Michelle Pena Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Hello Brian, We have talked about this in the past but I can't seem to find the post. Anyway, since Apple has done away with an upgradable 27-inch.I want to switch to a windows PC. Now, of course, I have everything apple and everything syncs. My hard drives with past client sessions are all formatted to iMac. How hard of a change will this be? Or how much of a pain will this be? I don't want to switch, but I need a PC to handle my D850 large files and all the freakiing updates with PS. I'm still using 2019 version and would love to upgrade to the newer version. Would you be able to advise me as to what would be the best way to make the change and also suggest a computer/screen? I really dread this lol! Because I hate change ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 I’m currently away on vacation this week and will answer this fully when I get back to my computer. Yes, it will be a major pain-in-the-ass switching back and attention to details will be required. A Computer with at least 64GB of RAM will be required. I have a Nikon D850, so I can empathize. More to come… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 1:13 PM, Michelle Pena said: My hard drives with past client sessions are all formatted to iMac. How hard of a change will this be? Or how much of a pain will this be? The first step is for you to purchase a new Windows Computer, with an IPS-Based Screen and a Large External Hard Drive. I'd recommend looking at a 12TB model of some kind. You will want to delete ANY existing partitions on this drive and create new ones WITH YOUR WINDOWS COMPUTER!!! I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. NEVER TRUST A APPLE PRODUCT CREATING WINDOWS PARTITIONS!! I have tried, and have failed each time. Nothing beats creating a Windows Partition on a Windows Computer. Since we are migrating data, I want something solid and predictable. No need to purchase software, Windows has a built-in disk utility. Takes about 5 minutes. Then you will need to buy software to install on your Mac that will allow it to write to a NTFS (Windows) Partition. It's about $20 (US Dollars). By default, a Mac will READ a Windows Drive, but not write to it. Of course, there is a way to enable this feature without buying anything, but I don't trust it. Apple doesn't support it and since this is your data, I'm not screwing around. I would not trust any exFAT Partitions either, even though you can Read/Write between a Windows Machine and a Mac with exFAT. Don't fall for Marketing, exFAT is not Bullet-Proof. So get your Windows Computer and get back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Pena Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Thanks, Brian. Do you have an article or a link I can read about for advice on specs for a PC? For example, a gaming computer is best? Brands? Ram , memory, graphics card? All that mess LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 You mean like the various pinned articles at the top of this forum? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Pena Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 All I see are posts from others ? Is that what you are referring too? I thought Maybe you had written one on this matter as it is a often asked question. I’ll keep searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 You can't see all the pinned posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Here is the link to the Windows Forum. https://ask.damiensymonds.net/forum/18-the-windows-pc-hardware-forum/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Pena Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 14 hours ago, Damien Symonds said: You can't see all the pinned posts? Yes, I saw those 2019 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Pena Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Thanks, Brian I didn't know if these would still be valid for 2022. I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 For the most part, yes. There is one minor difference, is that now you really need to pay attention to what video card / GPU is installed and if it has dedicated video memory or not. Now, this hasn't changed since 2022, but with the current releases of Adobe's Products, we are getting more errors and problems and they all have one thing in common: the user's Video Card isn't playing well with the most recent versions of Photoshop. Even if the computer is "only" a few years old. Hell, even Adobe Bridge is having issues with Video Cards. So in essence, the Video Card selection is just as important, if not more important, than the CPU Chip! For the last 40 years or so, the CPU was the dominant thing that let you know how "good" your computer was, and it's just not that way anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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