Robert,

Check out this thread on Hybrid: http://www.hybridphoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=377&highlight=raid

May give you some ideas. There are other good threads on RAID, too.

Ben

Good deal! I'm finding there are deals and options out there for building a very capable system without having to buy the latest and newest apple technology. A new mac pro would be nice with apple cinema displays but its way out of my league. The new imac is nice with the intel processor but at the same price you can build a larger system with the older powermacs. I'm still debating maxing out a new Imac with an external drive for storage or going with an older G5.

You absolutely DO NOT have to buy the latest offerings touted by manufacturers in order to serve you more than well when working with your photography. I use a very old Viewsonic (now, don't laugh) 15" monitor and calibrate with a (again, don't laugh) Monaco Optix XR. The difference between monitor and prints from the Epson 3800 is negligible if it even exists.

Believe me, you will be ecstatic with your Dell Ultrasharp!

Almost 2 months ago I invested into an iMac 24" and never ever had any problems. The display is absolutely fantastic, not one pixel error or color distortion, nada.

I had been afraid that the glossy surface would cause problems, but it doesn't if place accordingly (no bright window behind me). The built in profiler is excellent. I managed to adjust the color profile to 99% of the values a Spider suggested, which I had borrowed from a friend.

Do I miss the non glare display of my ex windows machine? Definitely not. Would I purchase another iMac? Definitely yes, because the Mac gives you room to work and doesn't force you to tweak or reboot. Uptime now is 51 days because of a OS update in December.

I even consider to get another iMac to get rid of my TV, because the iMac does have everything you need for entertainment - even a remote control.

Oh, some people warned me that printed images from a Mac will appear darker compared to images 'developed' on a Windows machine. This is not true if you set your gamma to 2.2 like on the bad OS machine :D