One Quick Question.

I am going to college for graphic design in the fall. I am a diehard windows user and don't know the first thing about Mac's. I know that I need a Mac for my chosen field, but I don't know which Mac. I was told in the Switcher Hangout section that an iBook should work, but that I should double check with you guys. So, will the iBook work for me? Or will I have to bite the pricetag and go with a powerbook?

Why do you have to have a Mac? As far as I understand, the graphic design folks use apps like Photoshop, which is available for Windows as well. That's really all I know, but I can tell you that iBooks aren't particularly powerful, but are certainly capable of most tasks, but certainly not as powerful as an equal priced Windows machine.

I'd let someone else who uses the more power hungry apps answer that part

my ibook (1.2ghz 768mb ram) is pretty good with adobe cs 2. just not as fast as the power line but its pretty fast. wait for the intel ibook (called macbook). itll be faster and less heat and with more power per watt etc.

Windows will run those, but not as well (I use photoshop at home on my PC and at school on a mac) The controls are smoother and just work better. So, is taht a resounding no on the iBook?

katjackusd said:

Windows will run those, but not as well (I use photoshop at home on my PC and at school on a mac) The controls are smoother and just work better. So, is taht a resounding no on the iBook?

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Ive got the 14inch g4, with 1gig of ram. i run cs2 without any problems what so ever. to me the ibook would be a little better of a choice seeing as how your a student - its durable, quick, SEXY haha. had to be said, and just an all around tough guy. but hey, if you want the powerbook, or intel based macbook, then go ahead. yeah its faster, but id grab a 512 stick of ram which will cost ya $120 more, and youve got some of the speed made up for. if you have a larger monitor, the ibook comes with the vga out, so you dont need to worry about that, its got the usb ports, firewire, everything else. just seems a little more cost effective.

i love my ibook.

Frankly, I'd much rather take a sooped up Macbook (the intel version of an iBook) when they come out than a stock Macbook Pro.

At the end, it's a couple megahertz difference for hundreds of dollars less. As a student, the iBook is the choice for you.

and you'll have a gig and a half of ram, which is most important for photoshop