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CaptureOne bettet on iMac or Windows PC with Eizo Coloredge

Urs Meyer
Hello

I am upgrading my HW. What would you recommend for an enthusiastic non-professional photographer?

A 27" iMac (with i7 and 512 MB SSD) calibrated using e.g. i-Rite Colormunki Photo,
or Windows PC with same specs with a 27" Eizo Coloredge screen (self-calibrating).

What screen resolution makes sense for Eizo? I work with a 24MP camera, no movies. The iMac has 5k screen resolution, is this a big benefit?

To make it simple, when you read this post just answer whether you are using Capture One on a Mac or a Windows PC, this would help.
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  • vpv
    My 2 cents...

    If you are producing photos, not video, there is no benefits from 5k monitors.
    On iMac - they have very silly, non-professional grade video card, which hardly cope with the 5k screen with good loads.
    Another misadventures from iMac:
    - shiny screen (very reflective)
    - very lower power on the ports

    They might announce new iMac in January/February 2017, but for now top Macbook Pro with 2 high-end video cards + EIZO monitor would be better solution for photo post-production

    During POCP trainig tha phaseone does not recommend to use iMac or the mini for professional workflow
    And, Apple version has some benefits over Windows version:
    - Apple scripts
    - Apple Colorspace

    Thanks,
    ~Pavel - www.instagram.com/torontointeriors.photography/
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  • Urs Meyer
    Dear Pavel, thanks for your useful comment and recommendation! Urs
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  • Veeral Patel
    With all due respect, why are you opting for a Eizo ColorEdge if you are just an enthusiastic non-professional photographer ? If you don't need a color critical monitor why go over board ? Additionally Eizo is about to release new monitors as well.

    You may have noticed alot of people are having issues with TIFF files in C1 v10 and from my experience these issues didn't appear on Windows 10. General C1 felt alot faster under Windows 10 than it did under Sierra.

    The new macbook pro has battery issues.

    In my opinion you are better off with a Windows PC you can pick your processor and a powerful GPU and add a lower end Eizo or NEC.
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  • RobertJosephBailey
    I use a Macbook Pro (2012) with an i7 and 16GB of ram and a Dell Lattitude with an i5 (4 core) and 8GB of RAM. Both have SSD's. Both machines have graphics cards. I'm using a Dell 27inch 2560 monitor.

    The Mac is a little faster in rendering the previews but not much.

    The Mac (El Capitan) cost about £1500 before adding the memory and the SSD, the Dell (Win7-64) £700 ram and SSD included.

    If I had to start again I would not buy another Mac. But there is a difference in PC's so choose carefully.

    Good luck.

    R
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  • Urs Meyer
    all, thanks for your good hints. I will settle on an powerfull but still not too costly Windows PC and a lower-end Eizo monitor!
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