is an older ibook better off for software with 3d graphics than a macbook?
P Planner Dude macrumors 6502 Original poster May 31, 2006 262 0 Jun 5, 2006 #1 is an older ibook better off for software with 3d graphics than a macbook?
P Planner Dude macrumors 6502 Original poster May 31, 2006 262 0 Jun 5, 2006 #3 ArcGIS-- PC only Sketchup--PC or PowerPC based Mac Autocad--company has pc version By the way, I like your avatar....I'm a Wayne State Alumni (Ba in Geography & Urban Studies) and current grad student (Urban Planning).
ArcGIS-- PC only Sketchup--PC or PowerPC based Mac Autocad--company has pc version By the way, I like your avatar....I'm a Wayne State Alumni (Ba in Geography & Urban Studies) and current grad student (Urban Planning).
gekko513 macrumors 603 Oct 16, 2003 6,301 1 Jun 5, 2006 #4 If you want to run PC software you can't really use an iBook, unless you want to run it through emulation (Virtual PC) which is dead slow.
If you want to run PC software you can't really use an iBook, unless you want to run it through emulation (Virtual PC) which is dead slow.
P Planner Dude macrumors 6502 Original poster May 31, 2006 262 0 Jun 5, 2006 #5 gekko513 said: If you want to run PC software you can't really use an iBook, unless you want to run it through emulation (Virtual PC) which is dead slow. Click to expand... Yeah, I just wasn't sure which would be faster/slower VPC on ibook with dedicated processor or bootcamp or paralelles on mb with no dedicated processor furthermore, there is one program that is native to powerpc mac--didn't know which would be faster--ibook or macbbok
gekko513 said: If you want to run PC software you can't really use an iBook, unless you want to run it through emulation (Virtual PC) which is dead slow. Click to expand... Yeah, I just wasn't sure which would be faster/slower VPC on ibook with dedicated processor or bootcamp or paralelles on mb with no dedicated processor furthermore, there is one program that is native to powerpc mac--didn't know which would be faster--ibook or macbbok
S Subiklim macrumors 6502 Mar 31, 2006 288 0 Manhattan, New York Jun 5, 2006 #6 integrated graphics on the new Macbook smokes the dedicated graphics on the iBook.