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Aperture and the MacBook (not pro)
Zach Honig, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Philadelphia | PA | USA | Posted: 8:18 PM on 06.14.06 |
| ->> I was wondering if anyone has tried installing Aperture on the MacBook. I know it's not recommended or supported by Apple but I'm told it's still possible to install. Does it run just as fast as on the Pro? |
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Michael Hickey, Photographer
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Kokomo | IN | United States | Posted: 8:26 PM on 06.14.06 |
| ->> Since a MacBook PRO is the minimum requirement, I doubt it will even install. |
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Greg Dale, Student/Intern, Photographer
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La Jolla | CA | USA | Posted: 9:11 PM on 06.14.06 |
| ->> It will install, I hear, but since Aperture is heavily video card dependent, and the MacBook is lacking in this department, it may not run as well as you'd hope. |
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Aric Becker, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 6:54 PM on 10.13.06 |
->> I am thinking of purchasing a MacBook and was wondering if anyone has any updated info on this topic? I would like to use Aperture if possible.
Has anyone installed it? How is it working for you?
Thanks, Aric |
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Zach Honig, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 7:10 PM on 10.13.06 |
->> I did purchase the MacBook (and am using it right now with Aperture). It works amazingly fast and although I got an error message concerning the screen resolution with Aperture 1.0, I don't seem to get the resolution warning with the current version (1.5).
If you take a look on Apple's website, they've added the MacBook to the list of supported CPUs. http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs
Aperture runs much much faster on my MacBook than it did on my 1.67Ghz PowerBook G4. |
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Aric Becker, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 7:34 PM on 10.13.06 |
->> Zach,
How do you like the glossy screen? Do you run photomechanic and photoshop also and it is still fast?
Thanks, Aric |
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Zach Honig, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 11:03 PM on 10.13.06 |
->> The glossy screen is nice for watching movies and showing off pictures - but don't expect to be able to calibrate your monitor to your printer if you have a glossy screen. The MacBook's screen is higher contrast and the colors are more vibrant than the "anti-glare" screen's, however you shouldn't expect your prints to accurately reflect what you see on screen. For toning I find it best to use a non-glossy screen.
Photo Mechanic runs great but make sure you have the universal version. Photoshop will run but it's noticeably slower than the PowerBook. It's still usable though you may want to use a Power PC processor for your heavier work.
Keep in mind I'm using the 2Ghz Core-Duo MacBook with 2GB of RAM. I've heard that the more RAM you have the faster older Adobe programs will run. Max out the RAM, you’ll be glad you did. |
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Ron Scheffler, Photographer
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Hamilton (Toronto area) | Ontario | Canada | Posted: 8:14 PM on 10.14.06 |
->> Regarding the screen, I'll echo Zach's comments that it has more contrast and saturation than a calibrated Viewsonic 20" matte screen I use with my G5 (I've also calibrated the MacBook display). Prints closely match the Viewsonic and therefore I prefer to use the G5 for color critical work. I have yet to try the Viewsonic with the MacBook and calibrate it to see if I can get a closer color match, perhaps partly because for me the MacBook is a transitional storage device to get the files home for further color critical work. In Photoshop there is an option in Color Settings that may be a work around, in that it allows you to desaturate the display (click on the More Options button to reveal this feature), though I haven't tried it with the MacBook.
The Universal version of Photo Mechanic is very fast on the Intel processors, especially with Jpegs. If you shoot only RAW and want to render previews from the RAW image data (as opposed to using the embedded Jpeg file), it will slow things down somewhat, but it will still be much faster than any G4 powered laptop.
For simple Photoshop tasks like curves and levels, I don't notice that it's slower (though it likely is).
Definitely max our the RAM, but also think about installing a larger hard drive, like a 120 or 160GB. It's super easy to do yourself. It will mean a lot more extra breathing room for writing temporary (scratch) files. I had a 120GB 5400 rpm drive installed, but it unfortunately died, so I'm back to the stock 60GB until it's replaced. The impression I have is that the computer boots a bit slower and is a touch less snappy with the 60. I'm sure this is partly because my base install of the OS with all my home folder contents is already around 30GB. It doesn't take much to add another 20GB in image files to fill up the drive, leaving less space for virtual memory and scratch. Also, if you're wondering about getting a 7200 rpm drive, I'd opt for a higher capacity 5400 since the 7200s don't give you much of a real world speed increase unless you copy really big files back and forth a lot. |
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