I am slowly coming to terms into wanting to switch over to a Mac, possibly a macbook as my vista laptop is well, crap.
I am currently rocking:
Core 2 Duo 1.6Ghz
120Gb HDD
2Gb Ram
15" widescreen
Vista Home Premium
This set me back about £599 exactly one year ago. Now it is worth half that after discovering that this "Philips" machine, is an Advent branded machine.
I have been studying graphic design on a short course for a year and will be moving onto university in the summer. During then, macs have been the point of call when working on my designs digitally (eMac infact).
I will be studying Graphic Design & Photography next term and these are both very involved hobbies of mine.
I want to move onto a macbook possibly due to the mobility of use (I tend to use the internet a lot). I would find it helpful to work on my photos on location.
What I am wondering however is, Macbook or Macbook pro?
I did look at black macbook for a while due to the spec and the colour as I feel I could mess the white up easily. Macbook pro however has the dedicated graphics support.
This will be the programs I will be using with it:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe After Effects CS3 (possibly, have only tried a couple of times from interest in typography)
Adobe Lightroom (may choose Apeture, if anyone has any opinions on which one is more effective?)
These all seem to run fine with my current spec.
I have around £1000-1200 to spend, however, I am skeptical into paying all of it.
So yeah, iMac, Macbook or Macbook pro? Please help. Thanks
Some examples of my work can be seen here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhysjonesphoto
I am currently rocking:
Core 2 Duo 1.6Ghz
120Gb HDD
2Gb Ram
15" widescreen
Vista Home Premium
This set me back about £599 exactly one year ago. Now it is worth half that after discovering that this "Philips" machine, is an Advent branded machine.
I have been studying graphic design on a short course for a year and will be moving onto university in the summer. During then, macs have been the point of call when working on my designs digitally (eMac infact).
I will be studying Graphic Design & Photography next term and these are both very involved hobbies of mine.
I want to move onto a macbook possibly due to the mobility of use (I tend to use the internet a lot). I would find it helpful to work on my photos on location.
What I am wondering however is, Macbook or Macbook pro?
I did look at black macbook for a while due to the spec and the colour as I feel I could mess the white up easily. Macbook pro however has the dedicated graphics support.
This will be the programs I will be using with it:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe After Effects CS3 (possibly, have only tried a couple of times from interest in typography)
Adobe Lightroom (may choose Apeture, if anyone has any opinions on which one is more effective?)
These all seem to run fine with my current spec.
I have around £1000-1200 to spend, however, I am skeptical into paying all of it.
So yeah, iMac, Macbook or Macbook pro? Please help. Thanks
Some examples of my work can be seen here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhysjonesphoto