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Macs - What Kind
Sep 16, 2012 18:00:20 #
I know we have a lot of Mac users on here, so I have a question for you. Do you use a laptop or desktop when working at home?
I have an idea in the back of my mind to get a 13" Macbook, and I'll keep asking questions till I don't have an excuse not to get one. :D
I have an idea in the back of my mind to get a 13" Macbook, and I'll keep asking questions till I don't have an excuse not to get one. :D
Sep 16, 2012 18:09:10 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I know we have a lot of Mac users on here, so I have a question for you. Do you use a laptop or desktop when working at home?
I have an idea in the back of my mind to get a 13" Macbook, and I'll keep asking questions till I don't have an excuse not to get one. :D
I have an idea in the back of my mind to get a 13" Macbook, and I'll keep asking questions till I don't have an excuse not to get one. :D
I have a desktop PC-- but I use my MacBook Pro for almost everything: Store photos, fine-tuning them etc. I'll never go back to a PC. I use them at work-- and that's enough!
Sep 16, 2012 18:11:13 #
I have an older iMac. Love it. I love the large screen and I like a full size keyboard. I'm hoping to upgrade to a new one soon.
I don't have a laptop yet and looked into the new retina display Macs. They started at $2500. I ended up ordering a Dell 17" off QVC the other night for @ $650. It comes with Elements 10 installed. The selling point was 4 years of "American" 24/7 tech support. It will do for travel and downloading photos while out of town.
I don't have a laptop yet and looked into the new retina display Macs. They started at $2500. I ended up ordering a Dell 17" off QVC the other night for @ $650. It comes with Elements 10 installed. The selling point was 4 years of "American" 24/7 tech support. It will do for travel and downloading photos while out of town.
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Sep 16, 2012 18:26:12 #
I can't speak for a Macbook but I do know that's a very small screen for viewing graphics. When it comes to viewing, the bigger, the better. Things look better on a smaller screen and things can be missed that are discerned on a larger one. Fine as a carry-around but not as a workhorse at home. That being said, a powerful laptop can substitute for a desktop with the add-on of a large sized monitor. The output of the graphic card may be fine for the laptop but is it robust enough to take advantage of the larger screen?. A laptop with sufficient RAM, a good graphic card, a decent sized hard drive with enough room to accommodate programs with ever increasing demand for real estate can definitely replace a desktop w/ the monitor's addition. An oversized hard drive is less important where files are off-loaded to an external drive.
Sep 16, 2012 19:48:50 #
I have a 24 inch iMac desktop that I bought in late 2009 and a 13 inch MacBook Air that I bought about about a year ago.
Sep 16, 2012 19:52:02 #
Mac wrote:
I have a 24 inch iMac desktop that I bought in late 2009 and a 13 inch MacBook Air that I bought about about a year ago.
Well of course you have Macs, Mac. I also, Bmac, have Macs, of course! :D
Sep 16, 2012 20:18:53 #
Bmac wrote:
Well of course you have Macs, Mac. I also, Bmac, have Macs, of course! :D
Mac wrote:
I have a 24 inch iMac desktop that I bought in late 2009 and a 13 inch MacBook Air that I bought about about a year ago.
Well of course you have Macs, Mac. I also, Bmac, have Macs, of course! :D
Of course. :thumbup:
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Sep 16, 2012 21:20:19 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
I have a desktop PC-- but I use my MacBook Pro for almost everything: Store photos, fine-tuning them etc. I'll never go back to a PC. I use them at work-- and that's enough!
jerryc41 wrote:
I know we have a lot of Mac users on here, so I have a question for you. Do you use a laptop or desktop when working at home?
I have an idea in the back of my mind to get a 13" Macbook, and I'll keep asking questions till I don't have an excuse not to get one. :D
I have an idea in the back of my mind to get a 13" Macbook, and I'll keep asking questions till I don't have an excuse not to get one. :D
I have a desktop PC-- but I use my MacBook Pro for almost everything: Store photos, fine-tuning them etc. I'll never go back to a PC. I use them at work-- and that's enough!
Couldnt agree with you more, once you go MAC you wont go back. I use a 17 MacBook pro, with a 24 ext monitor. Too bad they dont make the 17 any more may be they will bring it back.
Sep 16, 2012 21:28:20 #
The current 21.5 IMac, wish it was the larger now, but I do have 8 gig ram.
For home use of course, the larger the screen the better for photo work, I might add the IMac is due to be upgraded very soon as the laptops probably next spring.
For home use of course, the larger the screen the better for photo work, I might add the IMac is due to be upgraded very soon as the laptops probably next spring.
Sep 16, 2012 21:40:17 #
I primarily use my 13" MacBook Pro. I have an internal drive that is 1TB in size and 8 Gb of RAM. At the office I use a Gateway desktop and still use the MBP for most graphic work.
Sep 16, 2012 22:50:14 #
Bmac wrote:
Well of course you have Macs, Mac. I also, Bmac, have Macs, of course! :D
Mac wrote:
I have a 24 inch iMac desktop that I bought in late 2009 and a 13 inch MacBook Air that I bought about about a year ago.
Well of course you have Macs, Mac. I also, Bmac, have Macs, of course! :D
:lol: :thumbup:
Sep 16, 2012 23:55:01 #
Sep 17, 2012 05:46:53 #
Hi, I'm am Apple person and agree with NormsImages, once you use a Mac you wont go back to a PC. I've been using an iMac 20" for about 6 years now with no trouble at all. My son gave me his old 13" MacBook Air laptop and I didn't think I'd like it but have found its so much handier and like the fact I can use it anywhere I want. Today I have ordered the 15"MacBook Pro with Retina Display for my photos. The resolution for photos with the Retina is the best of all, better even than the larger desktops I believe. I too wish they still made the 17" screen but at least the 15" is better than 13" which is definitely too small.
Sep 17, 2012 05:48:43 #
I have 15 Mac pro laptop . Love it. My computer at work is a Mac . If you like no drama , no viruses, no adware a Mac is the one. When my kids and I owned a pc had to wipe the hard drive to get rid of the adware that constantly slowed it down . I would do virus scans, adware scans to keep it clean. My girls and I all have Mac and I do nothing. We don't even have virus protection on any of them. Mac sure you get the pro.
Sep 17, 2012 05:49:34 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
I love my macbook pro. I used a PC for many years and would never go back.
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