I know someone locally that is selling a macbook 2.2 Ghz processor, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 Gb memory, 160 Gb HD, airport extreme card, leopard 10.5 for $400. is that a good deal? i dont know what year it was made and which mb or any other specs on it, but if its in working condition do you think it is worth it? it is for my girlfriend who needs a mac that she can run the adobe suite on, would this machine be capable? thanks
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macbook 2.2ghz for $400 a good deal?
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It wont run adobe suite very well if at all, but its a good price for a macbook, for adobe suite to function properly you need a macbook pro.
I assume your talking about Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks all CS4?
I assume your talking about Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks all CS4?
thanks, what do they normally go for used? the guy says he has apple care for it so is that transferable? was this model only able to handle a maximum of 2 gigs of ram or 4?
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well photoshop, illustrator and indesign. arent the others you listed macromedia? but yeah she would be using mostly the three i just listed.
The Adobe products run just fine on that MacBook. For some reason people like to say that you need a Pro, but they run fine on a MacBook.
Adobe bought macromedia 6 years ago. Now its all the Adobe Suite
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/mastercollection/
Photoshop will run really slowly, Illustrator and indesign will be fine.
yeah its off craigslist so i told her i'd go with her to look at it, is there anything i should look for if we get the chance to look at it? i'd assume i could also call apple while there and read off the sn# to see if its possible to transfer the apple care and all that.
yeah, just ask to meet up in a public place(like a starbucks) and don't show up alone, not a guarantee that nothing will happen but it's always less likely when you are in a big group.
as for the comp itself, yeah you can just call apple and see what theys ay...
as for the comp itself, yeah you can just call apple and see what theys ay...
Adobe CS will run fine on the MB. You need CPU and RAM to run CS. If you put 4 GB RAM in it, which will cost $35 at Fry's, and the 2.2 CPU you will be fine. A brand new MB or MBP wouldn't even run it very much faster at all. The new top end MB and low end MBP only use a 2.4 CPU, and slightly faster RAM.
You definitely don't need a MBP, as I ran CS on my first generation MBA which is a snail compared to the 2.2 CPU MB.
$400 is a great deal. I would buy it as a backup system if I had the opportunity. Good luck.
sorry dude but this has got to be a scam.
especially since you are on craigslist. and that he hasnt gotten back to you.
usually if there isnt a phone number listed then its a scam.
but hey if you do get it for 400...thats one hell of a steal!
This guy has no idea what he's talking about.
A 2.2ghz C2D will run CS4 extremely well, with the only exception being sub-par performance on photoshop filters on large files. BTW I'm a graphic designer who has, in the last year, used CS3 on a powerbook g4, a macbook pro at 2x2.0ghz, a macbook pro at 2x2.4, and a mac pro at 8x2.8, and seeing very little change in my workflow across the lot (the g4 was a little slow opening big files and running filters, but not bad), so you can trust me over kastenbrust. The only reason to avoid the macbook is if she'll be using after effects or final cut pro, because the (lack of) graphics card makes a big difference.
I totally agree, Photoshop will run fine on the MacBook. I even use Photoshop on a MacBook Air and I find the performance fine.
Yeah maybe CS1!! but theres NO WAY CS4 would run properly on the Rev A MBA otherwise noone would buy the MBP.
You have no idea what you're talking about. We run Photoshop CS4 on Pentium 4 Single core Dells at the paper. I have a very fast computer at home. For almost all purposes (files that exceed the available RAM are an exception), there is no difference using the Adobe suite.
Photoshop would run fantastically on the dual core Macbook Air, especially with 2gb RAM. CS4 is totally usable on a 1.4ghz Pentium 4 with a single gigabyte of ram.
You have nooo idea what you're talking about. First off CS4 runs great on Macbooks. The Air is irrelevant to this thread. However, anything requiring a good graphics card, like shake, motion, aperture are all better suited to the MBP.
Again Kastenbrust this is the second place I've seen you say something ridiculous when you have no idea what you're talking about. So it'd be nice if you just stop posting if you don't know what you're talking about.
Thats a Dell, a windows machine, its different rules.
OK so theres no reason for anyone using anything other than shake, motion or aperature to get a MBP. Whatever.
Perhaps your the one who has no idea what theyre talking about.
Yeah dude. Enough specualtion. The OP was asking for info based on experience, and some of us already provided.
Like I said. I have personally run CS3 very well on my Powerbook G4 1.33ghz, so it will run very well on any Intel Mac.
There aren't different rules
Wow! That was a good laugh
Well... unless you need the graphics card (for apps like Shake, Motion, or Aperture; need the screen real estate, or the backlit keyboard then you don't need a Macbook Pro over the Macbook. Do people still buy them instead of the Macbook? Sure.
Really you're the one with no idea what you're talking about. Since I'm running Adobe CS4 on my little black macbook I'd say I'm the authority on the subject, not you.