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Which MBP should i Get

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whistler222

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I've decided on a MBP for photography work, as well as some part time EMBA courses..

I have a mac pro at home so majority of serious editing is done on that.

1. 15 or 17 - 17 high res has an AMAZING screen.. but it's bigger/heavier, and not as 'portable' as 15.

the criteria is obvious.. size/portability vs. screen resolution / real estate

2. 15 low vs 15 high
50 more HDD which is not a factor b/c i'm replacing it with my own HDD
So $500 more for 256 vs 512 graphics card. and 3MB vs 6MB L2 cache..
oh and 2.4 vs 2.5 ghz

Is the high trim 15 worthwhile?
 
Since you have a Mac Pro for your main usage I think the low end MBP would suite your needs fine. If the $500 isn't an issue for you then go for the best you can get. If you're editing a lot the 17 hi-res is a very nice machine. Like you said it whether not you want more portability or not.

I've had mine since it was released and it works great.
 
Nowadays: NONE.

I bought a MBP also for photography and I can't use it. And notice that I am not unlucky. Lenovos' or Vaios' screens are much better suited even if they use the prehistoric lamps instead of leds.

I am not saying "buy one of them", but just that, if you can wait, wait till they realize how to produce displays that are not yellowish, don't have stripes, and so on.

If you like gambling and go for MBP in the current line, there would not be any sensible difference for 2D image processing between the low end and the high end.

-- thistle
 
Get the 15 with an apple cinema display, BT keyboard and mouse.
 
Bumping because of #2:
Is the graphics card bump from 256MB to 512MB going to make a huge difference from the low 15" to the high 15"?
 
SVT Amateur said:
Not unless you are running a very huge external display.
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How huge is huge?

Like what will the 2.4 256mb be able to run? a 30''? two 30'' two 23''? just one 23"?

I have a 24'' iMac with a 19'' external display (my old pc LCD) and a 2.4 penryn MBP. However, I would like to spoil myself eventually and get a nice cinema for the MBP, as it would be nice to have, not gunna lie. Sometimes having a couple big screens is just bad a$$...
 
SVT Amateur said:
Not unless you are running a very huge external display.
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ok. i picked up the low end 15inch today.. it's very nice.

I don't need it to drive a large display as I have a mac pro with a 30 inch monitor as my desktop.
i needed portability, and for 500 bucks, I really didn't see the justification for just the video card, 3mb more L2 cache, and 0.1 ghz.. (i'm replacing the HD anyways, so I had no problem with that difference).
 
buyusfear said:
How huge is huge?

Like what will the 2.4 256mb be able to run? a 30''? two 30'' two 23''? just one 23"?

I have a 24'' iMac with a 19'' external display (my old pc LCD) and a 2.4 penryn MBP. However, I would like to spoil myself eventually and get a nice cinema for the MBP, as it would be nice to have, not gunna lie. Sometimes having a couple big screens is just bad a$$...
Click to expand...

The Macbook Pro is intended to drive its own display and/or one external display*. All Macbook Pro models can drive any display up through a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels. That means an Apple 30" display.

*There are workarounds.
 
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