Early reports of Virtualization on Intel Macs
Can be read here. Link goes to xlr8yourmac.com.
The results look promising. And I’m jonesing a MacBook Pro. o
UPDATE: Here‘s the Parallels blog. They make the software mentioned on xlr8yourmac.
- 04.10.2006
- 8 Responses »
- apple, geek, tech
- photos
I have a quick MAC question. Have you used Apeture? Heard anything about it? Some of my photographer friends are not impressed, but I see some things that sound good. I like the design control of the books too. Any input?
LORI
You and me both! I’m just waiting for round two when things are more stable and more software is available.
I am writing this from my new 20″ Intel-iMac. Here is my advice. If you get the “free with rebate” printer, DON’T use the install disk! The install disk isn’t for intel based macs, and I nearly lost my mind trying to figure out why Photoshop wouldn’t open anymore! Adobe had no clue, Apple had no clue. I still don’t know how I figured it out.
I originally really wanted the macbook, but the iMac had so much more inside that I couldn’t justifiy paying more for less, especially since I already have an iBook. (I’m really just waiting for the logic board to fail for the fourth time so I can use it as a paperweight.)
Apeture, no. I tried it out on a top end G5 tower at the Apple store and the interface was pretty slow for some things. I think you’d need as much RAM as your machine could hold. This was the version 1.0, so the speed issues may have been addressed.
mmmmmmm MacBook Pro.
Too bad my PowerBook is only a year and a halfish old….
That’s sick, booting XP in 10 seconds!
Regarding Aperture, I say go for Adobe Lightroom instead. It’s not as pretty, but it’s still good, and doesn’t have absurd system requirements.
You want a Macbook?? I applied to an Apple Store opening soon in town just so I could get the discount.
Yup, Bachelor of Arts + 6 years of design experience and I want to work in a mall.
I’m really not much into the technical side of things (this is why I date an Apple Genius, so I can stay stupid), but from my perspective Aperture was great aside from being a bit slow on some things (I was using the G5 tower at the store, too). It might just be me, but I found it to be more user-friendly than Photoshop, and my workflow was MUCH smoother than when I use Photoshop. The fact that you’d need a good deal of RAM to run it is a definite drawback, but if you’ve got the option to upgrade your machine once the G5 is no longer the top of the line, it might be something worth looking into further.