I don't know what to do, I need some advice!
I need to upgrade my main computer, it is currently an iBook G4 1.2Ghz. It's a great little computer but recently it has come to my attention that I need some more power.
I am fully aware that MacBook's are around the corner - but i'd really like an iMac. I love being able to go everywhere with my iBook and if when I upgrade I will have to sell my iBook to raise funds for my next computer.
OK So the main question is...
1: Wait for MacBook's
2: Sell iBook now and buy iMac
I use PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator and Heavy Garageband usage. On top of that iLife stuff and iWork.
I just want an opinion basically,
Thanks, Joe.
It's a mixed bag... my Intel iMac fairly blazes when running Universal applications (including the new '06 iLife apps -there is simply no comparison to the speed I have now compared to the speed of, for instance, GarageBand, on my dual 1GHz MDD PowerMac. I also have a MacBook Pro on order (ordered from our local Mom & Pop shop whom have been Apple dealers since the beginning of Apple) and I KNOW that it is going to outperform my 867MHz 12" G4 PowerBook (even with non-Universal apps, I'm suspecting).
I feel as if I will have the best of both worlds - an Intel iMac and a MacBook Pro - but if I were in your shoes I would purchase a MacBook Pro: you're obviously accustomed to the portable option (although my dealer sells a 'portable' bag for the 20" iMac, I really can't see taking it to the coffee shop!).
I use most of the same apps as yourself - and in addition am a heavy Word user. There are some Photoshop 'basics' that seem faster on the Intel iMac than they did on my PowerMac but I suspect some of these have to do with system speed and not much to do with Photoshop. I've not timed anything but all the published tests seem to indicate that PS is slower on the Intel Macs but I don't do a lot of fancy work with extremely large files and it FEELS faster than my G4 (most speed tests I've seen are comparing G5 iMacs and Intel iMacs. I've had no problems - yet - with any PowerPC applications: Rosetta seems to work quite well.
Personally, I can' imagine life as I know it without a laptop - something portable - so I would, were I you, likely get the MacBook Pro. (Easy for me to say since I've an Intel iMac and a MacBook Pro on the way). But if I had to choose only one, I'd go for the MacBook Pro.
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