Macbook and aperture

[bmat]

I've searched and found some vague answers, and a lot of speculation. But I'd like to hear some real world experience on the latest revision of a macbook with 2 gb of ram and aperture.

This is not my dedicated computer for photo editing, as I use a Mac Pro. But I want a laptop to replace my powerbook G4, but want decent/acceptable aperture ability if I need it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[M@lew]

It's usable, but can get pretty slow. Especially when generating a lot of previews, working in full screen or even straightening. I moved to Lightroom as it works much smoother. I don't know how able you are to do this though, if you use Aperture on you main computer.

 

[bmat]

Yeah. I'm sort of stuck on aperture, and not really going to switch to lightroom. I've used bibble and Canon's DPP on my powerbook, and with large RAW files it's just a disaster.

If it takes 3-6 seconds for image to clear up on the macbook, that'd be fine. But if it's like 20-30 seconds, I don't know if it's worth it. Since I don't plan to do any photo editing on it, except in a pinch, I'd rather not spend the extra cash on a MBP.

 

[Fuzzy Orange]

I am in the same hole as you... PS CS3 would run fine on a MB, but I am not sure about Aperture... Like you, I would do little to no Photo Editing in Aperture.

 

[Igantius]

As M@lew says, it's usable on a MB but none too nippy.

This review of the MB includes 2 videos of Aperture in action:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t466765.html

 

[bmat]

Thanks for the link. The video clips are quite encouraging. Particularly since that's aperture 1.1 and now the latest revision of macbook. I doubt I would be doing more than simple expsure/wb settings, and doing the rest in photoshop.