If your work really is critical then do not get a Macbook Pro with the thirteen inch screen.
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I was under the impression that no laptop or very few, had an 8 bit screen?
If you compare the screens of the Macbook Pro 13" and 15" side by side you can definitely see a difference. But whether this difference is critical to you is entirely subjective.
Just to be pedantic, I've spent the last 20 years of my life as a design separation artist/manager/head of design, and when reading CVs of potential design separation candidates, I used to bin the ones where said candidates couldn't spell sepAration! 😆
Please feel free to now call me names!
I used to bin the ones where said candidates couldn't spell sepAration!
LOL
Would you also bin the ones from people who use Quark Xpress and Quark Express? 😉
(Funny though - the last time I checked - I use InDesign now - the program didn't actually have QuarkXPress in its own dictionary)
Sorry to bring this back on topic; I use a MBP 15 (Mid 2008 one, 4GB RAM) along with a 23" ACD. It easily outpaces a colleagues Dual G5 2.5. For instance on one project we run a set of specs, MBP: 90seconds, G5:4 minutes.
Unless I found myself doing lots of HD video day-in-day-out (and lets face it, I'm a programmer most of the time, so not likely to happen soon), then I would get a Mac Pro, but the Core2Duos are more than powerful enough for almost any other media workload.
MBPs rumoured to be getting matte screen option for the 15" in September, so I'm waiting till that happens before replacing this one.
Does anyone still use Quark!