MBP 13inch 2.26Ghz for School and Graphics Designing --Go for it?

[mnlop]

i'm a design and animations student, so i'm planning to buy mbp to help me in my studies also in my designing life.

will the 13'MBP 2.26ghz MBP do fine in designing,gaming,multitasking?

 

[opera57]

It should most likely do the job yea, although for gaming - what games are you wanting to play? The 9400m isn't a bad chip for some older games but it will struggle with some of the latest ones.

 

[EmielS]

how many GB RAM?

 

[mnlop]

2Gb ram
that's only what i can buy from my budget.

 

[zw-gator]

It won't be that great for gaming, but what laptop is?

 

[mnlop]

im not gonna use it purely on gaming, just 2d gaming.
im just gonna use illustrator, after effects, photoshop, final cut por, like that kind of stuff, will it work out?

 

[noodle654]

im not gonna use it purely on gaming, just 2d gaming.
im just gonna use illustrator, after effects, photoshop, final cut por, like that kind of stuff, will it work out?

The 13" 2.26GHz MBP should do fine with that, but I would recommend upgrading the RAM through 3rd party to 4GB. Don't buy Apple upgrades. But, if you can save more money, and don't mind buying a refurb, I would personally buy this-->http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB470LL/A?mco=MjE0NjE5MA

 

[MacMini2009]

Yes, that Macbook Pro is fine. In the future, consider an external monitor for more screen space, 4GB of RAM, and a 7200RPM hard drive or a SSD.

 

[cpnotebook80]

I have 4gb installed in my new 13" 2.2 and so far all applications open quick.
Especially adobe. I havent tried any burning or transcoding of videos.
My iMac is very slow right now compared to this.
I might use it as a monitor for my macbookpro

 

[reallynotnick]

Just throw in 4GB of RAM and you should be good to go, make sure you take advantage of Apple's Edu discount and free iPod deal (I think the printer deal is no longer).

This is what I put in mine, pretty much the cheapest you can find and Crucial is a great brand:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148191

 

[Blue04]

Just throw in 4GB of RAM and you should be good to go, make sure you take advantage of Apple's Edu discount and free iPod deal (I think the printer deal is no longer).

This is what I put in mine, pretty much the cheapest you can find and Crucial is a great brand:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148191

Today July 20, 2009 is the last day for the free printer. OP what I did today is get the 2.26 and go from 2gb to 4gb RAM for an extra $90 in the store.

 

[mnlop]

ooh! i'm just new with mac.. can you upgrade the MBP ram?how?

 

[alphaod]

Have you considered getting an older model?

Great way to save money.

 

[scho047]

i use it for my work which is dealing with archicad... and using photoshop etc... and its working out just fine.. and juswt as well as it did with macbook pro 15...
hope this helps..

 

[butterfly0fdoom]

ooh! i'm just new with mac.. can you upgrade the MBP ram?how?

Remove 10 screws, lift the bottom panel. Easy.

I'd buy the RAM from Crucial, It's, what, $72 I think.