I know (of/first hand) a bunch of musicians who buy the top of the line one every generation because they "need" it. For video work you do need as much raw powe

I know (of/first hand) a bunch of musicians who buy the top of the line one every generation because they "need" it. For video work you do need as much raw power as possible but for just about anything else you can honestly get by with a Macbook air these days (especially given that a lot of the top of the line customers are probably using external inputs rather than software synths!)