 Joann Cablas |
Laptop for Workflow I want to upgrade to a new laptop to use for photo editing. I use Adobe CS2 and Nikon Capture, and I currently use a PC WindowsXP. I'm open to either Mac or PC for my post workflow. My question is whether anyone knows if the new Mac book Air is reccomended for digital photo editing? I typically work with large files, and sometimes shoot in raw. Thank you, Joann
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W. |
No, Joan, the MacBook Air is too lighweight for that. The MacBook Pro is ideal, though. And it's the fastest Windows Vista laptop on the market too. LOL! http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136649-page,3-c,notebooks/article.html http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
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Richard Lynch |
Troubles that most people don't bother to think about when choosing something to edit on: * moving your laptop will vary lighting conditions and the viability of calibration * laptops have configuration constraints that may not make them the best image editing choices * laptops come with one screen...seriously limiting your choices for editing if you have a monitor preference without space for a RAID, scratch drive, large monitor, or consistent lighting conditions, you may be limiting the chances of success editing your images. My course From Monitor to Print: Photoshop Color Workflow goes into this in more detail. My blog on Building the Ultimate Image-editing Computer may help you see why I suggest a desktop for a serious image editing choice, unless you plan to use the laptop as a desktop. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I wouldn't want to depend on a laptop for critical work. Richard Lynch
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hello Joann, I agree with Both W & Richard and would would emphasize to stay away from the Airbook and get the Macbook instead. I have a windows laptop with a base station and a 19" calibrated monitor attached when working at home. I recently bought a 24" IMAC and really love this computer. It is much faster than my laptop and the 24" screen really nice to work with. I was going to transfer my CS2 license from Windows to MAC but decided to download the free 30 day trial version of CS3 on my Mac and loved CS3 so much that I decided to keep my Windows CS2 as purchased and bought CS3 for my Mac. I may someday get a Macbook myself but I dont like editing on a laptop (for the same reasons Richard mentioned) and mostly use if for storing photos & e-mail when I am on a trip. Hope this helps.
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Joann Cablas |
Thank you all for the inputs regarding the shortcommings of post shooting workflow on a laptop. This will help me to make a smarter decision on my new workstation. Regards,
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W. |
Apropos "* laptops come with one screen...seriously limiting your choices for editing if you have a monitor preference" You can connect a MacBook Pro to a larger external display, up to 30", or an HDTV via the DVI port or an optional DVI to video adapter. http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/graphics.html Have fun!
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Richard Lynch |
W., I'm aware that you can attach all sorts of things to your laptop, but then it seems it is really playing the role of a desktop. Laptops are sexy and flexible for other reasons (I own one, I just don't do image editing with it). They work great for what they are meant to do: provide portable computing. Richard
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