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@gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple @MyDarkroom @iMore @reneritchie I gotta give their IT guy credit--he's got a classic 1998 attitude

@jsnell @gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple I actually agree with the overall point, but the second they wrote "(Apple Tax required)" they lost

@cabel @gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple what's the overall point? That a homebuilt water cooled PC w/o retina runs Lightroom faster?

@jsnell @gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple To me it's a broader "Mac performance has lagged behind PC performance more than I can remember"

@cabel @gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple for custom built yes, from regular vendors the perf has generally been identical at identical prices

@jsnell @cabel @gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple Also, Adobe software has always been slower on Mac, whatever the hardware…

@otolithe @jsnell @cabel @marcoarment @jdalrymple Lightroom was Mac-first, though, if I recall correctly.

@gruber @marcoarment that imac should cost $2500-3000 instead. Too overpriced

@sjaay @marcoarment “Should” based on demand (what people are willing to pay), or based on commodity PC component pricing?

@gruber @marcoarment based on what a similar pc would cost

@sjaay @marcoarment That’s not how pricing actually works.

@gruber true. But keep the link just in case next time Lightroom freezes on you! :)

@MyDarkroom @gruber Does it freeze on you a lot? I run Lightroom on a 2013 rMbp and it never freezes. RAW files, large library, etc.

@gruber @marcoarment @jdalrymple @MyDarkroom @iMore @reneritchie iMac is a bad place to target if you want to make Apple look bad right now.

@AbomAnemone I really dont want to make Apple look bad. They are. I love my iMac but starting to realize where Apple is taking desktops to.

@MyDarkroom I think we could have a long, interesting discussion about this. The iMac still has a trump card. That truly excellent display.

@AbomAnemone Indeed! Love that display! No doubt the selling point! Interesting Apple hasn’t updated the Apple Display, eh?