Xeon "Westmere" CPUs, DDR3 RDIMMs
nVidia Quadro video connected via DisplayLink to the NEC
Epson 3880 printer
Pantone Huey Pro
Last time I tried it, GIMP was limited to 24-bit color, raw conversion via ufraw looked pretty rough around the edges compared with commercial software, I didn't try to get a color calibrator working, and have no idea of 16-bit/channel output to the Epson is supported. What's the state of things now? Currently using Aperture 3.1 for everything.
The appeal of the Thinkstation is that it's a bit smaller than the Mac Pro and it's looking like a $1K++ savings. Would have been perfectly happy to buy another 24" iMac with i7 processor, but they don't make one, and the 27-incher won't fit in the space that I've got. Not big on glossy screens in any event.
What I'm thinking of right now includes:
24" NEC Spectraview monitor (30-bit)
Lenovo Thinkstation C20 2x Xeon "Westmere" CPUs, DDR3 RDIMMs
nVidia Quadro video connected via DisplayLink to the NEC
Epson 3880 printer
Pantone Huey Pro
Last time I tried it, GIMP was limited to 24-bit color, raw conversion via ufraw looked pretty rough around the edges compared with commercial software, I didn't try to get a color calibrator working, and have no idea of 16-bit/channel output to the Epson is supported. What's the state of things now? Currently using Aperture 3.1 for everything.
The appeal of the Thinkstation is that it's a bit smaller than the Mac Pro and it's looking like a $1K++ savings. Would have been perfectly happy to buy another 24" iMac with i7 processor, but they don't make one, and the 27-incher won't fit in the space that I've got. Not big on glossy screens in any event.