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Used and love macs, but never owned. Should I?
ajay | Dec 9 2006
I really want to buy the Macbook Pro (the new ones). Well, its more i really want a mac, and notebooks suit me better, and the pro seems so much better. Should I go for the Macbook, the Macbook pro or wait for something better? 15 Comments
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 Emory, that's a helpful comparison...Submitted by emory on December 13, 2006 - 8:07am.
Berko;7143 wrote:
Emory, that's a helpful comparison <=> the MacBook and the Dual G5. Considering your post, I have to ask: Do you think that too much is made of sharing system RAM with the video card for VRAM? (I am selfishly considering my own uses for web design (text editor, web browser, Photoshop and/or Fireworks and/or Flash running most of the time) not to mention the insane number of things I run in the background on my machine...) I think in your case it is moot. The performance between intel GMA video and the RADEON is comparable in 2D-space. In fact, I really doubt there is much of a difference. MacBook runs Aperture great. I haven't installed Photoshop on the MacBook yet (I'm not even sure it is a Universal Binary now, I'm still using Photoshop CS on my G5 and have no intention of paying through the nose for the "upgrades" they've been giving lately.) If you have 2GB of RAM in the MacBook (which you do) it is a fantastic machine. Until my RAM came it was kind of a dog. Now it is agile and peppy. I do my photo work on the G5. There is very little difference on the G5 between using a RADEON 9800 or an nVidia 5200 in 2D land. I've got a 7800 on order but that's just because I play WoW. If I didn't play that (or some other game), I can't imagine that I'd even bother. If you're doing a lot of 3D/GL you want the best video you can get. If you work with images, stills, and video, who cares? » POSTED IN:
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