[iBook] Older Powerbook vs new Macbook

[Don Distel]

Thanks for your input Ed, so you are saying that the MacBook Pro  
would be that much better than the MacBook for my usage.

Don
www.distelphoto.com


On Dec 22, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Ed Wiser wrote:

> Don I do mac Genius work for Photographers and they work similar to  
> the way you do.
> They have all switched to MacBook Pro's and are loving it.  
> Especially the quicklook in Leopard.
> There will be a speed up especially with the large files that you  
> are working with from a 10 meg camera.
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2007, at 5:33 PM, Don Distel wrote:
>
>> I have a 4 or 5 year old G4 Powerbook. It is a 1 GHz model with 1  
>> GB of Ram. My only real usage for this laptop is location  
>> photography where I tether the camera to the laptop so my clients  
>> can see their products on the laptop screen as opposed to looking  
>> at the back of the camera. Everything works fine but it seems to  
>> be slow especially since I went from a 5 megapixel camera to a 10  
>> megapixel.  Would I see a significant increase in speed with a new  
>> Macbook which I would max out the ram?  I don't want to spend the  
>> extra $ on a Macbook Pro if I don't have to. One other thing, as  
>> soon as I get back from my location work I download the photos  
>> onto my 20inch G5 I Mac and work on them there.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
>>
>>
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