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Quick question RE: Macbook vs Macbook PRO
If I don't play any games............and I outfit a macbook and a macbook pro with the same 2Ghz Core Duo with 2 gigs of RAM each - would it be safe to say, aside from screen real estate, that performance on each machine when running Photoshop CS would be exactly the same??
Thanks!!!
Ro1
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should be the same, but I am not positive
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Yeah it would most likely stay the same, however the pro might perform just SLIGHTLY better, because it doesn't have to used shared video memory. I'm sure the GPU is used in some of the stuff in Photoshop.
Like I said it's most likely only gonna be merely x seconds differences nothing more.
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Re: Quick question RE: Macbook vs Macbook PRO
If I don't play any games............and I outfit a macbook and a macbook pro with the same 2Ghz Core Duo with 2 gigs of RAM each - would it be safe to say, aside from screen real estate, that performance on each machine when running Photoshop CS would be exactly the same??
Thanks!!!
Ro1
yep should be the same
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Re: Quick question RE: Macbook vs Macbook PRO
Yeah it would most likely stay the same, however the pro might perform just SLIGHTLY better, because it doesn't have to used shared video memory. I'm sure the GPU is used in some of the stuff in Photoshop.
Like I said it's most likely only gonna be merely x seconds differences nothing more.
COOL thanks!!!
I think I'm gonna get the cheaper macbook and spend the extra cash on the RAM and aperture.
Ro1
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COOL thanks!!!
I think I'm gonna get the cheaper macbook and spend the extra cash on the RAM and aperture.
Ro1
One question?? When you have Adobe Photoshop, why would you waste even a penny on Aperture???
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One question?? When you have Adobe Photoshop, why would you waste even a penny on Aperture???
He was trying to say that since he is saving extra money by going with macbook, he would probably be able to afford aperture.
Now, I know that in specifications for aperture it doesn't list Macbook anywhere in it, but it does for MBP.
I have read the review where someone had Aperture running on his macbook, so i guess its possible, but he did mention that aperture is set at a certain resolution which is higher than what Macbook can support, so you'll have to manage with it if you really want it that much. He said his Macbook ran Aperture fairly well, he gave the impression it ran better than he had expected.
I think Photoshop is an excellent program and a great alternative to Aperture.
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I think Photoshop is an excellent program and a great alternative to Aperture.
:)... I would say that Aperture is a can-live-with alternative to Photoshop for an amature photographer and never the other way around. If anything, only Aperture's organization/management abilities constitute the reasons for having it along with PS. IMO
As for Apertutre's fast RAW image viewing ability, since mostly only DSLRs that support RAW coupled with the fact that the manufacturers (Canon, Nikon etc.) ship their proprietary fast RAW file viewing & minor editing software along, that ground is also covered.
Nevertheless, even if not for functionality, its asthetics still makes it a nifty software to have for a photographer with money not a concern. To me anyway, if you have PS, it does not justify purchasing Aperture.
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I guess photoshop only uses the GPU for alpha blending, and the Macbook 950 GPU is more than capable than that. So indeed any performance gain would be due to the slightly larger amount of memory available (supposing CPU and HDD are the same, of course).
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You're right.........I tried Aperture on a Macbook PRO today in the Apple store and it was a clunky program. In fact, the free version of RSE is better than Aperture............the program did look very pretty though :-)
Ro1