Good Evening All,
I'm new to these forums and need some help, I'm a current windows user but have finally decided to jump ship over to an Apple system;
I've viewed and read countless reviews and also spoken to a few Apple representatives and have decided for many reasons that its best for me to go for the MacBook Pro 2012 (Non Retina) for my first purchase instead of going all out on the retina.
What I need some clarity on is;
1) How much roughly in £/$ does it cost to upgrade RAM and Hard drives on the MacBook Pro (Non Retinas)?
2) How hot do the Laptops get while sitting on a desk during normal use and also for higher use (Video/Music Processing & Gaming etc)? My current laptop gets too hot and shuts down after browsing the internet and watching youtube for anymore than 10-20 minutes.
3) I'm not expecting them to be amazing for gaming and the reason I'm going to give a MacBook Pro a go is that I'd like to try and get more into music and video production however can the 2012 systems handle games like Diablo 3, League of Legends and some Steam titles at medium settings without much fps lag etc?
4) While I know the Mac Pro's are going to be much much stronger all around, can the MacBook Pro's handle the music and video production side of things well?
I'll probably get a fan/cooler for the system initially just in case but these are the main other concerns that I have.
These are the final things that I need some advice on before I go ahead with my purchase
I'm new to these forums and need some help, I'm a current windows user but have finally decided to jump ship over to an Apple system;
I've viewed and read countless reviews and also spoken to a few Apple representatives and have decided for many reasons that its best for me to go for the MacBook Pro 2012 (Non Retina) for my first purchase instead of going all out on the retina.
What I need some clarity on is;
1) How much roughly in £/$ does it cost to upgrade RAM and Hard drives on the MacBook Pro (Non Retinas)?
2) How hot do the Laptops get while sitting on a desk during normal use and also for higher use (Video/Music Processing & Gaming etc)? My current laptop gets too hot and shuts down after browsing the internet and watching youtube for anymore than 10-20 minutes.
3) I'm not expecting them to be amazing for gaming and the reason I'm going to give a MacBook Pro a go is that I'd like to try and get more into music and video production however can the 2012 systems handle games like Diablo 3, League of Legends and some Steam titles at medium settings without much fps lag etc?
4) While I know the Mac Pro's are going to be much much stronger all around, can the MacBook Pro's handle the music and video production side of things well?
I'll probably get a fan/cooler for the system initially just in case but these are the main other concerns that I have.
These are the final things that I need some advice on before I go ahead with my purchase