Thanks Mat and Godders.
I was afraid i could only do one or the other.
Still new at this Mac thing don't forget.:-)
DAVE
> I use my desktop system (power mac g5 now)
for most of my heavy image
> processing work, but one of the reasons I also upgraded my laptop
> (new PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz) was that I need to be able to do it
> portably as well, occasionally. The laptop drives the same Cinema
> Display 23" that I use with the desktop system and I've configured it
> to work that way if I should need to.
>
> Two notes:
> - Have a calibrated profile for the laptop monitor as well as the
> external monitor ready so that you can switch to the one you
> want to use easily. You must calibrate the primary monitor that
> you're
> going to use for evaluating image tone and color after setting the
> OS for
> which one you are going to use as primary.
>
> (I think the iBook video card only allows mirroring rather than
> desktop extension, but regardless you have to run the calibration on
> the monitor that is where you will be evaluating the tones and colors.)
>
> - Stuff the laptop with as much memory as you can get in it.
>
> CS2 runs pretty darn nicely on this system, and would do well (if
> somewhat slower) on your iBook.
>
> I don't run Windows systems so I can't answer as to whether you'll
> get more bang for your buck there. Of course, with the latest
> software from Apple, you could use a MacBook Pro configured to dual
> boot ... run either Mac OS X or Windows XP. But in the long run, if
> you are going to continue running dual OSes, you will probably want
> both a Mac OS and a Windows OS license.
>
> Godfrey
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2006, at 1:01 PM, Dave Brooks wrote:
>
> > Cannot decide if i should get a PC version or Mac version(ibook) of
> > CS2.
> > Soo, a question. Anyone using a laptop and external monitor to
> > process photos.
> > If so are the results as you would expect.
> > BTW i'm leaning to the mac version.
> >
> > Also, i have not done anything with colour yet. Is it best to run
> > the mac colour thingy on the
> > laptop screen or the external or both.
>
