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Can anyone here give me Buying Advice? Mine just died and I was really looking forward to this event because I have wanted to switch to Mac for a while now (I
by Luftschiff 10y ago
Can anyone here give me Buying Advice?
Mine just died and I was really looking forward to this event because I have wanted to switch to Mac for a while now (I really don't like the "new" Windows interface and I've only had trouble with my previous Windows Laptops) but I don't see a reason to pay what would amount to about 2 months pay for one of the just announced MBp.
I want to be able to do all kinds of hardware intensive things (photo and video editing, data science/statistics, maybe software development) because I don't know what exactly I will need my laptop for yet and want it to last for at least 4-5 years.
I'd also love my machine to be designed with some care, I just can't stand the look of the Thinkpad series.
Any ideas?
- bo1024 10y agoHow about a Macbook Pro model from earlier this year or last year? They're great machines.
- Luftschiff 10y agoI was considering that option. How much RAM do you think I'd need? My work machine is an old thinkpad with 12GB but it does slow down/freeze fairly frequently (this might be a because of other reasons though) so I am thinking that 8GB would never be enough. Is macOS less or more resource intensive?
- bo1024 10y agoGood point - I don't really know, depends on your needs I guess. I don't do very much memory-intensive stuff so 8GB has been fine for me.
- Luftschiff 10y agoWhat kind of tasks do you usually do? My old Laptop was already 6 years old when it died so I have no point of reference haha.
- bo1024 10y agoUsually a light virtual machine and a bunch of browser tabs. Watching videos. Some coding.