hi all. just curious if anyone is running any sort of 3D app or even PS7 regularly/daily on one of the new iBook 700's yet? if so, howzit working out? thanks!
It works just fine. It is not as fast as it is on the iMac G4 on the desk next to mine, but it is a great app. The healing brush rocks. But I am running an iBook 600, so I would be interested in doing a side by side with a new 700. I wonder how much of a difference 100MHz and 512K L2 cache make....
anyone feel this new ibook 700 would be enough to suffice the daily use of a college student design major?
apps would mostly be ps7, illustrator/freehand 10, flash mx, golive6, indesign 2. would the 700 ibook be able to hang for a couple years of this type of abuse?
would love to be able to save the $ vs the tibook obviously, but don't want to have to give up TOO much performance. a pipedream?
I'm a design major on a 12" iBook 600. I do have a PC desktop as well, but I would love an excuse to go full-time on the 'Book. Only thing that is a tad annoying is the 1024x768 res ceiling.
Other than that it rocks....
Besides, the design labs at York U have PM 867s with 17" studio displays, and upgraded g4 blue and whites with 21" CRTs.... so If i need 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 I go in there.
I'm a senior design major and I do NOTHING without my iBook. I just finished a thesis class and a corperate ID course with it running PS7, Ill 10, and InDesign 2.0. Made A's
the new iBook is a GREAT machine I'd get one if I was willing to give up the 500 I have now.
i don't think i'd be too worried if i were a design major and using an ibook with OS 9. OS X is a different story, as i use an ibook 500 and it's kind of slow. but jaguar changes all of that dramatically. i'm getting an ibook 700 this week (eee!!! ) and will be running os 9 apps on it until jag comes out to the public.
i also use ps7, reason, cubasis, flash mx, and a bunch of other multimedia apps. (i'm a music tech maj at northeastern u) -- and on any g3 with 500+ mhz, performance is very acceptable -- but then again, i mean this in os 9.
you'd be saving a LOT of money by getting the ibook--plus it's more portable than the ti.
thank you all fellow students/designers. i really value your shared experience/imput. i'm sure you all know how tough it is to decide how much you want, or absolutely feel you must spend on a machine to get you through using your most frequent apps, and yet be portable! so i will definetly take your shared wisdom into account as i am getting nearer and itchier to buy a new machine. haha.
anyone else please continue to post any pertinant info here if you've got any!
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apps would mostly be ps7, illustrator/freehand 10, flash mx, golive6, indesign 2. would the 700 ibook be able to hang for a couple years of this type of abuse?
would love to be able to save the $ vs the tibook obviously, but don't want to have to give up TOO much performance. a pipedream?
just thinking aloud. thanks.
Other than that it rocks....
Besides, the design labs at York U have PM 867s with 17" studio displays, and upgraded g4 blue and whites with 21" CRTs.... so If i need 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 I go in there.
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the new iBook is a GREAT machine I'd get one if I was willing to give up the 500 I have now.
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i also use ps7, reason, cubasis, flash mx, and a bunch of other multimedia apps. (i'm a music tech maj at northeastern u) -- and on any g3 with 500+ mhz, performance is very acceptable -- but then again, i mean this in os 9.
you'd be saving a LOT of money by getting the ibook--plus it's more portable than the ti.
anyone else please continue to post any pertinant info here if you've got any!