I'll post a pic of my new MacBook Pro when I get my hands of it...
Back to non responsive mode / Johan
Den 06-05-29 18.06, skrev "swisspace" <swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I know of at least one list member ;-) who is interested in the macbook
> (1Gb RAM), so here is my first day opinion.
>
> Having read Walts postings on his new windows machine and as I work as a
> system administrator OSX is lovely to move to new hardware, reinstall
> osx to get rid of all the excess baggage approx 45 mins - copy all
> applications across from old mac approx 1 hours, so two hours after
> machine arrived it is up and running like the old one - anyway enough on
> that.
>
> I am finding it about the same performance as my modded g4 (sonnet dual
> 1.8Ghz 2gig memory but 100Mhz bus), which is really fast enough, it
> was just too noisy for me. The macbook is pretty quiet, the fans started
> and are quite loud when converting a batch of oly raw files to jpgs
> using iview.
>
> The macbook converted the images about 5 percent faster (the images are
> on an external firewire drive compared to the g4) both taking about
> 2secs per image. The Macbook feels snappier to use in general, photoshop
> started up slightly slower than on the g4 but gimp started slightly faster.
>
> I am hoping I gain some battery life for the slower CPU speed of the
> 2Ghz macbook, which should be a little faster.
>
> CONCLUSION - If my G4 wasn't so noisy I would be quite happy to keep it
> - its performance was enough for me, the macbook with similar
> performance is much quieter and of course smaller, so now to auction the
> sonnet etc. It isn't a full comparison just a first impression. Now I
> have all I need computer, scanner and camera and lens wise - for the
> time being ;-)
>
>
> Om content, we took Cai on his first holiday this weekend to wengen
> along with the E1 and om and 21mm. Here is a sample shot from the E1, I
> will post more when the om shots are developed, more in gallery.
>
> http://thattimeoflife.smugmug.com/photos/72143953-M.jpg
>
> IanW
>
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