Need A New Computer!!!!Help!!!

Cuties02q

Right now I have the ibook G4 and I really need a new computer sooo what should I get????

Pamela

Cuties02q wrote:

Right now I have the ibook G4 and I really need a new computer sooo what should I get????

I purchased the macbook , and love it!

DavidTO

How about some more details on what you want to do with the computer?

Cuties02q

I am just started my photography business so I really just need it for photos & editing I am torn between the macbook and the macbook pro?

DavidTO

Cuties02q wrote:

I am just started my photography business so I really just need it for photos & editing

Do you need a laptop? Or desktop? What's yer budget?

Cuties02q

laptop and I was hoping to spend around $2000

DavidTO

Get the new LED backlit MacBook Pro. Just came out today! It's kismet.

Cuties02q

How much is it? I don't see it on the website

DavidTO

Cuties02q wrote:

How much is it? I don't see it on the website

It's the starting MacBook Pro. http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=D2D493CA&node=home/macbook/macbook_pro

digitalpins

get the new macbook, I have the new macbook the ones that just came out. Extremly fast with running photoshop and everything. I got a superdrive and 2gb of ram. So its maxed out with ram also it has a 120gb harddrive.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacBook

DavidTO

digitalpins wrote:

get the new macbook, I have the new macbook the ones that just came out. Extremly fast with running photoshop and everything. I got a superdrive and 2gb of ram. So its maxed out with ram also it has a 120gb harddrive.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacBook

That could have been true last week, but with the LED backlit MBP, it's no contest.

CatOne

DavidTO wrote:

That could have been true last week, but with the LED backlit MBP, it's no contest.

DEAD sexy :-)

Cuties02q

Thanks so much for the help I am getting the new mackbook pro

cmason

DavidTo:

from what I have read, there seems to be no advantage to the LED backlit MBP:

From Engadget:

• All 15-inch MBPs now use LED-backlit displays standard; 17-inchers still use CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent)
• Apple claims users can see a battery-life benefit of between 30 mins - 1 hour (depending on use). They did not have stats on exact efficiencies between LED and CCFL backlit displays.
• The new LED backlight is the same brightness: 300 vs 300 nits of the previous gen's CCFL
• The viewing angle is also the same as before
• In other words, besides faster time from fully-off to full-brightness and an increase in battery life, Apple claims users should notice absolutely no perceivable difference between last-gen displays and the new LED-backlit ones.

CatOne

Haha. Engadget. That bastion of tech "journalism."

Well, one advantage is 30-60 minutes better battery life. Oh, and that "saving the whales" thing as the LED backlights have no cancer-causing-goodness like CFLs do... if you roll with the wool socks and Birkenstock crowd.

DavidTO

I simply don't believe that there is no difference. There could be significantly less difference than I've been hoping for, but for one thing, the illumination should be more even, and will no longer be fluorescent, which has to be a step forward in color fidelity. We all know how good fluorescent is for color.

CatOne

DavidTO wrote:

I simply don't believe that there is no difference. There could be significantly less difference than I've been hoping for, but for one thing, the illumination should be more even, and will no longer be fluorescent, which has to be a step forward in color fidelity. We all know how good fluorescent is for color.

;-)

Well, to be fair, all the backlight has to do is to set a consistent color temperature (5000K, 6500K, whatever) and the LCD pixels do all the work of obscuring the light to give you the colors you want.

I saw an article which said that the LED backlights have a much better range of control than CCFL backlights and you could have control over individual regions. As such, it would be theoretically possible to do HDR lighting on displays with this kind of display. And to get a contrast ratio substantially better than 400:1 or 1000:1 or whatever, because you're not working to block out a "hella-bright" light.

Now whether Apple will leverage this, I don't know. Here's to hoping!

DavidTO

It's really difficult to get even lighting with traditional LCD displays, and much easier with LED, and that alone is a difference that's worth noting, IMO. But yeah, we'll see.

Cuties02q

Well mine will be here on Thursday

SloYerRoll

Cuties02q wrote:

Well mine will be here on Thursday

Congrats on the new machine!
Check out this link for ideas on a carying case.
I'm positive your going to enjoy your investment!

Cuties02q

Guess what I am typing on....yep me new Macbook Pro

wxwax

Cuties02q wrote:

Guess what I am typing on....yep me new Macbook Pro

Sweet!

Hasn't caught fire yet, huh?

Cuties02q

Not yet why is it supposed to