Hi, I currently own a 2008 24" Aluminum iMac (3.06Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4 Gb ram, 500 gb hd, Geforce 8800), 32GB Wifi iPad, and 16GB iPhone 3GS.
After using this workflow for a while now I have been having more and more trouble justifying all the devices and I'm finding I can't do what I want to on the road with my iPad - I'm pretty much only able to do what I need to on the iMac at home (but even this is starting to get a bit dated now).
I am currently a graduate student in engineering and I also do work on the side in video production and programming. Because of this I've started looking at the Macbook Pros (as well as upgrading my iphone in a few weeks) to replace part of my line up listed above (ie. selling the iMac, iPad and simply going with the Macbook Pro/iPhone combo). This I was thinking would give me access to a half decently power computer nearly everywhere I go (which is usually either to school on the train and then around campus, where I almost always have my bag with me) - for the very light stuff I think I could stick to the iPhone (ie. light gaming, communication, etc).
Anyone have any recommendations as to what would be a good all around purchase out of the macbooks (or if I should just keep what I have)? For engineering, I normally use Matlab as well as some other CFD applications. On the video/programming side its Final Cut Studio, Blender, After Effects and XCode.
After using this workflow for a while now I have been having more and more trouble justifying all the devices and I'm finding I can't do what I want to on the road with my iPad - I'm pretty much only able to do what I need to on the iMac at home (but even this is starting to get a bit dated now).
I am currently a graduate student in engineering and I also do work on the side in video production and programming. Because of this I've started looking at the Macbook Pros (as well as upgrading my iphone in a few weeks) to replace part of my line up listed above (ie. selling the iMac, iPad and simply going with the Macbook Pro/iPhone combo). This I was thinking would give me access to a half decently power computer nearly everywhere I go (which is usually either to school on the train and then around campus, where I almost always have my bag with me) - for the very light stuff I think I could stick to the iPhone (ie. light gaming, communication, etc).
Anyone have any recommendations as to what would be a good all around purchase out of the macbooks (or if I should just keep what I have)? For engineering, I normally use Matlab as well as some other CFD applications. On the video/programming side its Final Cut Studio, Blender, After Effects and XCode.
