MacBook Pro for my Office with Display?

[jenjo43545]

In my professional office, I currently have a Mac G5 and cinema display with Adobe CS2 software. I do layout, some graphics, some photo manipulation. We're hiring someone else in the department, and I really would like to purchase a laptop for myself and give him my current Mac. I need the flexibility of taking my work home and on trips. I've compared the specifications of a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro, but I'm still afraid I'm missing something big...that I'll buy the laptop and it won't fit my workflow. I'd buy a cinema display to hook up to the macbook when I'm in the office.

Also, I read that CS2 is a bit slow on the Mac Pros, and there's a CS3 expected soon. But I need to make this purchasing decision in the next couple of weeks.

Any advice?
Thanks!

 

[smueboy]

MacPro has considerably more grunt that a MBP. So for serious graphics/design etc it is the best choice. Plus you can customise it much more than a MBP (up to 16GB RAM!). That said, i use my MBP for plenty of PS CS2 work, and it handles it quite well. It is true that CS2 is not intel native, so is a bit slow. But CS3 is expected to be out in the next couple of months, and will be much faster on these macs.

8 core macs are also on their way, but your purchasing decision should be made on whether you need portability (MBP) or whether high-performance workstation graphics is more important.

hope this helps.

 

[ebouwman]

Maybe compare the specs from your old computer with that of the MBP and MacPro.
Compare the kind of performance you want, with the performance you already have.