Macbook?

[Ukwildlifeo]

I thinking of getting a Macbook. does anyone use one on here. Ive been told to get for my course, but personally I quite fancy one for photo editing etc. Ive be told they run Photoshop better than PCs. Also is it worth forking out an extra £70 for 2gb of ram rather than 1gb, considering Ill be photo editing on it?

thanks in advance

[RichBrew]

I don't use the MacBook, but do use an iMac. Apple computers are excellent for image editing, and run with less hassel. I'd strongly recommend getting as much RAM as possible if using Photoshop, as it guzzles memory; so yes, the extra £70 is money well spent,

RichBrew

[LoveT]

I use an iMac myself, but my other half has a Mac Book. He uses Photoshop 7 on it (I use CS3) - it runs just fine (and he's using the latest OS - Leopard). I'd say get the best spec. you can afford to and you should be just fine. It would pay you to do your homework first though, and check what the software you intend to use needs. Hope that helps.

[Mumby]

I have a MacBook and love it, I wish I had got one sooner. It is the 2.16GHz version and I upgraded to 2GB of RAM, I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.11.

The wide 1280x800 screen is very good and it really does run very quickly.

I use Canon DPP and The GIMP to edit pictures and have never had a problem.

If you have the money, I really can't recommend it enough If you want any more info just let me know.

Paul

[Ukwildlifeo]

Thanks everyone for there answers so far

I have one more question thou? has anyone encountered problems with external hard/flash drives when plugging them both into macs and pcs? Ive been told there prone to corruption when this is done?

thanks in advance

[NickCantle]

Woo! A Mac thread I am too running a 1.83gHz Macbook Whacked up with 2Gb Ram so it's fairly speedy and does all of my image processing adequately. After all, they're built for such tasks. As for your question on the External flash drives, in my experience they are formatted for either Mac OS or Windows. If you put a Mac formatted one in Windows, you'll get a 'reformat' message. Same goes for the other way round. I'm not sure about leeway on this but I'm thinking that there might be a capable device.

Nick

P.s- I promise you that you'll not regret purchasing one of the finest machines around today

[LoveT]

I've got two hard drives constantly plugged into my iMac (firewire and USB 2.0), plus a firewire compact flash card reader, and I also plug in a USB 2.0 xd card reader when needed and never had any problem plugging them in to the Mac. As long as you are careful when disconnecting any drive (by ejecting them, rather than just unplugging them) you shouldn't have problems with corruption.

You'll always come across somebody who claims they've had a problem (or know someone who has - friend of a friend etc ) and nothing is ever guaranteed of course, but I've been using Macs since approx 2002 and have never had a problem with corrupted discs etc.

If you're interested, have a look at the Apple UK site and go into the online store - you'll find customer reviews (good and bad) of Mac compatible accessories such as storage. Then you can make your own mind up.

I'd say that Macs are far more reliable, robust and forgiving than PCs - but then I'm biased !

Hope this helps.
Thea

[Mumby]

I concur with the above. I have used various external hard drives with no problems whatsoever. Of course, no manufacturer can get away from the fact that the user has to be careful to unmount the device before unplugging it from the computer, but even this is easier in OS X, it only takes one button click, compared with windows slightly more long winded way

But I don't want to turn this into an OS X vs. Windows thread, there are plenty of those on the net already!

You could be the first WABer to get a MacBook Air, if you are willing to stump up the cash

Regards,

Paul

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by Mumby

I concur with the above. I have used various external hard drives with no problems whatsoever. Of course, no manufacturer can get away from the fact that the user has to be careful to unmount the device before unplugging it from the computer, but even this is easier in OS X, it only takes one button click, compared with windows slightly more long winded way

But I don't want to turn this into an OS X vs. Windows thread, there are plenty of those on the net already!

You could be the first WABer to get a MacBook Air, if you are willing to stump up the cash

Regards,

Paul

The Air looks lovely but im going with the 2.0Ghz or 2.2Ghz macbook. Now just which.

thanks for the help everybody

[NickCantle]

Always a pleasure to help a potential Mac user