john_fonseca

<p>Put "OSX Lion CIFS" or "OSX LION SMB" into the Google and see what comes out. People have been upset about it since 10.7 was released. I think it's Apple's position that they were fixing a long existing security problem.</p>

<p>I haven't seen this problem first hand because I use an actual Windows Server and not a NAS. My Macs are running 10.6.7, 10.7.2, and 10.7.3 and they all mount SMB on the server just fine and at the expected level of performance.</p>

<p>While not a Leica M as has been the subject of discussion (but not excluded by the topic), if you want to really go for the Leica minimalist experience, find a user-grade Leica A(1). The 50/3.5 Elmar is a very nice lens, the handling is great, and using a camera with no focusing instrument or light meter can be very instructive. Of course you can get one of the accessory rangefinders that looks like a periscope, but then that kind of defeats the purpose, I think.</p>

<p>If restricted to M, then I agree with others, M6 + 50 cron or 35 cron pre.</p>

<p>Good luck and have fun!</p>

<p>Greetings, all.</p>

<p>If I may, I wanted to provide an opposing opinion to what most folks were saying here.</p>

<p>I never thought I would, but about two years ago I switched all of my stuff onto my laptop, and only used my PC desktop for gaming. I never looked back.</p>

<p>I'm on my second generation of desktop replacement laptop and it's by far higher performing than any desktop I've had, except when it comes to gaming. That's when Edward's comment about laptop integrated (shared system RAM) or discrete GPU is really true, with 3D rendering. I know that PS added a feature a couple of versions ago to utilize GPU to assist in PS operations. I never really saw a difference.</p>

<p>As others have said, the laptop display is not to be trusted, especially in an environment with changing lighting conditions. Similarly, when I'm out and about I use it to reject and tag. I'll some editing, but will always check it at home before a web publish or printmaking. Nevertheless, what I'm dealing with in LR3 on the laptop is what I'm dealing with period. I used to have to move stuff over, including the catalog and then things were in two places. </p>

<p>Naturally at home I connect it to a proper monitor (or two), but most of the work is already done. When it's hooked up here (gig ethernet, USB peripherals on one port, 1394b 3TB backup drive, DP video, optical audio out) it's just like have a nice desktop except it doesn't make any noise. I carry it with me every day on the train to NYC and when I open it up and connected it through my iphone, it's just like being home (computer-wise). Of course I back up the heck out of it since it's out in the wilds almost every day.</p>

<p>Now, this isn't a $500 Best Buy laptop aisle special (and there's nothing wrong with those). It's a March '11 Macbook Pro, 15" w/ non glare hi rez display. Quad i7 2.3GHz CPU, 8 gigs 1600MHz RAM. AMD HD 6750M 1 gig RAM (it's not that great as previously stated), and 2x Crucial C300 256 gig SSDs in RAID0 (I can usually bench a read of around 490 MB/sec and writes around 475).</p>

<p>All told it cost me about $3500 for the unit itself and the upgrades I performed. I could have built a monster desktop and had enough left over to buy a Macbook Air, but then I wouldn't have the unified environment that I was looking for.</p>

<p>Thanks,<br>

John</p>