Tommy L Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 My missus does 2d graphics needs a new mac. If she gets the macbook (not pro) then it only has a 64meg (shared) graphics card(!). To a PC buff like me, this sounds totally rubbish. Is the mac specification a different animal? Will she be able to run Photoshop on an attached (19" Samsung) monitor at a decent resolution with the puny card in the macbook, or will she have to stump up the bucks for a macbook pro? Thanks in advance, Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 It won't hurt her too much in 2D, it's got much more effect in 3D. The Mac does make some use of OpenGL in the interface, but Photoshop would be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Excellent news! As long as youre sure......I mean she does some quite intense 2d stuff with lots of transparencies and the mac says its native resolution on-screen is like 1280 / 800.....and she'll have my spare samsung 19" flatpanel........ Its so long since Ive done 2d on a bad card, I cant remember the performance. Actually, Ill just go test it in the apple shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Good idea - if it's intense enough, and the GMA950 sucks enough, it could still be a problem I guess. But it would need to be some really intense graphics. I've got the 17" MBP Core Duo and the ATI x1600 in there is actually pretty good, I'm surprised they switched to nVidia (unless the nVidia card uses less power or something...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 Well she's talked herself into an iMac. Good news all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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