Switching to a Mac!
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- 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 ..
- kona0
if you are in fact going to be purchasing a macbook look into apples refurbished products first. you'll save a bunch of cash over buying new. max out it's ram by ordering from crucial.com. not apple. enjoy and fuck a pc.
- good pitch, makes me think of doing just thatversion3
- Sounds good thanxJonnyPompa
- 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…
- Corvo20
You've just run out of excuses. Good luck.
- BuddhaHat0
deathboy is a h8er... without logic. an OS that isn't as fast as Windows?
Pull the other one. It's got bells on.
- adobe says its better on windows. i work on both and jsut say for half the cost and slightly better performance id rock a pc. sound logicdeathboy
- vista 64 sp2, needs tweaks out of the box but when its set is super stable and better performer then leopard.deathboy
- and with the extra money u can invest in a tranny midget horse flick
deathboy
- 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....
- TruthHurts0
It's about time. :-)
- 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
- MindSmack0
Mac = Best
- Killer0
You need to stop hanging with the fanboys, they will suck the intelligence out of you!
- AVAVA0
What about the new imacs that are coming out in September?
They look great, no wires or big boxyness to them, and surely they are powerful enough for web and design work right, perhaps not for film or 3d but I heard the mac pro graphic cards are not great...
- JonnyPompa0
Well, it's not really peer pressure,(although it gets annoying to have to tell people that i design on a PC just fine) i actually found myself enjoying the workflow on a Mac more. There is just something "pleasant" about the way the windows move and expand /contract, etc,... i found myself less tired at the end of the day. I cant explain it. The colors, they way macs render text. All that shit. Thanx for the responses.
- Peter0
Any advice? Stop giving in to peer pressure.
- must_dash0
get a mac, unless you want to spend your life fucking about.
- 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.