Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
Has anyone tried running Phocus or C1 on the new Macbook air? Does it pack enough power to process big files?
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Not sure about new one, but i do run C1 on top of the line of previous generation , and it works ok for 22mp filesHas anyone tried running Phocus or C1 on the new Macbook air? Does it pack enough power to process big files?
Would love to se a MB Air which can handle SW like Phocus, I really doubt. Run it on my MBPro 1 year old with 4G RAM and it is not really fast.Has anyone tried running Phocus or C1 on the new Macbook air? Does it pack enough power to process big files?
Perhaps instead of increasingly needing hardware to solve for it perhaps the hope would be that the engineers and software developers would work on making the software more efficient .Would love to se a MB Air which can handle SW like Phocus, I really doubt. Run it on my MBPro 1 year old with 4G RAM and it is not really fast.
Peter
PS: Woody, I thought you sold all your Hasselblad and M9 gear for the S2? Did this change already again
Peter - Nope. A year ago I considered all the options including S2 and Phase One, but decided to stick with M9 and Hasselblad. I've had an H4D-60 on order under H's exchange program since December last year - Foto Care says there is finally one with my name on it in the US on its way here.Would love to se a MB Air which can handle SW like Phocus, I really doubt. Run it on my MBPro 1 year old with 4G RAM and it is not really fast.
Peter
PS: Woody, I thought you sold all your Hasselblad and M9 gear for the S2? Did this change already again
HI PeterWould love to se a MB Air which can handle SW like Phocus, I really doubt. Run it on my MBPro 1 year old with 4G RAM and it is not really fast.
Peter
Not travellin' much, are you? I am doing transatlantic/transpacific hops every couple months, sometime more often, and do domestic flying/driving a lot. Air is fairly good replacement for most of stuff in the field, when you dont need tethering, and need to get results out fast, and trying to reduce some weight.MAC BOOK AIR ? ? ?
A beautiful toy for those who already have everything .
Thats about all which comes into my mind .
Why are you sure that it can't cut the mustard? I rather felt that the opposite had been suggested.OK, the Mac Book Air can't cut the mustard, but what can? Is there anything out there that's really compact and really light, can run Phocus and can cut the mustard?
HI TherePower or Weight/Size
pick one MBP's really aren't that big. Have you held one?
I can speak from personal experience that Capture One and Aperture scale nearly linearly across multiple cores when processing JPGs and close to linear when processing TIFFs. So an 8 core mac will go nearly 2 times faster than a 4 core iMac or 4 times faster than a 2-core MacBookPro. Play generously with those numbers as you change ram/disk-speed/cpu-clock-speed, but that's the general idea.To be honest, it didn't really answer any questions for me, but I was really surprised how much faster the Mac Pro was, even with only 3g of ram. If the Macbook Air had USB 3 (for external drives) I would probably buy one and a Mac Pro. Right now I think I am going to hold out and see whether the Sandbridge chips show up in Macbook Pros early next year.
I'm using a 15" MBP with 512MB video memory, 8Gb memory and a 7200RPM disk. It's ok for me when travelling but I don't shoot tethered so can't speak to that. I do get to spend time watching the little wheel spin as I move around an image at 100%. So I guess that your mustard variety would be a deciding factor. Do you have a friendly Mac shop handy?OK, the Mac Book Air can't cut the mustard, but what can? Is there anything out there that's really compact and really light, can run Phocus and can cut the mustard?
Perhaps I missed the confirmation that the Mac Book Air can cut the mustard when using Phocus?Why are you sure that it can't cut the mustard? I rather felt that the opposite had been suggested.