I've decided it's time to switch. I had decided on a 2.66Ghz mac pro, with 5GB RAM and a couple 750GB drives. Now I'm wondering if I should get a MBP instead. Someday the portability may come in handy. And I have read so many glowing reports here on the MBP.
I use Lightroom with about 55K pictures imported right now and it is always open. CS2 (soon 3) is always running. And I am usually running Firefox with over 20 open tabs.
My Athlon PC with 1.5GB of RAM slows to a crawl many times in LR and CS2. I can't take the lack of speed, thus the plan to move to a mac pro.
My question - assuming I don't change my behavior and continue to keep memory hogging programs running all the time, will I be frustrated with the MBP response? And I will need to run the 750GB drives externally, which will also hurt performance.
Any cost difference is immaterial, they are close enough that it doesn't matter to me. The portability would be nice. But if I am not going to be happy with responsiveness I won't be happy with the system.
I have 2 17" LCDs now, will probably buy a new 22" wide and give my wife one of my 17's.
So - MBP or Mac Pro? The order goes in the day they announce new product or the day after WWDC, whichever is first.
Thanks
Fred
I use Lightroom with about 55K pictures imported right now and it is always open. CS2 (soon 3) is always running. And I am usually running Firefox with over 20 open tabs.
My Athlon PC with 1.5GB of RAM slows to a crawl many times in LR and CS2. I can't take the lack of speed, thus the plan to move to a mac pro.
My question - assuming I don't change my behavior and continue to keep memory hogging programs running all the time, will I be frustrated with the MBP response? And I will need to run the 750GB drives externally, which will also hurt performance.
Any cost difference is immaterial, they are close enough that it doesn't matter to me. The portability would be nice. But if I am not going to be happy with responsiveness I won't be happy with the system.
I have 2 17" LCDs now, will probably buy a new 22" wide and give my wife one of my 17's.
So - MBP or Mac Pro? The order goes in the day they announce new product or the day after WWDC, whichever is first.
Thanks
Fred