What's your setup?

[Yr Blues]

What kind of graphics are you into and what's your setup for both hardware and software?

I do print design with a first generation MacBook, CS3, and an HP LaserJet B&W tabloid printer.

I want to buy a cheap tabloid color inkjet eventually.

 

[geerlingguy]

I do print design with a first generation MacBook, CS3, and an HP LaserJet B&W tabloid printer.

I hope you've maxed out your RAM!

I use iMac 2.8 w/ 4 GB RAM & CS3 for most of my design work, but for mobility, I use an aluminum Macbook (used to use a Pro, but the Macbook is a little easier on the shoulder, and I LOVE the glass trackpad). I also use Aperture for my photography - especially on the MacBook.

The 24" screen on the iMac is gorgeous, and surprisingly pretty good for print work. I wish it weren't glossy, but one can't have everything!

Someday I'd like to get a Mac Pro with something like 32 GB RAM, that way I can run Windows XP, Vista, OS X, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Aperture, Pages, Safari, FireFox, iTunes (gotta have the 'tunes!), Mail and iChat all running speedily at the same time. (Sometimes I also open up GarageBand and Final Cut Express, when I'm working on multimedia projects).

 

[shecky]

FYI: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/441213/

granted that thread started in Feb so people may have changed their stuff by now our studio does 90% print design with some motion graphics and occasional video work. this is my post from that thread with a couple of additions, nothing has changed other than a new iPhone and a couple of TB of external drives:

2 person studio:

Software

-Adobe CS3 Design premium
-After Effects CS3
-Final Cut Studio
-MS Office
-an assload of fonts
-Assorted utilities
-Quickbooks on Win XP on bootcamp


Hardware

- 2.33ghz C2D Macbook Pro / 3GB / 160GB drive
- 20" Viewsonic (soon to be a 23" Cinema Display)
- apple pro keyboard, logitech mouse
- Mac Pro 2.8ghz Harperton "the ocho" / 2Gb (soon to be 6GB) / 320GB (soon to be 1.8TB)
- 20" cinema display + 23" cinema display
- new apple pro keyboard + wacom tablet
- 1.5 ghz Powerbook G4 / 1GB / 80GB drive
- Canon pro9000 printer
- 2 x HP 1020 laser printers
- 6 external firewire drives in various sizes
- 1TB NAS fileserver
- Epson 4990 scanner
- 2 x Canon 350D cameras
- various glass including a few primes, a macro, and a couple of moderate zooms
- Canon ZR850 camcorder
- Seagull TLR
- 4 holgas
- Super 8 camera
- bunch of assorted photographic equipment

 

[Yr Blues]

FYI: -an assload of fonts[/QUOTE] I u... and just concentrate on the few that I have.

 

[shecky]

oh, don't get me wrong.. i only actually USE maybe, 10 different typefaces in a year. but i HAVE a bunch, 95% of which are not active

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

At work (print & web design, light video):

Mac Pro Quad-Core 2.8GHz, 6GB RAM
Dual 20" ViewSonic displays (pipe dream is a single 30" ACD)
Wired Apple Aluminum Keyboard
Wired Mighty Mouse*
HP Photosmart C4480 All-in-One (mainly for scanning)
HP Color Laserjet 3600
Adobe CS3 Design Premium
Final Cut Express 4
iWork '08


At home and on the road (freelance print & web design):

iMac 24" 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM
Wired Apple Aluminum Keyboard
Wired Mighty Mouse
MacBook (white) 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM
HP Photosmart C4480 All-in-One
22" Gateway widescreen display (adding soon as 2nd monitor for the iMac)
Adobe CS3 Design Premium
iWork '08
MobileMe (mainly for iDisk)
VMWare Fusion (adding soon for web testing)


*I really need to get a tablet but our budget is pretty tight right now. Any suggestions for a good, inexpensive one would be appreciated.

 

[tominated]

i do a little web design using my half dead core duo 20" imac. I'm saving for a new macbook and a 24", but i haven't had the time to do any sites thanks to school.

 

[iGav]

What kind of graphics are you into?
Mainly interaction design now days, and more recently user-product interaction.

What's your setup for both hardware...
I've always maintained a modest core hardware arrangement, whenever I've needed additional processing power, the most cost effective way is to just lease it and bill it.

• Apple MacBook Pro
• Apple Cinema Display
• Apple Aluminum Keyboard (Wired)
• Apple Mouse (Wired)
• Western Digital Studio Edition II's

And software?
And my software requirements have slimmed even more since the last thread, too.

• Adobe CS4 (Acrobat, After Effects, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) handle the core creative work.
• Adobe Director 11 (still the best rapid prototyping tool)
• Coda & MAMP
• Processing/Wiring and Arduino

Misc software such as Linotype FontExplorer X, Microsoft Office 2008 and Roxio Toast 9 Titanium also have a role in my workflow. LEGO's Digital Designer and Google Earth fill any playtime.

 

[iGary]

What kind of graphics are you into.

Production and layout (six 500-page annual cruising guides).

What's your setup for both hardware and software?

(2) 24" iMacs
(2) 2.8 GHz Octo Mac Pros with 30" cinema displays
(1) 17" MBP
(1) 17" iMac
(1) Xerox Phaser Printer
(1) X-Serve Octo

And a bunch of other stuff.

We use the Creative Suite to do everything.

 

[alphaod]

Copied bold header from iGary

What kind of graphics are you into.

Document forgery and photograph manipulation.

What's your setup for both hardware and software?

17" MacBook Pro + 20" Dell S-IPS display.
Keyboard and mouse.
3 TB external HDDs

Xerox 6350DP for drafts and proofs.
Canon i9900 for photographs and stuffs.