2015 13" rMBP or 15" rMBP 2015

RiskyShenanigan said:

Also will the new Macbooks handle a hookup to a 1080p 37" television for Netflix?

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Any iPhone can do that.

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RiskyShenanigan said:

Hi, I currently a custom PC user looking to make a transition to Mac and wanted some advice on what Macbook I should buy.

I will be using it for Adobe CC for web designing, coding, browsing, streaming movies, light gaming (Hearthstone).

I will be hooking the Macbook up to an external monitor for work so screen size is not a major issue.

I was wondering if the specs of the new updated 13 " Macbooks will be sufficient for my use with that line being a dual core?

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Yes

RiskyShenanigan said:

I was wondering if the specs of the new updated 13 " Macbooks will be sufficient for my use with that line being a dual core?

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You certainly don't need a quad-core for web development and streaming movies. The only area where you might have a problem is light gaming, but for games like that it should be fine.

RiskyShenanigan said:

Also will the new Macbooks handle a hookup to a 1080p 37" television for Netflix?

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Of course. My 2008 MacBook Air can handle a 2560x1440 screen no problem.

Meister said:

Any iPhone can do that.

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My iPhone 2G can do 1080p? Sure...

redheeler said:

My iPhone 2G can do 1080p? Sure...

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My original iPad does 720p. iPad2 does 1080p.
Any slightly newer iPad or iPhone does Netflix streaming to hdmi in 1080p.

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RiskyShenanigan said:

What about for Adobe CC, is the dual core going to be an issue for design work in Photoshop/Illustrator/After Effects?

Also is the integrated GPU sufficient or will I require a discrete one?

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If your main focus is on those apps, the 15" is definitely worth a consideration.
But the 13" will work, too.

If you're on budget, 13" will do just fine.

If not, go 15" and don't look back.

I am also into web design - used to do it on a macbook Air and it was ok as long as you understood its limits.
Since I also run Windows in Parallels, the 15" macbook pro was the best choice for me as I split in half the processor cores and memory between OS X and Windows.

I run big databases with thousands of products, I process daily price feeds, upload new data sheets and photoshop-processed multimedia etc... all these take processing power and computing time, but I suspect your requirements are are not so high.

Therefore we come back to the budget ;-)

RiskyShenanigan said:

[/COLOR]If your main focus is on those apps, the 15" is definitely worth a consideration.
But the 13" will work, too.

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Is this based on the 15" specs or screen size as I will be using a second monitor to use those specific apps?[/QUOTE]The quadcore. But as the poster above me just stated, it depends strongly on what exactly you are doing in the CC.