PC HELP !

I just started back into college and majoring in Graphic Design. I have to run lots of programs and need help in what kind of laptop is gonna be best for me seeing these laptops use lots of space and PC usage. Mostly they are the CS6 programs, photoshop, InDesign, Literoom , Bridge, basically that whole Adobe package. Any helpful tips will be greatly appretiated.

You have inquired in the right place, Drew. A bunch of technoid computer gurus here (me NOT included) I will say that all my teacher kids LOVE their Macs. We have one too, but haven't really scratched the surface of what can be done with the pics, graphics, etc.

I'm not a MAC guy but my strong advice would be to go with the MAC. I'm retired from a graphic arts environment and my background is in mainframes, minis, workstations and PCs but our pure graphics department was all MACs.

Rest assured, upon graduation with any sort of degree in graphic arts you will almost exclusively find MACs at any possible places of employment. They dominate the graphic arts industry. Learn the software in school (Photo Shop, Adobe, etc.) using a MAC and carry that through to the workplace.

Ok thanks fellas

BlueShoes1 wrote:I'm not a MAC guy but my strong advice would be to go with the MAC. I'm retired from a graphic arts environment and my background is in mainframes, minis, workstations and PCs but our pure graphics department was all MACs.

Rest assured, upon graduation with any sort of degree in graphic arts you will almost exclusively find MACs at any possible places of employment. They dominate the graphic arts industry. Learn the software in school (Photo Shop, Adobe, etc.) using a MAC and carry that through to the workplace.

Hey Drew..

I'm working in IT for the Star here in town and we have ALOT of folks that are using CS4, CS5 and a few that I have upgraded to CS6, I have to agree with Blue we run that software suite pretty much exclusively on Mac's... My advice would be to buy as much computer as you can afford if you are going to be using CS6 pretty heavily. We are running our photographers and designers on Macbooks with 8GB of Ram, quadcores ETC... You need a workhorse to run CS6 to it's full potential. Is school helping you out with the price of the software? I just priced CS6 the other day at $1800.... But if you are going to be running In Design, Ps, and say After Effects and Light Room you really need to make sure you have enough computer to run it...

The other thing you would probably want to look at would be something with a Retina Display if you are going to be doing graphic design.... the difference in the displays is amazing, it's like watching an old projection TV and then moving up to a 1080p HD tv... You won't believe the difference until you see it for yourself.

Oh I see Drew is posting his Christmas list on a message board..What has this world come to?

cravnravn wrote:Oh I see Drew is posting his Christmas list on a message board..What has this world come to?

Want mine too, while we're at it? Magic, you have yours ready? Oh, wait...

dblshockpwr wrote:

Hey Drew..

I'm working in IT for the Star here in town and we have ALOT of folks that are using CS4, CS5 and a few that I have upgraded to CS6, I have to agree with Blue we run that software suite pretty much exclusively on Mac's... My advice would be to buy as much computer as you can afford if you are going to be using CS6 pretty heavily. We are running our photographers and designers on Macbooks with 8GB of Ram, quadcores ETC... You need a workhorse to run CS6 to it's full potential. Is school helping you out with the price of the software? I just priced CS6 the other day at $1800.... But if you are going to be running In Design, Ps, and say After Effects and Light Room you really need to make sure you have enough computer to run it...

The other thing you would probably want to look at would be something with a Retina Display if you are going to be doing graphic design.... the difference in the displays is amazing, it's like watching an old projection TV and then moving up to a 1080p HD tv... You won't believe the difference until you see it for yourself.

Awesome man , and yes school is helping me out alot , we have a student package that compes with the complete cs6 package for $380. And i just found out that apple actually gives students a pretty good discount on Mac's. My car will be paid off within the next 2 months so ill be visiting the apple store. Thanks alot

Alright guys so check this out , my college got brand new pcs and they were getting rid of all of their older ones to students first come first serve. SO i got to the school at 6:05 am and waiting in line til 8:30 and picked up a Mac book Pro for $20. The pc is pretty nice 16 GB memory and i believe 180 gb hard drive. think its a pretty good pc to start off with. I am gonna be looking to add more storage to the pc, so whos the one to help me?

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Ahh 8813 the good old days

ColtsKurt wrote:You have inquired in the right place, Drew. A bunch of technoid computer gurus here (me NOT included) I will say that all my teacher kids LOVE their Macs. We have one too, but haven't really scratched the surface of what can be done with the pics, graphics, etc.

See a typical rich guy talking

BigDrew wrote:Alright guys so check this out , my college got brand new pcs and they were getting rid of all of their older ones to students first come first serve. SO i got to the school at 6:05 am and waiting in line til 8:30 and picked up a Mac book Pro for $20. The pc is pretty nice 16 GB memory and i believe 180 gb hard drive. think its a pretty good pc to start off with. I am gonna be looking to add more storage to the pc, so whos the one to help me?

Bank robber

$20 ?????

Hell maybe you can just buy some stacks of cash for 1/10th the value and not worry about working

Well I guess for storage you can add a external HD just to copy stuff or if you want to put a new HD in that rig and try to transfer the complete crApple OS over........maybe you better ask Kurt

Magic wrote:

BigDrew wrote:Alright guys so check this out , my college got brand new pcs and they were getting rid of all of their older ones to students first come first serve. SO i got to the school at 6:05 am and waiting in line til 8:30 and picked up a Mac book Pro for $20. The pc is pretty nice 16 GB memory and i believe 180 gb hard drive. think its a pretty good pc to start off with. I am gonna be looking to add more storage to the pc, so whos the one to help me?

Bank robber

$20 ?????

Hell maybe you can just buy some stacks of cash for 1/10th the value and not worry about working

Well I guess for storage you can add a external HD just to copy stuff or if you want to put a new HD in that rig and try to transfer the complete crApple OS over........maybe you better ask Kurt

I guess they wantes to give back ro the students, they had pcs too so I got one of each, I just wanna make sure that when I run Cs6 first of all im gonna have room for a lot of pics , and also that the programs are gonna be running fast and smoorhly , like photoshop and on the internet at the same time

Damn Sweet Deal!

You should have let us know! I would have bought one of those Macbooks from you!

They put a limit of one per student or I surely would of