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- Early 2008 Macbook 2.4 4GB
i'm sure that similar posts like this have been started hundreds, if not thousands of times, but I can't seem to find any that relate specifically to me.
I'm a freelance graphic designer. business is good, but i don't have just a whole lot extra to shell out right now on a brand new top system. in my defense, i don't require too much. i work mostly with web graphics, which don't require much and I still work happily with adobe cs4. i do however work with some large photoshop projects or print files from time to time, as well as some other intensive projects like flash and possibly some light video editing and very light animation. more or less I try to be as well rounded as possible for clients.
i am currently working pretty happily on a 2008 white macbook with 2.4 c2d and 4gb ram. i hook up to an external monitor when i'm working at my desk. for the most part things work out great. this little machine is a trooper and hasn't let me down. There are several times nowadays though that I she gets pretty sluggish when i've got a lot open and working on a big project or something. The fans kick in and she's working pretty hard. by checking activity monitor, i usually notice that i'm using up most of, if not all of the ram.
i know that i can up the ram to 6gb and i'm looking into making that upgrade as well as an ssd possibly just to squeeze a little more out of it.
recently i have found an old powermac with dual g5 at 1.8 or 2.0 ghz for around $200. before we get into a huge conversation about them not being supported and all that, i completely realize that and realize that these are old and that I will be stuck with leopard. what i'm looking at more is that fact that I can squeeze a good bit more ram into these, 8gb in these i believe. there are also a few other areas that can be upgraded, like the gpu, albeit with older cards as well.
having said all that, i intend to be running cs4 for a while, which will run on one of these machines. what i'd like to know is if these would be a viable option as a desktop for handling very large workloads at a time? i realize that these aren't the newest mac pros or anything. i'm ok with a load times as i'm currently have to wait for things now. more or less, i need a good strong workhorse for the time being and wondering if these could offer anything more than what my current white macbook is giving.
I'm a freelance graphic designer. business is good, but i don't have just a whole lot extra to shell out right now on a brand new top system. in my defense, i don't require too much. i work mostly with web graphics, which don't require much and I still work happily with adobe cs4. i do however work with some large photoshop projects or print files from time to time, as well as some other intensive projects like flash and possibly some light video editing and very light animation. more or less I try to be as well rounded as possible for clients.
i am currently working pretty happily on a 2008 white macbook with 2.4 c2d and 4gb ram. i hook up to an external monitor when i'm working at my desk. for the most part things work out great. this little machine is a trooper and hasn't let me down. There are several times nowadays though that I she gets pretty sluggish when i've got a lot open and working on a big project or something. The fans kick in and she's working pretty hard. by checking activity monitor, i usually notice that i'm using up most of, if not all of the ram.
i know that i can up the ram to 6gb and i'm looking into making that upgrade as well as an ssd possibly just to squeeze a little more out of it.
recently i have found an old powermac with dual g5 at 1.8 or 2.0 ghz for around $200. before we get into a huge conversation about them not being supported and all that, i completely realize that and realize that these are old and that I will be stuck with leopard. what i'm looking at more is that fact that I can squeeze a good bit more ram into these, 8gb in these i believe. there are also a few other areas that can be upgraded, like the gpu, albeit with older cards as well.
having said all that, i intend to be running cs4 for a while, which will run on one of these machines. what i'd like to know is if these would be a viable option as a desktop for handling very large workloads at a time? i realize that these aren't the newest mac pros or anything. i'm ok with a load times as i'm currently have to wait for things now. more or less, i need a good strong workhorse for the time being and wondering if these could offer anything more than what my current white macbook is giving.