4.7% market share... yep, that sounds like control to me.

But seriously, for me to even consider a Mac laptop, and I'm a Mac user, it would have to be able to perform as well as a desktop, particularly in the graphics department.

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4.7% market share... yep, that sounds like control to me.

But seriously, for me to even consider a Mac laptop, and I'm a Mac user, it would have to be able to perform as well as a desktop, particularly in the graphics department.

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4.7% market share... yep, that sounds like control to me.

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But seriously, for me to even consider a Mac laptop, and I'm a Mac user, it would have to be able to perform as well as a desktop, particularly in the graphics department.

Exactly.

For the longest time I waited and waited to switch back to a Mac because I wanted a 17" laptop with a nice graphics card, big hard drive, lots of memory, etc. (The portability was a huge factor for my needs.) I could buy a desktop with roughly twice the power for the same price. (That's the nature of laptops vs. desktops; there are always compromises for making a machine so small, lightweight, cool-running, and low-power-consuming.)

Anyway, my wife finally bought me a 12" PowerBook. It wasn't even the most up-to-date model, it was like 6 months old (but a new package). I've been running my photography business on it for the past 9 months. When I need a bigger screen I hook it up to my 19" CRT. When I need it portable, it is.

I can run Photoshop, Illustrator, iTunes, Mail, and Safari at the same time, on 2 screens, without any real trouble. (1 Gig of RAM) Obviously it performs better if I'm only running Photoshop and only the 12" screen.

Anyway, don't underestimate the power of a PowerBook, even the 12" model.


- Jon

I'll second the above statements in that my Powerbook has saved my ass countless times at contract jobs where I've been assigned a crap-ass desktop machine to do heavy Photoshop work. Without my trusty laptop, not only would I have taken possibly twice as long to accomplish what I did, but I'd also be writing to you from a small padded cell somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Unless you plan on running 5 - 8 heavy apps and using them all the same time, there is no reason you can't depend on a Powerbook as a desktop replacement.

I've got a 15" 1.6Ghz w/ 1G ram.

It's also my main gaming machine, as I have a really bad bad habit of staying up late playing Unreal Tournament 2004. The only time it lags is when the server I'm playing on lags. Otherwise, I'm right there in it with other PC users with "gaming" machines.

I've been using my iBook G4/1.2 ghz for almost a year now, and it has been more than adequate for my needs. I haven't used it for graphics, but I did use it as a sales rep, running VPC Windows XP Pro to remotely access my company's AS/400 system. Often my "virtual" terminal ran faster than the Dell machines in the office.

I think the key is maximum ram - I put the 1 gb chip in as soon as possible.

If they make their laptops lighter. I don't see why women should be the only ones not having to break their backs.

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I've been using my iBook G4/1.2 ghz for almost a year now, and it has been more than adequate for my needs. I haven't used it for graphics, but I did use it as a sales rep, running VPC Windows XP Pro to remotely access my company's AS/400 system. Often my "virtual" terminal ran faster than the Dell machines in the office.

I think the key is maximum ram - I put the 1 gb chip in as soon as possible.