Applied for a job in a Photography Studio

[Shady Pioneer]

MY MBP is running 4GB.

Shady, use Spaces for different apps, makes switching between them soooo much easier.

Nick

I've never really utilised Spaces, again, something I should try.

Stink, if you got the 13" MacBook Pro from the new line up, they are twice as fast as last year's MacBook Pro 13" model. My 15" 2.0GHz i7 is faster than most of the current range of Mac Pros!  Even though the new i5's used in the 13" are dual-core, they are still extremely fast, but I would advise a 15" quad-core if you can afford it, and upgrade to a  high-res screen as well.

Mine is just a 'Macbook' but if I wanted to upgrade would apple take my macbook as 'part exchange etc' I guess the only other thing is how i would go about transfering all the programs over etc

As Horney just said, eBay will see a good return on your MacBook, and just backup using Time Machine and on the new Mac you'd have the option to restore from Time Machine backup, that's what I did moving from my iMac to my MacBook Pro.

[the_stink]

ahhh good call as the timemachine just restores it to what it was like at the last save, so if you computer crashed and wiped everything it just restores it! good call!

good call on ebay, will hav eto check my spec and see what you guys think i could get for it and then can consider that in the future, cant afford to do anyhting right now and my mac is fine for what i need

would be more of a novelty  

[Shady Pioneer]

ahhh good call as the timemachine just restores it to what it was like at the last save, so if you computer crashed and wiped everything it just restores it! good call!

good call on ebay, will hav eto check my spec and see what you guys think i could get for it and then can consider that in the future, cant afford to do anyhting right now and my mac is fine for what i need

would be more of a novelty  

This is the thing, I wouldn't upgrade unless you needed to. I didn't want a desktop anymore so I sold the iMac for the MacBook Pro. If your machine works for what you do then I wouldn't worry too much about it. Upgrading the RAM would be worthwhile though, and even an SSD but they are expensive.

[Ridg]

If your machine works for what you do then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

+1

Regardless if you're running a mac a dell or a custom built desktop, each of our needs on here are different; even when it comes to a machine for photography the requirements can vary so much depending on what apps you're using.

The most important factor for working with images IMO is the screen.

[the_stink]

If your machine works for what you do then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

The most important factor for working with images IMO is the screen.

yeah thats why i bought the macbook in the first place, im just going to upgrade the ram and get the external hardrive 

[Horney]

If your machine works for what you do then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

The most important factor for working with images IMO is the screen.

yeah thats why i bought the macbook in the first place, im just going to upgrade the ram and get the external hardrive 

Nail and head dude. I only bought my MBP this year because my old iBook was 7 years old and was really starting to struggle for my uses. My mate bought it and he's using it for Amiga emulation and a few othe rbits and he reckons he'll get another 5 years out of it!

I'm hoping my current MBP can manage 5 years before I need to replace it.

Nick

[Shady Pioneer]

If your machine works for what you do then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

The most important factor for working with images IMO is the screen.

yeah thats why i bought the macbook in the first place, im just going to upgrade the ram and get the external hardrive 

Nail and head dude. I only bought my MBP this year because my old iBook was 7 years old and was really starting to struggle for my uses. My mate bought it and he's using it for Amiga emulation and a few othe rbits and he reckons he'll get another 5 years out of it!

I'm hoping my current MBP can manage 5 years before I need to replace it.

Nick

If you consider how long your old one lasted and the spec if had, I'd imagine you'll find your new one last at least 5 years.

Personally I wish to keep mine for 4/5 years before selling on, which I feel is a sufficient time to keep it to then upgrade to keep up with the tech at the time.

[the_stink]

yeah wnat to keep mine for at least 4 yrs get good use out of it and im sure by that time, there will be even more fancy mac's around plus god knows what version of PS etc etc,

just need to speed mine up a bit but im sure once i dump all my stuff on the hardrive it will speed up any way before i even get the RAM upgraded

[T_J_G]

I upgraded my RAM and my MacBook is about 4 years old and still runs like a dream.

[the_stink]

Right im off to my interview, lets see how this goes!