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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 179060" data-attributes="member: 12214">RAMI totally agree. I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.4 and a Dell XPS 17&quot; (L702X) running Ubuntu Linux, 12.04. Both have 8GB of RAM. I plan on updating the RAM to 16 GB each, very soon. The MacBook Pro is 3 years old with a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz processor.&nbsp; The Dell is a year and a half old running a quad core i7.&nbsp; It is definitely faster than the Mac but the Mac holds its own without breaking out in a sweat.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Video rendering is definitely faster on the Dell quad core i7.I flip flop my photo processing between these two.&nbsp; They are stable, reliable and get the job done.&nbsp; I have to use Windows 7 at work and it still does not have the speed or stability with the same applications.If you can afford a Mac, I would suggest that you get one.&nbsp; No matter what you end up with, you need at least 8 GB RAM, and get as fast a processor as you can afford.&nbsp; As others have said, stay away from the Celeron processor.&nbsp; It's not designed for what you want it to do.BTW, my cameras are a D3000 and D7000 and I shoot RAW.&nbsp; Processing on either of my laptops is not a problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 179060, member: 12214"] RAM I totally agree. I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.4 and a Dell XPS 17" (L702X) running Ubuntu Linux, 12.04. Both have 8GB of RAM. I plan on updating the RAM to 16 GB each, very soon. The MacBook Pro is 3 years old with a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz processor. The Dell is a year and a half old running a quad core i7. It is definitely faster than the Mac but the Mac holds its own without breaking out in a sweat. :) Video rendering is definitely faster on the Dell quad core i7. I flip flop my photo processing between these two. They are stable, reliable and get the job done. I have to use Windows 7 at work and it still does not have the speed or stability with the same applications. If you can afford a Mac, I would suggest that you get one. No matter what you end up with, you need at least 8 GB RAM, and get as fast a processor as you can afford. As others have said, stay away from the Celeron processor. It's not designed for what you want it to do. BTW, my cameras are a D3000 and D7000 and I shoot RAW. Processing on either of my laptops is not a problem. [/QUOTE]

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