Looking at getting a Macbook

tlarkin · 06-04-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by speedyink

Correct me if I'm wrong, but someone brought in their macbook pro into the store looking for a monitor cable, and it had some crazy messed up port on it. I dunno if it's a standard mac connection or something, but it definately wasn't VGA.

It is a mini DVI out, which you can get an analog adapter for and output to a standard VGA monitor if you wanted to.

The dongle that comes with them looks like this:

[-0MEGA-] · 06-04-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

That still doesn't take a top of the line GPU. In reality if you are rendering really high quality digital data, you want to probably get a Quadro or some other sort of work station render card.

Gaming cards still will have very small effect. With processors improving so rapidly they will still be the bread and butter of performance with photo or film editing.

Once you dabble into the 3rd rendering world, where you are rendering actual 3D objects and not 2D photos, then the GPU starts to shine.

So, it be may true, but it is also relative and subjective.

No it doesn't take a top of the line GPU or worstation card, but from reviews I've read even people with low-mid ranged video cards noticed a huge increase in the speed while moving about large photos in detail.

While 3D and video work tax the GPU much more, the point I was trying to make was that having a dedicated GPU would help out, especially when using newer products such as CS4.

tlarkin · 06-04-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

No it doesn't take a top of the line GPU or worstation card, but from reviews I've read even people with low-mid ranged video cards noticed a huge increase in the speed while moving about large photos in detail.

While 3D and video work tax the GPU much more, the point I was trying to make was that having a dedicated GPU would help out, especially when using newer products such as CS4.

Yeah I don't disagree, but CS3 just came out like last year so I wouldn't be holding my breath about anything until they get out of alpha stage, out of beta stage and actually release their product.

[-0MEGA-] · 06-04-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

Yeah I don't disagree, but CS3 just came out like last year so I wouldn't be holding my breath about anything until they get out of alpha stage, out of beta stage and actually release their product.

Photoshop is on an 18 month production cycle, so the final product is due around the end of this fall.

tlarkin · 06-04-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Photoshop is on an 18 month production cycle, so the final product is due around the end of this fall.

That is ridiculous, because we just bought a site license to CS3 last year for 10s of thousands of dollars. No way we are going to upgrade every 18 months.

Either way, I won't hold my breathe on the requirements until it is released.

[-0MEGA-] · 06-04-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

That is ridiculous, because we just bought a site license to CS3 last year for 10s of thousands of dollars. No way we are going to upgrade every 18 months.

Either way, I won't hold my breathe on the requirements until it is released.

I don't blame you, but honestly there wasn't a huge difference from CS2 to CS3, and from what I've heard so far theres not much different from CS3 to CS4.

Photoshop CS was released in October 2003
Photoshop CS2 was released in April 2005
Photoshop CS3 was released in April 2007

I guess they don't stick with their cycle too strictly, but they are released fairly close together.

cohen · 06-04-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

It is a mini DVI out, which you can get an analog adapter for and output to a standard VGA monitor if you wanted to.

The dongle that comes with them looks like this:

Has that changed??? Because my friends have got mac book pros and they have the big DVI adaptor... or is the adaptor above for the mac book

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Wrong. Adobe Photoshop CS4 is moving more of the graphics work to the GPU, which will allow you to zoom, pan and move across incredibly large images at full detail with little to no lag time (assuming you have a decent video card).

Awesome!!

tlarkin · 06-04-2008, 10:59 PM

pros have DVI out, the Macbooks and iMacs have the mini DVI out, probably due to size and or design restraint by something else of those computers.

Kill Bill · 06-04-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

pros have DVI out, the Macbooks and iMacs have the mini DVI out, probably due to size and or design restraint by something else of those computers.

Ditto. Personally I think the entry level MB can do the photo editing how about you? Also omega That doesnt mean 3D 3d is like in maya/some 3d program where you can texture all around them its not like a photo can be twisted on a desktop

Kill Bill · 06-04-2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cohen

Has that changed??? Because my friends have got mac book pros and they have the big DVI adaptor... or is the adaptor above for the mac book

Awesome!!

They didn't change I got my MBP 3 weeks ago and it has a DVI out on a normal computer

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,274	pros have DVI out, the Macbooks and iMacs have the mini DVI out, probably due to size and or design restraint by something else of those computers.