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So what do you use your MacBook Pro for?
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FleurDuMal
macrumors 68000
Editing it, colour correcting and burning to DVD to be made into millions I hope?
Rich.
FleurDuMal
macrumors 68000
Yeah. I edit out the rude bits.
I haven't got an MBP yet, but when I do I'll be using it for photo editing, general browsing, music and videos, university research and writing, and a wee bit of gaming on the side.
Just deciding whether to go for the 17" or 15", the high-res option or not, the glossy or matte, 2GB or 4GB, slow but big hard drive or smaller but faster, etc, etc...🙄
elithrar
macrumors 6502
Image manipulation, web design, programming & other miscellaneous tasks related to my studies. Alongside that though, also general web-browsing & email, music, movies & gaming. I changed from my Intel iMac to the MBP for the first list of tasks, though; I really needed the portability of a notebook, in so much that I can use the same desktop environment & workspace in order to keep all my data centered on one machine and everything set to how I need it to be.
I'm a big believer in an organised workspace, which is a big reason I use OS X: frankly, I can do C++, Java, XHTML, CSS & GIMP/Photoshop on Windows, but I do it much more efficiently in OS X due to the desktop environment. Exposé & true drag-and-drop play a big part in that. Even Vista doesn't really have the ability to drag and drop like OS X can, and Linux is even further behind in that regard. Beryl is nice, though. At least as eye-candy.
I'm a big believer in an organised workspace, which is a big reason I use OS X: frankly, I can do C++, Java, XHTML, CSS & GIMP/Photoshop on Windows, but I do it much more efficiently in OS X due to the desktop environment. Exposé & true drag-and-drop play a big part in that. Even Vista doesn't really have the ability to drag and drop like OS X can, and Linux is even further behind in that regard. Beryl is nice, though. At least as eye-candy.
c-Row
macrumors 65816
Image manipulation, music creation, web programming (PHP/SQL, soon-to-add JAVA) for the most of it. Add in the usual tasks elithrar already mentioned, and that's my MBP use in a nutshell. I also share his opinion about the organized workspace and the advantages OS X has in that area over other operating systems.
I'll be gettin' one by end of this month.. And I'll be using it for 3D modelling/animation, heavy photoshopping.. whatever my major requires me to do for the next 1.5 year, and hopefully get started on some video editing!
Oh and the basics, such as net-surfing and blogging.
Oh and the basics, such as net-surfing and blogging.
aaron.lee2006
macrumors 65816
GroundLoop
macrumors 68000
I use my 2.4GHz 17" SR MBP/4GB RAM/250GB HDD/Hi-Res display to surf the net and read email.
-Need the Hi Res display to read 4 emails at a time
-Need the 250GB HDD to hold more mail locally
-Need the 4GB of RAM so that I don't have to wait the 12ms for my mail messages to page in off the HDD
Hickman
-Need the Hi Res display to read 4 emails at a time
-Need the 250GB HDD to hold more mail locally
-Need the 4GB of RAM so that I don't have to wait the 12ms for my mail messages to page in off the HDD
Hickman
RAW-Processing with Aperture and some image editing with Photoshop (www.peterkisphotography.com 🙂 not much else, really, apart from surfing the web, of course.
dakis
Photo editing, some 3D simulations for my research, movie making, DVD burning, watching movies, play games
17" 2.33, 2gb RAM, 160gb HD
Mainly for work, connected to an external display:
QuarkXpress
All apps in the Creative Suite
Mostly print design: books, brochures, reports, posters, point of sale, signage, promo items, advertising... some simple Flash, you name it.
Also for messing around with Traktor DJ Studio, but need a new soundcard.
One day, I hope to get back into photography, which I used to teach; I don't have a DSLR at the mo.
All the other stuff: email, streaming iTunes, movie-watching etc. is the icing on the cake. 🙂
Mainly for work, connected to an external display:
QuarkXpress
All apps in the Creative Suite
Mostly print design: books, brochures, reports, posters, point of sale, signage, promo items, advertising... some simple Flash, you name it.
Also for messing around with Traktor DJ Studio, but need a new soundcard.
One day, I hope to get back into photography, which I used to teach; I don't have a DSLR at the mo.
All the other stuff: email, streaming iTunes, movie-watching etc. is the icing on the cake. 🙂
miniConvert
macrumors 68040
Well, when mine arrives, I'll be using it for:
- CS3
- MS Office
- Stacks of email
- General web browsing
- WoW... ahem
vassillios
macrumors 6502
Music production (Logic Pro)
Photography
Web/graphics Design (CS3)
Video editing (Final Cut studio 2)
Surfing
Gaming
Watching Movies
Neo Office
Downloading Disco Biscuits shows
Hammering the loose nails on my porch (JK..obviously)
pretty much everything...but music production is the main reason.
Photography
Web/graphics Design (CS3)
Video editing (Final Cut studio 2)
Surfing
Gaming
Watching Movies
Neo Office
Downloading Disco Biscuits shows
Hammering the loose nails on my porch (JK..obviously)
pretty much everything...but music production is the main reason.
Mainly - Photoshop/Image Ready, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver
Secondary - Maya, After Effects or Final Cut, Surfin the net(though i have a PC for that and videos)
Secondary - Maya, After Effects or Final Cut, Surfin the net(though i have a PC for that and videos)
Anorak
macrumors regular
Hmm...Well I'd say mostly college work, iTunes, movies, a lil' bit of Photoshop, Web browsing, email, Office...
and some Oblivion on the side. 😀 Well maybe not some. More like a lot. Or more than I should...
and some Oblivion on the side. 😀 Well maybe not some. More like a lot. Or more than I should...