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I got a mac book pro yesterday . I got it for doing art... although unfortunately I can't afford to get photoshop and illustrator yet . It's the standard model... I guess I could write some of what the side of the box says . It has...
-2.4GHz intel core 2 duo processor
-4GB of RAM
-250GB Hard Drive
-13.3 inch display
-NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
...I'm not very computer wise so I only know what some of the stuff means, but I do know it's much faster than my old computer ... and eventually I'll do art on it . I didn't write everything that was on the side of the box though... too much to write .

Last edited by Lace-Bane on 11 Feb 2011, 8:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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"Looks like I'm gonna be playing some Call Of Duty"

Well definitely if it's got that specs and that's actually a pretty hot from what I've read.
The specs are pretty much the exactly same with my laptop, the only difference is, it's a PC.

However, Photoshop and Illustator is like ridiculously expensive, I just can't believe that you actually buy it for like a grand, it's pretty bizarre for a software.

There is Photoshop Elements but I don't know if that's actually the same thing?

Curiouser and Curiouser...

No, although having the front of the screen as something optically 'decent' (as opposed to any old plastic) will always help. (and "retina display" is just a marketing buzzword).

It's a method used to ensure that when the computer wants to display a specific shade of (say) red, it knows enough about the monitor's idea of that colour to produce a more precise rendition of it than some unknown monitor would do.
What the monitor requires to display that colour with accuracy depends on various things specific to that monitor, and this information is usually available as a small file which gets incorporated into the computer's video output software, with the result that colour output information is 'tweaked' so it matches the monitor's requirements.

That unknown monitor is quite probably capable of displaying it every bit as accurately, but the PC doesn't have the information required to tweak its video output to ensure that it actually does, unless specific steps are taken first. Most PCs (ie. not Macs) display colours well enough for most purposes so it's not much of an issue for average users, but it's vitally important with professional image capture/manipulation/printing.

When the characteristics of all devices (screen, camera, printer etc.) are known to the computer then the same colour captured by the camera will look identical on both the screen and the printer. All devices are 'colour managed' by the computer and although this is generally a requirement only for professional image work, it's nice if the computer 'just does it' out of the box and because Apple control their hardware, it's easy for them to build it in.

I don't think the iPod or iPad would have the software built-in to ensure accurate colours: it's not really a requirement for small portable devices like that. But, the quality of displays in most hand-held devices is pretty damn good these days, and having compared my Android phone (HTC Desire) to an iPhone, mine is definitely better: sharper, more punch and more accurate colours.
Hardly of vital importance for a phone, but there ya go...

Wikipedia article on colour management.

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For all practical amateur usage, it's the same as Photoshop. It is Photoshop, but less several tons of clever and specialized do-dads.
It's also considerably cheaper - and I don't know how Adobe can continue charging those outrageous sums for Photoshop.

I shaved 4 pixels off the height of my avatar so now it's 130x130

...I hope people can still recognize me by my avatar

I had been so troubled by your lack of perfect balance, but now I can rest easy.

Yes! It was bothering me too... although now I realized the picture decided to make itself 130x129 despite that I specifically said 130x130 . ... It's so unfair.

...Must...Hold...Back...From editing picture for 1 pixel >_<

I am a zombie and I will malice you with a shoehorn!

The avatars of WP members are like children's drawings across a classroom wall. You get to know the favourite colours and the likes of each WP member.

Oh noo! Why would it do such a thing? I'd probably edit it down one pixel. And then again and again until I disappeared.

On an unrelated note, why will my router work sometimes and not others? And why is it not corrected by resetting it? I have done nothing differently, router! You taunt me with proper functioning for a day and then take it away.

It's so great to be sitting in the lazyboy with a boppy on my lap and my son lying on it feeding off me as I use the laptop.

I'm the weirdest person I've ever met. But I'm okay with that.

I'm not like everybody else, but I'm not complaining anymore.