I do have a MBA and I love it, but I use it for web surfing and email + Office 2008 use.. that IMO is a perfect usage scenario.
For Photoshop I suggest the Macbook pro (if a laptop is a must, if not an iMac is way better).. if she want to work on heavy files (RAW images or big files) the slow disk will kill the performance.
Even a Macbook White with 4GB RAM is $200 cheaper than the MBA and the 4GB RAm will do wonders for PS performance.. and that would compensate for the slow graphic card and slow drive. I am a heavy user of photoshop and I would never run it in a disk slower that 7,200 RPM and a graphic card with less than 512MB.. 2GB RAm is ok.. but that puts you in the MB pro range.. if money is the issue, go with the Macbook white and upgrade the RAM..
Jun 23, 2008 9:03 PM
MacBook Air for photo editing MacBook Air is the cheapest among all Apple laptops with Retina display. It can become your favorite photo editing assistant. Being the most portable Mac laptop with the longest battery life, MacBook Air is a great option for photographers who are always on the run. While most apps can run on M1 Macs thanks to a built-in transitionary software called Rosetta 2, native M1 apps will naturally see much-improved performance. Adobe has just released the beta version of Photoshop for M1 Macs, and it seems it will soon top our round up of the best laptops for Photoshop. Sep 04, 2020 MacBook Air for photo editing MacBook Air is the cheapest among all Apple laptops with Retina display. It can become your favorite photo editing assistant. Being the most portable Mac laptop with the longest battery life, MacBook Air is a great option for photographers who are always on the run.
I do have a MBA and I love it, but I use it for web surfing and email + Office 2008 use.. that IMO is a perfect usage scenario.
For Photoshop I suggest the Macbook pro (if a laptop is a must, if not an iMac is way better).. if she want to work on heavy files (RAW images or big files) the slow disk will kill the performance.
Even a Macbook White with 4GB RAM is $200 cheaper than the MBA and the 4GB RAm will do wonders for PS performance.. and that would compensate for the slow graphic card and slow drive. I am a heavy user of photoshop and I would never run it in a disk slower that 7,200 RPM and a graphic card with less than 512MB.. 2GB RAm is ok.. but that puts you in the MB pro range.. if money is the issue, go with the Macbook white and upgrade the RAM..
Jun 23, 2008 9:03 PM
MacBook Air for photo editing MacBook Air is the cheapest among all Apple laptops with Retina display. It can become your favorite photo editing assistant. Being the most portable Mac laptop with the longest battery life, MacBook Air is a great option for photographers who are always on the run. While most apps can run on M1 Macs thanks to a built-in transitionary software called Rosetta 2, native M1 apps will naturally see much-improved performance. Adobe has just released the beta version of Photoshop for M1 Macs, and it seems it will soon top our round up of the best laptops for Photoshop. Sep 04, 2020 MacBook Air for photo editing MacBook Air is the cheapest among all Apple laptops with Retina display. It can become your favorite photo editing assistant. Being the most portable Mac laptop with the longest battery life, MacBook Air is a great option for photographers who are always on the run.
Adobe Photoshop For Macbook Air
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