3d graphics: Ibook or MacBook

[Planner Dude]

is an older ibook better off for software with 3d graphics than a macbook?

 

[bodeh6]

What software and is it universal yet?

 

[Planner Dude]

ArcGIS-- PC only

Sketchup--PC or PowerPC based Mac

Autocad--company has pc version

By the way, I like your avatar....I'm a Wayne State Alumni (Ba in Geography & Urban Studies) and current grad student (Urban Planning).

 

[gekko513]

If you want to run PC software you can't really use an iBook, unless you want to run it through emulation (Virtual PC) which is dead slow.

 

[Planner Dude]

If you want to run PC software you can't really use an iBook, unless you want to run it through emulation (Virtual PC) which is dead slow.

Yeah,

I just wasn't sure which would be faster/slower

VPC on ibook with dedicated processor

or

bootcamp or paralelles on mb with no dedicated processor


furthermore, there is one program that is native to powerpc mac--didn't know which would be faster--ibook or macbbok

 

[Subiklim]

integrated graphics on the new Macbook smokes the dedicated graphics on the iBook.