Switching from Power Mac to Macbook Pro

[Hoef]

Hi Folks,
I have enough of waiting for the new Mac Pro to come out! Currently working on G5 Power Mac and thinking of switching to a Macbook Pro (15"). I am using the computer for Photoshop and animation rendering in After Effects. Sometimes I use FCP. Then the computer is also the audio / photo hub with up to 90 GB of data ....

My question to you experts is would I experience any usability degradation? Probably the MBP is much faster then my current setup so that should be ok. But I mean with a MBP I have to work of a single harddrive with all my data and a max 4 GB of memory.

Any comments appreciated..... Thanks so much

 

[noodle654]

Hi Folks,
I have enough of waiting for the new Mac Pro to come out! Currently working on G5 Power Mac and thinking of switching to a Macbook Pro (15"). I am using the computer for Photoshop and animation rendering in After Effects. Sometimes I use FCP. Then the computer is also the audio / photo hub with up to 90 GB of data ....

My question to you experts is would I experience any usability degradation? Probably the MBP is much faster then my current setup so that should be ok. But I mean with a MBP I have to work of a single harddrive with all my data and a max 4 GB of memory.

Any comments appreciated..... Thanks so much

If you could wait...I would wait. The Mac Pro is what I would get instead of the MBP. But ask yourself...do you need portability?

 

[HLdan]

Ditto, wait for the Mac Pro. The MBP is not going to be tons better than your current set up. If you're used to desktop performance and features then wait.

 

[Hoef]

Thanks for the response but my Power Mac is dying because of the resistor issues .... fans blowing, can't reboot without tricks, arghh. Need a new computer fast

 

[macjram]

IIRC the MBP can handle 6GB.

Just thought I'd let you know.

 

[jjahshik32]

Instead of a new macbook pro, why dont you not wait anymore and opt for the current mac pro?

Its still miles faster than the newest highest end macbook pro.