will this be good for me?

[tjespo22]

I do lost of photography, use photoshop all the time. Want to be able to run Firefox, Aim, Skype, Photoshop etc at the same time w.o it getting slow. I also do some video editing here and there.

MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2.2GHz
Accessory Kit
MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display
2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB

 

[Aea]

Short Answer : Yes

I have almost the same machine, but with a smaller HD, it works just fine even with more applications running. Only upgrades I'm making is a RAM upgrade in the future and getting an external drive.

 

[tjespo22]

yeah its the 2000 dollar one but i put a 160gb hd in it. 2gb of ram should be enough. im somehow living on 512 but its slow as **** and makes me want to throw it at the wall.

 

[tjespo22]

if i wanted to play some counterstrike 1.6 would it work ok? would it be playable?

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I've got ical, Safari, itunes, adium, mail, photoshop CS (running under rosetta) I was IMing, using photoshop (very lightly) and listening to music, while scanning in some photos, and I didn't have any ram problems, and that's with 1 gig of ram. Believe me, you'll be fine.

 

[tjespo22]

alright cool. im glad to hear that. thanks!

 

[Aea]

if i wanted to play some counterstrike 1.6 would it work ok? would it be playable?

HL2 with Maximum Settings works at roughly 40-60 FPS (I turned off the counter, it's just perfectly smooth) with practically the same setup as yours.

 

[tjespo22]

so i should be good then! thanks alot!, i have 320.00 saved. so far. lol but its a start

 

[Sounds Good]

If you do lots of photography you might prefer a Matte screen (unless you'll be using an external monitor, of course).

 

[tjespo22]

can i ask why you say this? i thought the only difference is just less glare

 

[Sounds Good]

can i ask why you say this? i thought the only difference is just less glare

The glossy screens produce colors that are less "true" than the matte screens. They are kind of over-saturated, if you will. So when you're adjusting Levels in Photoshop (for example) what you see on the screen is most likely not what you'll get in the print.

Heck, there's no point in using a fine lens like the 70-200mm F/2.8L, then NOT producing accurately colored prints!

 

[tjespo22]

The glossy screens produce colors that are less "true" than the matte screens. They are kind of over-saturated, if you will. So when you're adjusting Levels in Photoshop (for example) what you see on the screen is most likely not what you'll get in the print.

Heck, there's no point in using a fine lens like the 70-200mm F/2.8L, then NOT producing accurately colored prints!

thanks alot man. thx for the great advice!!