I am a YouTuber looking to upgrade and get more power.
Originally I was planning on getting the 27, but after seeing how large it was I leaning towards the 21.5 (with second monitor 21.5) and I am hoping the that can handle what I need.
Current
Currently I am using a Macbook Air 13" 2011 so it will be a large upgrade power wise regardless.
My use
1) I will use the computer to edit video (mostly basic edits adding text on videos such as sub titles and color correction). Video lengths are about 3-10 minutes. Link at the bottom to my videos.
2) Livestream in 720 HD to YouTube, I need to run 5 programs to stream. This includes video capture software EyeTV, camtwist, audio hijack pro as well as the main exporter flash media live encoder. (also my built in webcam)
* Currently I can stream but not in HD. Even the lower quality stream is somewhat laggy and frames get dropped on the air.
3) Photoshop, and some other basic things.
My current plan
get the 21.5 with a second monitor, get the i7, 16gb ram and fusion drive. I know the 27 has a more powerful i7, but for my use will the 21.5 work?
these are the videos i make
http://www.youtube.com/stonemountain64
Originally I was planning on getting the 27, but after seeing how large it was I leaning towards the 21.5 (with second monitor 21.5) and I am hoping the that can handle what I need.
Current
Currently I am using a Macbook Air 13" 2011 so it will be a large upgrade power wise regardless.
My use
1) I will use the computer to edit video (mostly basic edits adding text on videos such as sub titles and color correction). Video lengths are about 3-10 minutes. Link at the bottom to my videos.
2) Livestream in 720 HD to YouTube, I need to run 5 programs to stream. This includes video capture software EyeTV, camtwist, audio hijack pro as well as the main exporter flash media live encoder. (also my built in webcam)
* Currently I can stream but not in HD. Even the lower quality stream is somewhat laggy and frames get dropped on the air.
3) Photoshop, and some other basic things.
My current plan
get the 21.5 with a second monitor, get the i7, 16gb ram and fusion drive. I know the 27 has a more powerful i7, but for my use will the 21.5 work?
these are the videos i make
http://www.youtube.com/stonemountain64