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Lightroom on Macbook (black vs. pro)
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Does anyone have experience running Adobe Lightroom on the Apple Macbook black 13” model? Or preferably how it runs on that vs the 15” Macbook Pro?
I need to upgrade my powerbook, but frankly i find 15” is a bit big most of the time. The spotty teenagers in the apple store tried to convince me that I would never get lightroom to run properly on anything without a `dedicated graphics card’, but i have little faith they actually know what they’re talking about.
I just need something that is light enough to carry on regular press gigs and longer trips on the road, but isn’t going to p!ss me off or be inconvenient when i really have to push work through in a hurry…
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Amos Aikman
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Tue Oct 30 03:14:09 UTC 2007
(ed. Mar 12 2008)
Sydney,
Australia
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trouble with all the macbooks except for the pro is that the screens are glossy, which can be a big pain in the arse when trying to do color critical work as well as any work outdoors.
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I’ve got macbook white and lightroom running good- no worries
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I even run Aperture on a macbook white without trouble. Aperture has bigger system reqs than lightroon, so I figure that Lightroom will run smooth.
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My macbook works just fine with Lightroom and PS cs2 and Mail and Photomechanic all running at the same time. Just be sure you put in the maximum RAM. I am sure the Macbook Pro runs smoother than it’s smaller brother but no problems on my side.
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I have been running Lightroom on my old Powerbook 12” for many month until the motherboard crashed (wich has nothing to do with the use of LR). Now I have a MacBook Pro 15 and of course everything run smoothly. I guess that if LR run on the older Powerbook it must run on the Macbook.
Best
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I have been running Lightroom on my wife’s Macbook 13” white model, no problems (I am waiting to get a copy of OS 10.5 so I can actually run Lightroom on my machine – buying Lightroom in the Maldives or online for that matter, is like trying to find snow in the desert…but don’t get me started).
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I run Lightroom on my white 2.16 gh Macbook. It works fine. No worries at all.
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Seems like the spotty kids were after a commision more than anything. However, if you get the chance a dedicated graphics card is always handy to help the laptop chug along.
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Hey, just to let you know that I also run Lightroom on a 13” white Macbook. So far so good!
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thanks to everybody for their comments – i’m writing to you on my new black macbook, and so far, i’m very satisfied. ciao +a.
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The kiddos in the Apple Store may be thinking about Aperture, which is very dependent on the video card for processing images (Apple’s Core Image thing). I ran Lightroom on an old G4 for a year before buying a new machine this fall. My son runs LR on a iBook G4 without problems
If you ever want to run a separate monitor off of your MB you may be limited in screen size because of the limited video RAM.
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i dont know if you already have LR but one thing to consider is the current maximum pixel limit for importing images – currently at 10000 pixels – so if you plan on bringing any 6×7s (or larger) scanned in at full whack say 4000ppi (or if you have any stitched digital pans then you might hit some problems – not sure how aperture handles big files…
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I am interested in the mb necesary for run a separate monitor, did the white macbook have the necesary to do it. Or I need some more power to run Aperture and another display? thanks
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Aperture worked fine with my Macbook with 1 Gig Ram, didn’t need a second monitor either
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If you want to run a second monitor, you really need a MB Pro.
Also, not all MB’s are glossy. It’s a choice.
Are people really using LightRoom? I could never get it to do anything as well as dedicated programs like PS, Photo Mechanic, and Media Pro. Did I miss something?
Michael
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Michael, Check the Apple Store. All new MacBooks that are not the Pro ones have Glossy Screens.
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Aaron, thanks.
That sucks!
Luckily, my Powerbook G4 is still really fine.
Michael
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