Just want to compare between this 2 station which one more powerfull and compile to ur needs..

just read review form HWM mag this month edition, they said that powerbook more suitable in graphic application like photoshop compare to macbook pro..
emm but if we look at apple website they mention that macbook pro 5x faster than powerbook..

so just want ur guys opinion.. coz wanna to get one by end of this month..

i haven't read HWM, but I think they're referring to the fact that Adobe applications (Photoshop, Illustrator) are running slower. If HWM is referring to Adobe apps, then they are right.

The problem now is that PowerBooks are not sold new anymore

just wait for the Universal Adobe CS. Then Macbook Pro is the way to go.
If you really cant wait. just grab one 2nd hand powerbook and wait for the 2nd revision of Macbook Pro while Adobe should release the Universal CS by that time.

i heard adobe CS3 is using Universal code. Wait for that software lo. Next year release CS3

huh next year? maybe i need to find 2nd powerbook.. em how about the ibook? still available in market right? how this book perform? if compare with powerbook i think only diferent at cpu speed & display ram.. so why people said that powerbook was more powerfull?

btw i heard that apple will launch a new book call macbook to replace ibook which using intel same as macbook pro.. emm might be it will come with the same situation..





This post has been edited by xmsham: May 16 2006, 03:44 PM

iBook is a stripped down version of PowerBook. The preformance is not par with Powerbook at all...It runs slower , compared to powerbook and its not 'Widescreen'...You can't connect to external monitor , use 2nd display and all other goodies...Its mainly for people who wants to do light surfing g, etc.....

You , see , RISC andd CISC....PowerPC chip uses RISC , which well......most of the application are written for RISC [OSX]...Thus , on the real processor it runs faster. But when you run RISC applications on CISC , it has to emulate , thus slowing down. TIll today , Powerbooks are still strong if you're doing Photoshop. But , you would lose out iSight and all other goodies that MacBook Pro has it. If you ask me , go for MacBook Pro. Why ?.....You would be lucky to enjoy OSX 10.5 , which would able to run windows programs on OSX.....

check out this powerbook
www.p-p-p-powerbook.com

what i know...
if using apple appication like iDVD, iMovie and iPhoto... MacBook faster than PowerBook.
if using CS2 and Quark 6.5... PowerBook faster than MacBook

it's only a matter of time before the macbook will be faster than powerbook.... most of the universal version of pro-apps related drivers , patches are released already...just maybe some big boys wanna tunjuk terror la... release later..

Yes I notice thats tooo. Now many software already universal. no needs to worry. I'm waiting for Office Mac. Its still a bit slow.

For sure it's MacBook Pro cause it runs Intel Core Duo processor

For raw processor power and general speeds, the MBPro definitely kicks the hell out of the PowerBook G4. The only disadvantage is the unoptimised Adobe apps which should be optimised by next year (according to Adobe).

i hope so.. coz only use mac for this adobe software

i'm waiting for MBP with latchless magnetic lid but dunno when it will out

if you really want to run Adobe stuff on a mac machine , run boot camp.... install windows... and run adobe stuff... there's a lab test on a mac book pro 2.0 and compared it to a pc laptop with the same specs...

here's the link windows on a mac - performance

oo ok thanx 7thlovechild... but i'm think wanna get macbook.. still waiting

is the macbook pro really that hot??

Kinda. The firmware upgrade sort of lowered the temperature a little on my machine but it's still essentially NOT a laptop if you know what i mean.

macbook pro runs fine with CS2,my sisters are using it to do thier work


macbook pro is a burnyourlaptop

it's either your sister's doing light work on CS2 or she's running CS2 with Windows on BootCamp....

so which one....?

This post has been edited by Eithanius: May 26 2006, 03:19 PM