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Hi there, I am a new registrant here and I have a few questions I wish to ask and get advice on. I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to Mac's so I am sorry if these are simple-minded questions.
In a few weeks I should hopefully be buying my first Mac. I'm a University student studying Graphic Design/Multimedia and will be using a Mac duing the next 3 University years; one of my main reasons for buying a Mac.
Now I know the University I am attending use PowerPC Mac's in their Graphic Design department.
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1) Would I have file combatibility problems if I were to buy an Intel Mac and transferred files over to my Universities PowerPC Mac's? For example would I be able to open and use files that were produced on a Intel Mac on a PowerPC Mac? (and Visa-Versa) or could I run into some problems?
2) I have heard alot about Rosetta, would I have any problems running any Adobe/Macromedia software on an Intel Mac? Is there much processor deterioration when it comes to performance?
3) Is there much difference between the 3Ghz and 2.66Ghz Processors on Intel Macs? Would I benifit from having a 3GHz or is it a waste of an extra £540+?
4) Because of Uni I would occassionally need to use Windows software, is BootCamp reliable to use or would I be best of keeping hold of my current Windows machine?
Thats it. Thanks in advance to those who reply.
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1) You will not have any problems unless the software maker has specifically said that problems exist (SPSS comes to mind) . 99.99% of the time that won't happen.
2) It depends on the application in question. For the most part stay away from PPC apps if you're doing pro work. Do a search for the countless threads that discuss Rosetta performance issues. I personally know that Photoshop performs just great in Rosetta but other pro apps might not work as well.
3) It's a waste of extra money. Put that extra money towards more RAM
4) Bootcamp works great but I would recommend Parallels Workstation because it lets you run Windows within the Mac rather than having to reboot everytime you want to use Windows.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Also keep in mind Intel Macromedia/Adobe applications are due in the first half of 2007 and if youre going to use it for 3 years those apps being a little slower for 6 months now will payoff in the last 2.5 years you use it over a Power Mac.
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Windows IT guy by day,
Mac\Linux user by night.
My FIRST Mac ever!
Macbook 2.0Ghz 100GB HDD 2GB RAM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Los Angeles, California
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I wasn't aware that either Flash nor Dreamweaver were due to be updated to a UB in the first half of 2007. Am I wrong? (I hope so.)
(Last edited by brokenjago; Sep 21, 2006 at 06:30 AM.
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Photoshop CS3 is part of a new software suite that will combine existing technologies with those from Macromedia, which was acquired by Adobe last year.
Macromedia software included 
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(1) No problems, it just works.
(2) You will see some performance degradation, but on my `much slower' ProBook (@ 2 GHz), it's more than usable.
(3) Usually the middle model is the sweet spot. You can upgrade the cpus later on.
(4) It just works. However, I second the suggestion to have a look at Parallels.
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