Powerbook vs. Tower
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- canadian
17" Powerbook vs. G4 PowerMac
I am doing more print these days so am using large images and am looking to render some video as well. The catch is that I would like to be mobile. Can the Powerbook handle it?
- krts0
yes is can. no problem.
- CyBrainX0
I have MiniMe's 17" 1 gigahurtz powerbook and I love it. It can handle all kinds of photoshop files and quicktime rendering.
The thing is, I spend almost 4 grand and you can get a G5 for slightly more money that is probably 3 times as powerful.
Being mobile is nice but the numbers also have an arguement.
- brundlefly0
you would have zero troubles with the pbook 17, mine is fast fast fast, take it up to 2 gigs and the hard drive wont even spin, ram will trounce all your large files, I can raster a heavy duty 300 meg illy file into illustrator in about 45 secs....takes my PC 2.66 gig almost 7 mins, if it doesnt crash all together
- unknown0
how do you guys end up with 300mb illustrator files anyway.. working with hi-res raster images?
- naldertown™0
I've got a 17"er too! Ooooer.
I've been running around making websites and playing with a bit of film. It can handle it all with ease. Even edit using FC4. I use it for freelancing and have found myself taking it to jobs as the machines they often supply don't quite cut it now!
I was filming some stuff one day standing on a wall (dont ask) with the laptop in my rucksac. Somehow (dont ask!) I dropped it about 7/8ft onto the concrete below!
Not a scratch on it. Tough as boots. Ideal for on the move...
I love it...
- canadian0
Can someone explain what
"2MB DDR333 SDRAM - 2 SO-DIMM"
Means? I understand "Fast" but what the DDR333 means and what the SO-DIMM means.
- ganon0
DDR=double data rate
333=RAM speed
2 SO-DIMM=2 sticks of 1GB RAM
- canadian0
I see! thanks!
- canadian0
do you think there is a big difference between the 4200 rpm 80 gig hard drive and the 5400? Is it worth the $150.00?
- ganon0
you would probably see a differnce in the amount of time it takes to launch apps, open files...if you are really considering it, i would go to http://www.macnn.com and ask around on those powerbook message boards to find out what the specs of the hard drives are...because there are other aspects that make a hard drive fast (aerial density, cache, etc), not just the rpms...but the main thing that will make the PB faster is the RAM, so upgrade that first and foremost...!