[G4] AGP hard drive question

JayB FromJay at joimail.com
Mon Feb 6 15:58:10 PST 2006


On Feb 6, 2006, at 5:49 PM, David DelMonte wrote:

> I don't think you'll have major issues. You'll have to check the 
> jumper settings on the IDE drives. I believe they must be set to 
> master. Perhaps someone can help us out here.
>
> BTW, what have you heard about Aperture?

NON INTUITIVE, SLOW.
>
> David
>
> ps. help me: what digital cameras do you like?
>
> I'm likely to switch from Nikon to Canon for prof. reasons (lots of 
> architecture so I HAVE to have full frame chip).  I currently use a 
> 14mp Kodak SLR/n (full frame chip and Nikon mount).

Site:  www.Jbrousseau.com
>
> On Feb 6, 2006, at 5:49 PM, JayB wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 6, 2006, at 4:18 PM, David DelMonte wrote:
>>
>>> You can do several things. You still can add an IDE drive and 
>>> connect to the cable that connects to the mother board. Those cables 
>>> - plus the 4 prong power cable can support at least two or three 
>>> extra ide drives.
>>>
>>> You can replace the scsi drive, but I personally dont like that idea 
>>> - others will disagree.
>>>
>>> You can go with firewire - that's what I do now. More portability 
>>> for when I travel.
>>>
>>> If you're not too comfortable installing an internal drive, I'd take 
>>> out the scsi stuff and move to firewire. I think you'll be fine in 
>>> Photoshop (have you looked at Aperture or LightRoom (Apple and Adobe 
>>> respectively))??
>>
>> PS/CS-2 addresses most of my issues that were needed in PS/ CS.  I've 
>> heard ugly things about Aperture already and can't imagine that Adobe 
>> wouldn't kick up a better solution to anything that Apple would do in 
>> the (still photography) post-production dept.  Either way, most pros 
>> will still have to use PS for the vast majority of their final color 
>> and retouching, so why add yet another piece to the puzzle?  I think 
>> it's great that Apple dove into the market to serve photogs-- it will 
>> keep Adobe sharp.
>>
>> What issues might I  incur by having both SCSI and IDE drives 
>> internally?
>>
>> ~Jay
>
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