Hi all,
I'm about to start a new business and am looking to get a new mac to run it from. It will (obviously) have a website and will involve a lot of 'power surfing', but I'm not sure which specs to prioritise.
I have a Mac Pro that I can use for heavy heavy work (ie if I needed to shop some images), and I'm looking to get something that I can take literally everywhere with me to update the site, and keep up to date with emails, light photoshop etc.
At the moment I'm leaning towards the top end 11" with 8gb ram, but am unsure whether the processor or larger ssd options would really hold any value for the machines intended use.
1. After apps for the uses noted above are taken into account, would 128gb be enough?
2. How fast is the 1.7ghz at web, hd video streaming, office suite etc etc?
3. Is there likely to be an updated air very soon?
Please also note that the machine will obviously have some element of personal use, and over time I tend to pass my computers down to family, so I'd like it to also be able to handle basic web tasks in 3-5 years time.
Please help guys, the aim is to buy it within the next two weeks. Thanks in advance!
I'm about to start a new business and am looking to get a new mac to run it from. It will (obviously) have a website and will involve a lot of 'power surfing', but I'm not sure which specs to prioritise.
I have a Mac Pro that I can use for heavy heavy work (ie if I needed to shop some images), and I'm looking to get something that I can take literally everywhere with me to update the site, and keep up to date with emails, light photoshop etc.
At the moment I'm leaning towards the top end 11" with 8gb ram, but am unsure whether the processor or larger ssd options would really hold any value for the machines intended use.
1. After apps for the uses noted above are taken into account, would 128gb be enough?
2. How fast is the 1.7ghz at web, hd video streaming, office suite etc etc?
3. Is there likely to be an updated air very soon?
Please also note that the machine will obviously have some element of personal use, and over time I tend to pass my computers down to family, so I'd like it to also be able to handle basic web tasks in 3-5 years time.
Please help guys, the aim is to buy it within the next two weeks. Thanks in advance!