Late 2013 to 2018: Spec Help Needed

[morecowbell]

Hi All,

I've been waiting to upgrade a late 2013 13 Inch MB Pro for quite some time and since today saw the spec bump I think its go-time.

I operate a small real estate business and use the machine for Tons of Email (Outlook), all MS Office apps (Excel and Word constantly) , a bunch of Safari windows and heavy use of iMessage....all of this open at the same time.

Should I get the i5 or the i7?
8gb ram or 16gb

Finally...on my current machine, according to the disk utility, I am using 130gb of 256gb. I store almost everything on Dropbox and only keep my heaviest used folders online. Is it worth going to 512?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Just my opinion, but those tasks aren't really tough on a cpu, so you should be fine with the i5. As for the ram, that is up to you and you would be fine either way, but I always get a little more then I need if I can.

 

[maerz001]

Entry level machine is fine. I wonder if your 2013 machine isn’t enough?
What is your memory pressure and CPU saying under disk utility?

U mean you keep ur heavily used folders offline...