Hi. I'm about to buy a 'book. I have the funds but I also have a family. I work in film/tv production. Any advice would be appreciated!
Here's what I do with my 1.25 17" 80GB HD iMac at home. It would be very helpful for me to be able to do all this stuff at work, at Starbucks, in the recording studio, on the beach or wherever!
See the screen. I hate to squint. It's gotta be 14 or 15".
iPhoto, 5,000 plus pix 500MB each, use it to update my .mac website weekly. I do simple stuff like rotating pix. But lotsa pix.
iMovie. I have a firewire digital video camera. Once or twice a month, I need to input a 1 hour tape, edit it and output to DVD.
Garageband. I like to record live music on 6 or 7 tracks. Here's the kind of stuff: http://www.macidol.com/jamroom/bands/405/music.php.
Mail, Safari, Final Draft, Word, iTunes.
iRoam. Or rather I'd like to roam if the range could be more than a room. I already bought a Netgear wireless router for my wife's Compaq laptop. Her reception is great as long as she's within 15 feet of the base unit!
I have a 20GB iPod. I use it for music and as a firewire drive.
Question: Will a pimped out 14" 1.2 iBook do all the stuff I'd love it to do without stuttering? Or would a Powerbook be a better choice?
(The cost isn't that different, loaded 1.2 14" vs. a superdriven 1.33 PB.)
By the way, in my work there are TONS of folks who use macs. Thanks!!!
Here's what I do with my 1.25 17" 80GB HD iMac at home. It would be very helpful for me to be able to do all this stuff at work, at Starbucks, in the recording studio, on the beach or wherever!
See the screen. I hate to squint. It's gotta be 14 or 15".
iPhoto, 5,000 plus pix 500MB each, use it to update my .mac website weekly. I do simple stuff like rotating pix. But lotsa pix.
iMovie. I have a firewire digital video camera. Once or twice a month, I need to input a 1 hour tape, edit it and output to DVD.
Garageband. I like to record live music on 6 or 7 tracks. Here's the kind of stuff: http://www.macidol.com/jamroom/bands/405/music.php.
Mail, Safari, Final Draft, Word, iTunes.
iRoam. Or rather I'd like to roam if the range could be more than a room. I already bought a Netgear wireless router for my wife's Compaq laptop. Her reception is great as long as she's within 15 feet of the base unit!
I have a 20GB iPod. I use it for music and as a firewire drive.
Question: Will a pimped out 14" 1.2 iBook do all the stuff I'd love it to do without stuttering? Or would a Powerbook be a better choice?
(The cost isn't that different, loaded 1.2 14" vs. a superdriven 1.33 PB.)
By the way, in my work there are TONS of folks who use macs. Thanks!!!