Switching to a Mac!
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- JonnyPompa
Ok, so after years of ridicule and being ostracized by my peers for designing on a PC (and occasional beatings), I'm joining the Mac cult. Now here's is my question. Should i get a macbook pro or a mac pro? I'm attracted to the mobility of a laptop but i'm worried about it being able to handle video projects and after effects type of stuff. Can a 17" macbook pro handle the wear and tear of production work?
It's for home so i wouldn't be working on big projects on it on a daily basis.Any advice would be appreciated.
- Peter0
Any advice? Stop giving in to peer pressure.
- slappy0
Upsize the ram in a McBook Pro and you will be fine.
If you are using it only for video work all the time you might be better with a mac pro.
- hans_glib0
don't mess about with a poxy laptop. get a big professional metal box instead. macpro all the way. leave the macbooks to the hipsters and their facebook accounts...
- palmer_0
Mac Pro if you don't have a PC with some balls. My macbook pro can handle both 3d and after effects but wouldn't advise it as a primary machine. I generally can make boards, work on logos, do print and web work on it but leave the video and animation to a real machine. ;)
- airey0
who gives a rats. a tool on a pc is still a tool on a mac. go buy a linux box and guess what, still a tool.
- armin0
Bravo!
- GeorgesII0
“so after years of ridicule and being ostracized by my peers for designing on a PC“
like it makes a difference, stop hanging with douches.
- ximeraLabs0
I've been using Mac laptops as my primary machine for 6 years now. Works perfectly. Just stuff that baby with RAM and you'll be fine.
*goes back to hipster facebook account
- MrT0
A tool is a tool but those toolboxes you're on about are very different...
- SlashPeckham0
once you go mac - you never go back...
- ItalianStallion0
MacBook Pro 15".
The 17" version is less portable...
- deathboy0
i find the mbp's lag in speed, theyre fine for more routine stuff. probably the 5400hd, probably osx is a ram hog. i can put up with mine at work, until bigger print files, or heavyier multi tasking. id recommend custom building a desktop for like 1300 bucks for the heavy work then buying a laptop for mobility that u can get around with for like 900 bucks. oh and adobe performs better on windows.
- Jordy0
for heavy video work .. definitely get a mac pro. the MBP's are just not able to cope with it ..
- fyoucher10
I'm doing the same thing real soon (been through all of the things you've been through). Going the MBP route because of the portability and it's not slow by any means. Getting the 17"er which is surprisingly light. It's not a 13" but you get 1920x1200, so it's kind of like a desktop. It would be nice to have the option to take your desktop with you. Packing on the 8GB of ram, and then hooking up dual 24" ACD's using this thing when it comes out in August that'll connect two external monitors using DisplayPort (why I'm waiting. I emailed Matrox and they said it's shipping in August). >
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/e…
- vaxorcist0
I type this on a hackintosh, I love it, it cost me $550, and it's a lovely quad-processor Q6600 machine with 4 hard drives, RAID and tons of ram, nice video card .... and it's quite close to a mac pro when I ran benchmarks....
- Killer0
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JonnyPompa:
Ok, so after years of ridicule and being ostracized by my peers for designing on a PC
}Since when did the system one uses determine whether you're a good designer or not?
Design/good work comes from the individual....not the computer!
- doesnotexist0
you're switching because of peer pressure? where's your integrity?!
- visionary0
my mbp 15" can handle maya and photoshop well
- Killer0
You need to stop hanging with the fanboys, they will suck the intelligence out of you!