Need to Spec up a Mac for Graphic Design role

Quorn

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Hello,

sorry, it's my first time here and I'm posting a question already - it's a little urgent so I hope you understand.

I haven't done design work on a Mac for a couple of years. But I am going to be using one as of next week and the comapny is going to be buying a mac specially for me - and have asked me to comment on the spec.

It looks good to me, but since I am a little rusty on Mac specs I wondered if you guys could take a look and let me know if you think this would be a good set up for doing graphic design and web design work. (I doubt there will be much in the way of video or sound work - but Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign definitely - brochures, logos, montages, etc - and some Dreamweaver for basic html sites.)

It'll be a stand alone desktop Mac, but will need enough memory and a good enough graphics card, and monitor, for the above. Plus back up requirements - and anything else you can think of that hasn't been listed.

- and can you tell me if MAC PROS COME WITH A 'STANDARD' AUDIO CARD?


Here's the spec so far:

Processor Options: Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon;

Memory Options: 4GB 800MHZ DDR2 ECC RAM

System Drive Options: 500GB 7200rpm SATA 3GB/s

**Hard Disk; Drive Bay 2 Options: No additional Hard Disk in this bay;
**Drive Bay 3 Options: No additional Hard Disk in this bay;
**Drive Bay 4 Options: No additional Hard Disk in this bay;
**Internal Mac RAID Controller Card Option: None;
**External RAID Storage Controllers: None;

Time Machine System Backup Drives: DVBox Desktop 500GB;

Connectivity: Airport Extreme (WiFi);

Graphics Card Options: 2xATI Radeon HD2600XT 256MB GDDR3;

Display Options: Eizo HD2441W - 24 inch DVI (Special titaninum edition);

Second Display Options: No Second Display;

Audio Options: No Audio Interface

Keyboard Options: Wireless Apple Bluetooth Keyboard;

Apple Mighty Mouse Options: Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless (Bluetooth);

Software Options: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection,
Microsoft Office 2008 Home and Student Edition;

Mac OS X Server: None;

AppleCare Protection Plan: AppleCare Protection Plan;

Speaker Options: JBL Duet 2.0 Speakers (Silver)
 
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