macbook question

thereckerdbraikr · 05-26-2008, 08:34 AM

i have a friend that is majoring in photo/digital imaging

just wondering should they get a mac book now or wait till fall to buy one (for the sake of a price drop), or would this price drop be neglibile?

is a mac even worth it, or would a windows laptop serve better for this purpose? The macs seem somewhat pricey, and some of those prebuilt newegg laptops come with some decent gfx cards. . . but yeah

and im talking about the lower end 1200 dollar macbooks here

thanks

rts_conrad · 05-26-2008, 08:54 AM

For major photo/digital imaging I've recommend getting a MacBook Pro if he wants to go some 3D rendering & etc.

g4m3rof1337 · 05-26-2008, 08:58 AM

$1200 wont cover a new MacBook Pro.

You can try Craigslist or Ebay for a cheaper used one.

The MacBooks have integrated graphics, so it cant do much graphics wise.

cohen · 05-26-2008, 10:11 AM

They are very good for all use.... editting videos + photos there are very good for it!!!

thereckerdbraikr · 05-26-2008, 07:07 PM

so the 2k$ mbp is worth it over a 2k$ windows vista laptop?

Burn_all · 05-26-2008, 07:20 PM

yea mac's are crazy exspensive for what u get(power wize) and after windows i found them extreemy frustrating, but there good for media. i'd suggest e-bay even though i really dont find the advantages of a mac worth the price.

thereckerdbraikr · 05-26-2008, 07:42 PM

yeah i dont know im more of a science guy and my friend is really set on this mac and im tellin him he can get more power per $ for windows

why is it that everyone says macs are good for photoshop and such? wouldnt the extra power u get for ur money with a laptop own the mac?

im sorry, i know i sound 1-sided, but im trying to build a realistic anti-mac argument, and looking for the answer to why "the mac is like ZOMGLEETHAX for digital imaging". Is it the OS that does this?

cohen · 05-26-2008, 10:55 PM

OK - the may be over expensive but they are very good!!!

thereckerdbraikr · 05-27-2008, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cohen

OK - the may be over expensive but they are very good!!!

but why are they so goood???

thats what i dont understand

and why get a mac if ur gona install windows on it?

Enjoihcky24/7 · 05-26-2008, 11:19 PM

Can't be configured to be nearly as powerful as a windows machine. You take the most powerful mac, spend half of the price of it and you can get a more powerful pc (maybe a very slight exaggeration).

05-26-2008, 08:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
thereckerdbraikr Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 324	macbook question i have a friend that is majoring in photo/digital imaging just wondering should they get a mac book now or wait till fall to buy one (for the sake of a price drop), or would this price drop be neglibile? is a mac even worth it, or would a windows laptop serve better for this purpose? The macs seem somewhat pricey, and some of those prebuilt newegg laptops come with some decent gfx cards. . . but yeah and im talking about the lower end 1200 dollar macbooks here thanks __________________ HP Pavillion m7100e Windows XP Media Center 2005 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Nvidia GeForce 6600- now ATI radeon 3850 512mb 1 gig of somethin...... 17" hp vs17c LCD Dual Layer DVD burner DVD-ROM Single TV tuner

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g4m3rof1337 Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,587	$1200 wont cover a new MacBook Pro. You can try Craigslist or Ebay for a cheaper used one. The MacBooks have integrated graphics, so it cant do much graphics wise. __________________ Desktop/Laptop nForce 750i SLI FTW Q9450 @ 2.66GHz Water Cooled/ T8100 @ 2.10GHz Two XFX 512MB 8800GTs with Accelero S1s / Two 512MB 8600GTs RaidMax 700Watt OCZ 4GB/ 2GB WD 500GB,200GB,80GB/ 320GB Sceptre 20.1'' or 32'' Sharp Aquos HD LCD/ 17'' Widescreen G15, MX518, N52TE/ 4 Harmon/Kardon Speakers w/ Sub.

05-26-2008, 10:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 15 Posts: 8,361	They are very good for all use.... editting videos + photos there are very good for it!!! __________________ Cohen

05-26-2008, 07:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
thereckerdbraikr Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 324	so the 2k$ mbp is worth it over a 2k$ windows vista laptop? __________________ HP Pavillion m7100e Windows XP Media Center 2005 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Nvidia GeForce 6600- now ATI radeon 3850 512mb 1 gig of somethin...... 17" hp vs17c LCD Dual Layer DVD burner DVD-ROM Single TV tuner

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Burn_all Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Niagara Falls Posts: 108	yea mac's are crazy exspensive for what u get(power wize) and after windows i found them extreemy frustrating, but there good for media. i'd suggest e-bay even though i really dont find the advantages of a mac worth the price. __________________ The Rigg: Q6600 2.4GHz , GeForce 8800GTS 512MB CORSAIR 4GB , 500 GB HD x2 ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP ,OCZ GameXStream 700W NZXT Apollo Black case The Laptop: ASUS M51 Series M51Sn-X2 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.40GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA ,4GB Memory DDR2 667 250GB HDD 5400rpm ,GeForce 9500M GS

05-26-2008, 07:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
thereckerdbraikr Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 324	yeah i dont know im more of a science guy and my friend is really set on this mac and im tellin him he can get more power per $ for windows why is it that everyone says macs are good for photoshop and such? wouldnt the extra power u get for ur money with a laptop own the mac? im sorry, i know i sound 1-sided, but im trying to build a realistic anti-mac argument, and looking for the answer to why "the mac is like ZOMGLEETHAX for digital imaging". Is it the OS that does this? __________________ HP Pavillion m7100e Windows XP Media Center 2005 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Nvidia GeForce 6600- now ATI radeon 3850 512mb 1 gig of somethin...... 17" hp vs17c LCD Dual Layer DVD burner DVD-ROM Single TV tuner

05-26-2008, 10:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 15 Posts: 8,361	OK - the may be over expensive but they are very good!!! __________________ Cohen

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Enjoihcky24/7 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 247	Can't be configured to be nearly as powerful as a windows machine. You take the most powerful mac, spend half of the price of it and you can get a more powerful pc (maybe a very slight exaggeration). __________________ My Computer: :D :D Dell Inspiron 9300 Laptop :D :cool: Pentium M 1.73ghz~17" wxga screen~80gig 5400 rpm HD~2gigs of dual channeled ddr2 ram~Windows XP Home~Nvida Geforce 6800 go 256mb grapics

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