Performance of new 13" MBPs for CS5, Eclipse, and FF multitasking

[room271]

Hi all,

I was planning to wait for the new iMacs to come out and get one of those. But changes in circumstance have made it much more likely I will need the portability of a laptop.

Anyone have experience of running either of the new MBP 13" with CS5 (esp Fireworks), Eclipse (or some other programme which has similar demands), and FF/a browser open, plus a local server? Also Spotify playing in the background

(Basically, web-developers.)

I'm just concerned that the 13" MBPs will not do so well multitasking (although - they will definitely be miles faster than my current laptop, but that doesn't say too much).

Thanks.

 

[DustinT]

Hi all,

I was planning to wait for the new iMacs to come out and get one of those. But changes in circumstance have made it much more likely I will need the portability of a laptop.

Anyone have experience of running either of the new MBP 13" with CS5 (esp Fireworks), Eclipse (or some other programme which has similar demands), and FF/a browser open, plus a local server? Also Spotify playing in the background

(Basically, web-developers.)

I'm just concerned that the 13" MBPs will not do so well multitasking (although - they will definitely be miles faster than my current laptop, but that doesn't say too much).

Thanks.

The 13" with its i5 processor is quite a good multitasker. I used it heavily and was satisfied with the performance. If you are a light user of Photoshop I think you'll be fine. If you are working with large images and processing a lot of filters on a daily basis you might wish you had the quad core. If you are like most web developers I know and work with web quality images just a few times a day than you'll be fine.

 

[adnoh]

The 13" wont have any problems with that

 

[room271]

The 13" with its i5 processor is quite a good multitasker. I used it heavily and was satisfied with the performance. If you are a light user of Photoshop I think you'll be fine. If you are working with large images and processing a lot of filters on a daily basis you might wish you had the quad core. If you are like most web developers I know and work with web quality images just a few times a day than you'll be fine.

Ok thanks - yeah, I don't tend to work with large/complex images with lots of filters etc. I think I will get the 13" i7 as the price is not massively more from places like Dixons etc. (in the UK) as opposed to the Apple store (where the difference is a massive £300!).

 

[boylerman]

I use Photoshop and Illustrator extensively on my 13" i7, and have been geneally pleased with the performance.

I upgraded from the 2010 2.4ghz 13", and the difference is pretty significant.