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| i7 is big performance gain over 2 core since its 4+4 HT. my current laptop has 256 SSD in replacement of system drive and I removed the optical to put a 750G 7200 rpm drive in. considering either 512gb SSD or 1tb spinning drive. SSD will gave much better battery life, but the 750 is constantly full and I'm always juggling projects on it. to bad large SSD's are still expensive. that said I edit and have actually finished client projects on this machine PP edit, AE graphics, Resolve grade, AME export and these are projects with 10 layers of video in PP in including ultra keyer. S On Jul 4, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > On 05/07/2014, at 6:35 AM, Peter Matulavich <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: >> As far as a retina screen, are you sure you need it? My MBP is razor sharp without it -- one of the best screens I've seen and sharper than my iMac's I would say, but that's probably because it's a much smaller screen. > > I didn't realise that you could get one without the retina display. I hadn't really looked into it, hence the post. I just had a look online and saw that Apple still sell the previous, non-retina 13" Macbook Pro model too- with an SSD that would be quite appealing as it's upgradable. Not sure how the graphics compares. > > When I posted originally my iMac had just died and I didn't think I'd get it working again, I was thinking I'd have to make a purchase the next day. But I did get it up and running again, so the hope is that by the time it dies for the 3rd time Apple will have released an updated range (they're roughly due for an update) and I'll make the decision then. > > Actually the screen is the least of my concerns, I'm wondering if it's worth spending more for the 15" and getting a quad-core. The 13" models are all dual. Maybe that will change with the next release, who can tell… > |
