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Need Help Deciding What to Get

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MrMan112

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Feb 4, 2005
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I bought a Powerbook G5 about 2 years ago. It currently has a few problems: 1. It runs rather slow. Programs take a long time to load. Even Firefox and Safari seem to run slow, and I get the beach ball alot there.

2. A piece of the plastic trim broke off at one of the corners, leaving a rather unattractive hole in the PB (I repaired this with a dental material).

3. The latch is broken. The hook comes down, but the piece its supposed to lock on broke off.

Unfortunately, I don't have Apple Care, and even if I were to send it in and pay the flat rate, they would probably question the hole.

I think a new machine would be my best option. I use my laptop for mainly word processing, internet, music and photo editing (Photoshop of Aperture).

What laptop would be my best bet?

Also, I am possibly replacing my 6 year old Dell desktop (which makes my decision harder because I like having a desktop and laptop, but will have to sepnd alot to have that again). I am considering a 20 inch iMac for this purpose.

Thanks!
 
MrMan112 said:
I bought a Powerbook G5 about 2 years ago.
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You could try adding more RAM to the machine which would make it run better. But for Aperture you are probably best off with an MBP 15", you can buy a large display and then you'll be able to use one computer at home and on the road.
 
Eraserhead said:
You could try adding more RAM to the machine which would make it run better. But for Aperture you are probably best off with an MBP 15", you can buy a large display and then you'll be able to use one computer at home and on the road.
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I didn't even consider getting a monitor. Great idea.
 
15" MacBook Pro + external monitor.


A MacBook won't run Aperture well enough without a video card, although it'll run Photoshop just fine (um....or at least when CS3 is released and it goes Universal). :)
 
Yeah, PhotoShop is ridiculously slow on the Intel Macs at the moment, as it's all emulated under Rosetta.

Also, I don't think Aperture will even run on the MacBook as it requires a dedicated graphics card (something the MacBook doesn't have).

MacBook Pro is your best option, especially if you're upgrading from a PowerBook G5
 
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