On Apr 25, 2010, at 7:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > On 2010-04-25 17:12 , James O'Shea wrote: >> Even the Education version costs $900 for the full package. This is a >> non-trivial price, and would be the difference between my getting an iMac >> and my getting a Mac Pro. > > > to begin with, there is no great Photoshop replacement > > i don't know what you need all this for, but here are some ideas: > > * get the iMac instead of the Mac Pro, especially if the Mac Pro gives you an > advantage in only some of your work; biggest downside is the glossy screen
Mac Pro has no screen... You can choose what you want for a screen. Chad ps: I know you were reading this as Macbook Pro but I think he meant a real Mac Pro. If it is in the budget, I would go for a Mac Pro. Lot longer useful lifespan as it is full upgradeable to more memory, bigger screens, bigger HD, etc and lots of fast cores to start with to keep you going. > > * if the Education price is available to you, and/or if you can bear to leave > flash behind and let go of Dreamweaver, get CS5 Design Standard > > * get CS4 now with the right to a free upgrade, because CS5 may well be buggy > for a year or so anyway > > * find CS4 used (with a proper transfer of license) > > * buy just InDesign and Photoshop -- these are the two apps that are hardest > to replace; InDesign can be used for some of what Acrobat can do > > * consider replacing Dreamweaver with Espresso and/or CSSEdit (i have both, > but since i mostly work with Drupal, BBEdit is all i really need) > > * to replace Illustrator, consider OmniGraffle Pro or Inkscape; each has > different strengths, so it depends on your needs; Inkscape has gotten much > more stable in the last year or so > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
