inoam Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I am planning on buying the MSI Wind in order to install Leopard on it. What sort of performance can I expect? would I be able to use Aperture or Lightroom for raw files. Is that too much to ask? Thanks a lot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115354-msi-wind-osx-perfomance/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I can't tell exactly, but you should not expect too much from this kind of notebook - it has clearly other intentions than developing raw-files or edit images. But the test of the first ATOM-based cpus showed that they have more power than expected - so, I think it will work to open and develop raw files but it won't be really fast. And I would prefer Lightroom in this case because it is some kind of more lightweight, should make better performance. I'malso looking for the win to come to germany, the Akoya that was sold at ALDI 2 weeks ago looked like cheap {censored} in siler/black, so I'm still waiting for the original to come. When I know more I will post here... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115354-msi-wind-osx-perfomance/#findComment-818270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoam Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 I am getting one today so if you want I can update with my results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115354-msi-wind-osx-perfomance/#findComment-818697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Have look on the Build a Perfect Mac for less than $250 thread. I'm really pleased with the performance of the Atom CPU. The system certainly feels faster than my old Celeron D. It's perfectly usable and the CPU only needs 4 Watts (still cannot believe it). For light usage like Internet, iTunes, iPhoto etc. the computing power is more than enough. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115354-msi-wind-osx-perfomance/#findComment-819333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
er_mouloud Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I think you could use Lightroom but given the screen resolution it would be pretty hard to get a decent workflow. Photoshop works fine but camera raw doesn't display the lower part of it's window. It doesn't adapt to the native resolution. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115354-msi-wind-osx-perfomance/#findComment-871206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista2 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Use the netbook as a terminal. Open a tunnel back to your much more powerful desktop and use VNC or some other remote console to get back to your desktop to use it's power for editing huge raw images. Netbooks are for light weight internet access and some small local programs. Dont expect miracles for less than $500 8) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115354-msi-wind-osx-perfomance/#findComment-1002052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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