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"if you use pro apps hold on getting intel iMac" why?

M. Malone

M. Malone

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most reviews I read say that if you use photoshop or anything like it hold off on getting an intel imac till they software becomes universal, how about someone like me, I have a PowerBook G4, which isn't all that great with using Final Cut, I have always been planning on getting an imac, it will be the only purchase i'll make on a mac desktop for at least 3 years, why should I hold off on buying? will a second revision be better in handling this kind of software?
 
I think they say this because the *software* isn't ready yet. I'm thinking the hardware is fine. Can someone back me up?
 
milky23 said:
I think they say this because the *software* isn't ready yet. I'm thinking the hardware is fine. Can someone back me up?
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Your Logic is on point. No pun intended. :D
 
milky23 said:
I think they say this because the *software* isn't ready yet. I'm thinking the hardware is fine. Can someone back me up?
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...you lucky SOB... jk dude seriously thats amazingly good luck,... I wonder if I send my ibook back with an issue will they replace that with a macbook... hmmmm
 
Jericho2550 said:
most reviews I read say that if you use photoshop or anything like it hold off on getting an intel imac till they software becomes universal, how about someone like me, I have a PowerBook G4, which isn't all that great with using Final Cut, I have always been planning on getting an imac, it will be the only purchase i'll make on a mac desktop for at least 3 years, why should I hold off on buying? will a second revision be better in handling this kind of software?
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Final Cut will be universal in March. I do not see any reason not to buy it now. You will have a few weeks to wait for the Universal binaries, but what is two weeks?
 
It is because the "pro" apps are not universal binaries yet and they will not run through Rosetta. If you use the pro apps, you simply will not be able to run then on your Core Duo Mac.

You can buy it now, but get the universals when they are released. It will cost you more money, but Apple is offering Final Cuta "cross-grade" for $49.

It's your call.
 
emaja said:
It is because the "pro" apps are not universal binaries yet and they will not run through Rosetta. If you use the pro apps, you simply will not be able to run then on your Core Duo Mac.

You can buy it now, but get the universals when they are released. It will cost you more money, but Apple is offering Final Cuta "cross-grade" for $49.

It's your call.
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They do run under rosetta, Apple just does not advertise it. (although i am sure it is slow.) But, the universals are almost out anyway.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1612101&#1612101
 
Anyone else think that its pretty jacked up for Apple to charge $50 for the same damn program or "crossgrade" after the user just bought a machine worth a couple grand?

Damn Steve throw them a bone for gods sake.
 
As someone who uses the pro apps heavily, I'm waiting until I see some solid benchmarks until I buy a Mac Book pro. I have a loaded Quad with 6GB RAM and a 7800GT GPU, so that'll hold me for another year or so, but I need a faster Powerbook. A buddy of mine who was at Macworld said that Photoshop runs on the Macbook Pro at about the speed of the current Powerbooks, so we'll see.
 
Dr. Dastardly said:
Anyone else think that its pretty jacked up for Apple to charge $50 for the same damn program or "crossgrade" after the user just bought a machine worth a couple grand?

Damn Steve throw them a bone for gods sake.
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I see your point, but for some perspective, those of us who spend $1300 on software and another $4000 on the hardware to run it nicely can drop a measly $50 for a crossgrade.
 
thanks guys, what about reliability? I'm not gonna be a lab rat by buying one of the beginning intel imacs am I? the kind that has the little glitches that needs to be recalled.??
 
MovieCutter said:
As someone who uses the pro apps heavily, I'm waiting until I see some solid benchmarks until I buy a Mac Book pro. I have a loaded Quad with 6GB RAM and a 7800GT GPU, so that'll hold me for another year or so
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That would hold me for at least five years easy. But I understand if you are a power user who demands all the machine can give.
 
spinne1 said:
That would hold me for at least five years easy. But I understand if you are a power user who demands all the machine can give.
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High definition video editing, rendering, and encoding... I need all the power I can get.
 
MovieCutter said:
As someone who uses the pro apps heavily, I'm waiting until I see some solid benchmarks until I buy a Mac Book pro. I have a loaded Quad with 6GB RAM and a 7800GT GPU, so that'll hold me for another year or so, but I need a faster Powerbook. A buddy of mine who was at Macworld said that Photoshop runs on the Macbook Pro at about the speed of the current Powerbooks, so we'll see.
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I can't imagine any laptop topping that for a while. that's a crapload of memory!
 
So I have the cs2 suite, and I have been patiently waiting for the widescreen ibooks. If they come out, then I can't use my creative suite? I have to buy all new software?
 
Dr. Dastardly said:
Anyone else think that its pretty jacked up for Apple to charge $50 for the same damn program or "crossgrade" after the user just bought a machine worth a couple grand?
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It still cost them something to make the universal programs (in time spent on making them work and testing). $49 doesn't seem much, especially considering the price of those programs.
 
The new Barefeats benchmarks suggest that the Intel iMac CoreDuo runs Photoshop in Rosetta as fast as the Powerbook G4 1.5GHz. Both scored 61s to run the MP-aware tasks in PS (same test done at two different times, mind you). That is still a bit slower than the iMac G5, and considering the task is multi-core aware, the Intel iMac SHOULD smoke the PB and G5.

Conclusions: exactly what SJ said in the keynote (for once!). If you're a pro who demands that PS be as fast as possible right now, the Rosetta emulated version isn't going to cut it. But the speeds are decent and you'll get by (i.e. if you dont mind the speed of PS on a 1.5GHz G4 Powerbook, you'll be fine on the Intel iMac/MBP under Rosetta).

The PS Universal Binary should FLY on these machines. Oh, and if all you need to do with PS is a little basic photo editing, GraphicConverter is already out as a UB, so you're good to go.
 
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