Question for the Mac users…
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I almost hate geeking out on this sort of shit but the 13 inch MacBook is without a doubt the perfect laptop for a lot of travel. It’s barely larger in size than most magazines so you can get a thin case and stuff it down in the smallest of carry on bags without having to mess with a bulky computer case. You could probablly make it fit in a large pelican along with camera gear pretty easily too. The widescreen format Apple uses on their laptops leaves you with a decent amount of work room on a more ergonomical foot print than most of the competition.
I’m running CS2 and Lightroom on mine with an external hard drive hooked up to an 22″ external monitor at times with few problems. (the wireless keyboards and mice that work with the integrated bluetooth are sweet). The pro would be faster though, especially with the faster firewire for the hard drive. I’ve handled a 15″ pro, not that big of a size difference but to me it did seem like it was a hair past that cut off point where it would be as convienient to just throw it down in a backpack with some books.
Get the black one if you go with the 13″, my white one is actually souped up to the point of being better than my brothers black one but the finish on his feels more durable (its more than just a different color in the plastic).
Thanks for the input carter, i found a couple stores locally that have the macbook and the pro in stock, so i am going to get over there and check them out.
Ouch Jay. Not good to hear. I am looking to buy a MacBook sometime in the next few months, and possibly a Mac Mini as well. My G4 Quicksilver is 5.5 years old now. It runs great, but there are many things it can’t do software wise. Is runniing Aperture the only culprit, or do the crashes happen with other programs? I work with Macs all day at work plus at home and am not used to problems of any sort. You can count on two finger the problems I have had with my G4 and one of those was the HD dying 3.5 years in. The other was a problem with my ISP early on.
Darrin
and the original CD drive died, but hey I just plain worked it to death.
Darrin,
Actually the current problem is that the machine has a kernal panic about 7 times a day when I am on the internet.
Hey Jay ( ;D ),
you might check your memory in your machine. Corrupted (=broken) memory is a high suspect on machines that start behaving oddly (crashing, kernel panics, etc.) all the sudden. I don’t know how a memory get’s broken but it seems that they tend to get broke due to voltage ups/downs (thunderstorm?).
I’m still using my G4 iMac 17 inch for about 4-5 years and although it’s still going strong, it does shows it’s age with processor intensive tasks. I hope to get the new iMac, but maybe I’ll get a MacBook first for my business I’m setting up.
Jay
I am looking at some new laptops, with a 13″ MacBook being high on the list. My only concern is i use AutoCAD on a daily basis for work, and its windows only.
…. on a small laptop, as most of that work will get done back in the office with the big monitor.
Parallels is an option indeed as Zach mentioned. But Parallels works as a program next to Mac OSX so it is handy to switch and back, but the performance will be hit. Do get TONS of memory though. I’d say 2 Gb RAM is a must to work with Parallels.
You can also use Apple’s (free) solution: Boot camp. Boot camp allows you to work in Windows mode full speed. But no switching back and forth to Mac OSX. You’ll need to reboot to go back to Mac OSX.
If you aren’t designing sky scrapers on Autocad, I’d say it will work fine on the MacBook. Especially if you hook it up to a big screen at your office.
Let us know how it all worked out!
Jay (the other one from The Netherlands!)
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