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tainice · Dec 23, 2006, 01:18 PM

I am on a limited budget, so a MBP is definitely out of my reach. All I can afford is between a 15" 1.67g PB with 2mb of ram or a 1.83/2.0 MB with 2g of ram. I am using InDesign and Illustrator 90% of time, Photoshop and Office 2004 for the remaining 10%, and my file size is usually under 100mb. So in my scenario, which machine is the better buy?

brokecollegestudentF04 · Dec 23, 2006, 02:07 PM

Id go with the 1.67 Powerbook.. Adobe Apps will run native on it since its a PowerPC.. in my experience Photoshop and Indesign both are slow on my mini with 2GB RAM.. My eMac G4 700 blows the doors off of the mini and the eMac only has 384MB RAM. Id stick with PowerPC until all adobe apps are universal

iREZ · Dec 23, 2006, 03:25 PM

id go with the macbook. i prodominately use illustrator and indesign along with photoshop on my MBP and it runs just as fast as a 1.5 g4 for 90%-95% of the tasks i used it for while running under rosetta. theres a free photoshop beta out and using that alone will show you the speed of dual core machins vs the sloooooooooow single g4's once native apps are released.

theres no need for a G4 unless you want to run classic apps, in which case theres now an option to do so on intel macs. let go of the powerpc...its gone and im sort of glad too. embrace the new intel goodness.

tainice · Dec 23, 2006, 03:47 PM

iREZ:
Can you tell me the spec of your MPB? Thanks.

Raymate · Dec 24, 2006, 07:40 AM

I use my 1.8 MacBook, and it runs fine, around the same speed as my PowerBook 1.67. just make sure you load it with 2GB RAM or else it is slow

techtrucker · Dec 24, 2006, 09:02 AM

Another vote for the MB. Mine, with 2 GB memory, runs CS2 fine (for me), launch times are slow but after that it's just some filters that seem a bit slower than a PB. This way you'll be ready for CS3. Which, by the way, Photoshop CS3 beta is available as a download for registered CS2 users.

iREZ · Dec 24, 2006, 02:48 PM

2.0 Core Duo 2gb of RAM and an 80gig hard drive (3gigs available).

the core 2 duos seem to be running faster than the core duo's and seeing how indesign, photoshop, and illustrator are all 2d apps...you really dont need to stress out too much about the gpu.