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<blockquote data-quote="snoslicer8" data-source="post: 403731" data-attributes="member: 19029"><p>Your MacBook, as long as you keep it well ventilated (don't block the intake ports on the back of the notebook), it will stay cool and performance will not be affected.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It sounds to me like iPhoto (included with the Mac purchase as part of iLife '06) will fit the bill quite nicely for you. It allows cropping, resizing, minor light adjustments, and red-eye correction. If you need anything else, I suggest taking a look at Elements for Mac, or possibly Aperture (Apple's own professional level photo finishing application).</p><p></p><p></p><p>You have here found one of the main differences between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. For the uses you have stated in this thread, you will not need a dedicated video card (GPU with dedicated RAM). The integrated Intel GPU is actually quite a robust unit as far as notebook units are concerned, and you won't suffer the battery drain of a seperate GPU. For instance, under normal use, my MacBook would get 4-5 hours of use, whereas my MacBook Pro now gets between 2-3 hours. They had the same specs as each other, aside from the video card difference and a 0.16 Ghz CPU jump in my Pro.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Something I would consider for your hard drive:</p><p>Buy the stock configuration from Apple, and buy a 120 GB SATA HDD from NewEgg.com. Swap the hard drives (so you have the 120 GB inside the MacBook) and then find an external SATA enclosure for the stock 80 GB drive. You now have plenty of space on the internal drive for two seperate partitions (OS X and Vista/XP), and a very small and portable USB external drive for extra storage, should your needs require it. My enclosure that I found is slightly larger than a deck of cards.</p><p></p><p>Welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoslicer8, post: 403731, member: 19029"] Your MacBook, as long as you keep it well ventilated (don't block the intake ports on the back of the notebook), it will stay cool and performance will not be affected. It sounds to me like iPhoto (included with the Mac purchase as part of iLife '06) will fit the bill quite nicely for you. It allows cropping, resizing, minor light adjustments, and red-eye correction. If you need anything else, I suggest taking a look at Elements for Mac, or possibly Aperture (Apple's own professional level photo finishing application). You have here found one of the main differences between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. For the uses you have stated in this thread, you will not need a dedicated video card (GPU with dedicated RAM). The integrated Intel GPU is actually quite a robust unit as far as notebook units are concerned, and you won't suffer the battery drain of a seperate GPU. For instance, under normal use, my MacBook would get 4-5 hours of use, whereas my MacBook Pro now gets between 2-3 hours. They had the same specs as each other, aside from the video card difference and a 0.16 Ghz CPU jump in my Pro. Something I would consider for your hard drive: Buy the stock configuration from Apple, and buy a 120 GB SATA HDD from NewEgg.com. Swap the hard drives (so you have the 120 GB inside the MacBook) and then find an external SATA enclosure for the stock 80 GB drive. You now have plenty of space on the internal drive for two seperate partitions (OS X and Vista/XP), and a very small and portable USB external drive for extra storage, should your needs require it. My enclosure that I found is slightly larger than a deck of cards. Welcome! [/QUOTE]
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