OK all you Mac users...

[hellziggy]

I need advice.
Apple will finance a computer for me, cuz I is a college student.
What kind of Mac should I get/do I need?
G5 desktop = way more powerful for the money.
Powerbook = portable & cool.

I am studying Graphic Design. It's a 2 year program, but I'm gonna take a bit longer than that since I'm only part time. I would assume that whatever Mac I get will be with me until I finish school at least. I'm leaning toward the Powerbook for the sheer portability issue. I would be able to do my homework pretty much anywhere. Also, it would have the wireless internet connection. But will it be powerful enough to deal with Photoshop, Illustrater, Quark, etc.? Or will these things require me to go desktop? Remember, I'm just a student, so I won't be doing massive amounts of designs like for customers or such. It will mainly be homework assignments.

minervacat, what are Wes's stats? What do you like & dislike about him? chebutykin, same questions for the TiBook of the Dead.
I'm feeling so computer illiterate. These Macs are strange creatures indeed!

Comments

[minervacat.livejournal.com]

Wes is a 12" iBook with 256 MB of RAM, a 900 mHrz processor and a 60 GB harddrive. He's not as souped up as iBooks can be (I have nowhere near the top end amount of RAM you can put in, and I think you can put 120GB harddrives in iBooks), and with the price cut from this summer still in effect, you could buy a computer like Wes for about 1200 bucks, before the student discounts.

On the other hand, I don't do a lot of graphic design and when I run PhotoShop, it tends to slow Wes down a little bit. It's the only time I ever see lag in my system. So as long as you're getting student prices, you might want to check out the new PowerBooks - they just released the 1.25 gHrz processor yesterday, and one of those with 400 or so MG of RAM would be plenty fast for your purposes.

There is really nothing I dislike about Wes, except that if I was going to be doing more graphic design than I am - like you - I would want a mouse beyond the trackpad and some more RAM. Actually, you could probably just put more RAM than I have into an iBook and you'd be fine. But really? No problems at all. Wes is portable and light, OS X is really stable, and other than breaking the screen, I haven't had any problems with him at all.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Poor Wes. Does he get photoshop envy? ;P
I decided that PowerBook was definitely the way for me to go. Now I just have to wait for it to get here.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Poor Wes. Does he get photoshop envy? ;P
I decided that PowerBook was definitely the way for me to go. Now I just have to wait for it to get here.