New Apple Laptops.
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- raskolnikov0
"no longer has much faith in Apple as a company"
why is that then, do they not meet your high standards?
- poor build quality, new versions every month making your obselete, OS upgrades causing shitty problems... shall I go on?ckentish
- brains0
I don't have any problem with the glossy screen. I don't know what everyone is complaining about.
- i guess it depends if you want to see your self in the screen all the time or not. lol.akrokdesign
- monkeyshine0
I really like the glossy screen. I believe both MacBooks and MBPs have dual monitor ability now.
Also, I have been forced to use a Windows laptop for work and Windows 7 is not bad...I use Photoshop and Illustrator on it and honestly it's not that different.
//runs from room before Mac fury reigns down upon her.
- omgitsacamera0
The glossy screen isn't really a problem for me, it's just I have to clean the glass hella now.
- Josev0
You're a designer, you should spend every last penny you have to buy the biggest mac possible. You don't want to be shown up while sitting with it in a coffee shop.
- Josev0
I wish people would post a little more information in these threads. What kind of files are you working on? How much money do you have to spend. How much do you WANT to spend. I've seen people purchase under their needs but often I see people purchase above their needs. I have a close friend, a designer, that i work with occasionally. She needed a new machine (I'm not sure she did, actually). She uses Quark and occassionally Photoshop on 5MB files (she jobs out anything complicated to me). Watching her work almost puts me to sleep -- she uses the menu bar/drop down to copy and paste. Her mouse is set on the slowest speed. Yet her husband pushed her to buy the fastest machine possible while pushing her over their budget. It's not always necessary to buy the biggest/fastest offerred.
- erikjonsson0
glossy screen only bothered me once or twice in almost a year now. no biggie. it that kind of thing hurts your designer eye alot of other things probably do too :D
- bulletfactory0
i just got a new 17" mbp w/ matte screen and 4 GB RAM - i'm a designer that often works with large files and it's been great. I avoided the glossy screen because i work in a few areas with a window behind me. I went refurbished and saved a lot. Check out what they have on their site.
- jteore0
If I recall only Macbook pros gave you matte as an option.
- fyoucher10
If money really isn't too much of an issue and you want portability but thge power of a desktop...
17" MBP w/ 8GBs of RAM hooked up to two 24" ACD's. 8GBs of RAM will allow you to do a lot. Dual monitors increases productivity a ton.
If you don't have a super sunny office then you'll most likely wont have a problem with reflections. I'm sideways towards a window and I only notice a reflection when I'm viewing something with a solid black background.
(You'll need an adaptor to hook up both of the ACD's (see link below) and some displayport to minidisplayport adaptors from the links below as well).
- moldero0
laptops are too damn slow.
- grafiske0
There are some real freaks on here.
I do not have much faith in Apple because they used to be flawless with product quality and customer service. Now, that is not true - in my humble opinion.
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Sometimes I am working with 50kb illustrator files, and sometimes I am working with 1gb photoshop files.
I am glad some people have decided glossy screens are for everyone.
I can see my face in it if what I am working on is black. There is a slight gradient at certain angles - so when you work with a photo with a white background, you can be deceived - any grey gradient under 14% is almost invisible towards the bottom of the screen.
They are not easy to calibrate for print.
If the sun is present or an unfiltered light - you get a nice present from apple. A SEVERE DISTRACTION.
I think I am going with the MBP because there is no firewire (another reason not to like apple) on the powerbook.
- monospaced0
So wait, you're saying that the Mac's laptop screen isn't ideal for image correction? Can you point out a laptop display that is?
How can you say a Mac isn't easy to calibrate for print? Is it easier on a different kind of computer? In my experience it's fucking simple.
Glossy screens aren't that bad. The design industry made do with them for decades and they offer some benefits over matte screens (that also glare, btw).
- i think he's pointing out how why the glossy screen is a pain to work with?instrmntl
- toe_knee0
I got a mbp today. 13'
fucken trackpad is driving me nuts. every 1 in 10 tap to clicks doesnt work.... grrrr
- grafiske0
I am saying I would highly prefer a matte screen for image correction.
Any Apple laptop with a matte screen is ideal by my own set of preferences. Typically I would be working on an external monitor - but I would like the laptop itself to suit my preferences.
Monospaced. This is about personal preference and how you work and how you want to work.
I realize that a matte screen is not 100% glare free. It is without dispute however - that glossy screens have MORE glare. And glare is my least favorite thing that can happen to a screen while working.
- I wouldn't trust any laptop screen for image correction.Josev
- you can spyder any monitorversion3
- http://spyder.dataco…version3
- Yes, you can spyder any monitor. If that's all that's necessary then we should all buy cheap LCDs.Josev