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Originally Posted by Lyrkalas
I'm a graphic designer, so I'll be using the Adobe Creative Suite/Web Studio frequently.
I've been told that the 80GB mac mini would be work for me, but I plan on adding an external hard drive and maxing out the RAM. I already have two 17" studio display monitors. We also have a PC to which I'll be network via wireless router.
Do you think this would work for me? I'd really like the G5, but the cost is a bit much and I need the machine ASAP because projects are waiting.
Thanks for your advice!
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My Mac mini on the left has Photoshop CS for OS X and then Photoshop CS2 for PC... the load time is horrendous in OS X but otherwise basic operations are tangable. If I really want to do some photoshopping I just reboot to my WinXP (Bootcamp) and run it. As they've said, CS3 should have universal binaries and take away the lag you get with CS2 on OSX. But honestly, if you're a graphics designer you may want to take a closer look at the video card you're using on a Mac Mini. The only one they offer is an intel built-in 64mb vid card... If you're doing anything above 2d (3d, movies, animation etc) you'll notice the crappiness of the laptop vid card equiv.. I do, at least.
If you go MacBook I would say at least buy a MacBook Pro JUST for the ATI Mobile vid card. If you're willing to fork the couple hundred more bucks, you're getting a much better vid card (best of all macs listed above) with an iMac. But for 2d? They all can handle it.