Mac pro for college and uni?

[jakealdred]

I have a macbook which will do me fine until college i do some photo editing (aperture) video (FCE) and graphics (photoshop cs3 extended) my macbook runs them well but no at the same time
so im thinking of buying a mac pro in 3 years time for college and uni but some people have said buy a macbook pro for essays etc and a imac for home.
I was planning on keeping my macbook for school and my mac pro for the majority of things i.e. FCS2 and aperture and maybe some light gaming.
I know 3years seems like a long time but really its not yr 7 went ultra fast and yr 8 feels like i've been sitting on a rocket for 2 seconds!
and i know times will change in 3 years time they might not be a macpro or a imac but just think of it as if im going to buy it know
or think of it do i buy the high end desktop and keep the low end notebook
or the high end imac and the low end macbook pro?
also i want these to last me through out college and uni so about 5-7years

 

[dpaanlka]

By that time there is going to be a new version of Photoshop, Aperture, Mac OS X, and the MacBook Pros.

A Mac Pro is stunningly overkill for what you want. While always a great choice, it's hard to "recommend" anybody gets one. A MacBook Pro with the full four or five gigs of memory (or whatever is available at that time) should be fine.

 

[119576]

Probably best to not even think about it yet; considering the way the computer industry is developing.

 

[heatmiser]

You won't even remember this thread in 3 years; I'd suggest not worrying about this now.

 

[billandy]

I have a macbook which will do me fine until college i do some photo editing (aperture) video (FCE) and graphics (photoshop cs3 extended) my macbook runs them well but no at the same time
so im thinking of buying a mac pro in 3 years time for college and uni but some people have said buy a macbook pro for essays etc and a imac for home.
I was planning on keeping my macbook for school and my mac pro for the majority of things i.e. FCS2 and aperture and maybe some light gaming.
I know 3years seems like a long time but really its not yr 7 went ultra fast and yr 8 feels like i've been sitting on a rocket for 2 seconds!
and i know times will change in 3 years time they might not be a macpro or a imac but just think of it as if im going to buy it know
or think of it do i buy the high end desktop and keep the low end notebook
or the high end imac and the low end macbook pro?
also i want these to last me through out college and uni so about 5-7years

logging onto the apple store for higher education in janet gives you at least £300+ education discount on mac pro.

 

[Freyqq]

I have a macbook which will do me fine until college i do some photo editing (aperture) video (FCE) and graphics (photoshop cs3 extended) my macbook runs them well but no at the same time
so im thinking of buying a mac pro in 3 years time for college and uni but some people have said buy a macbook pro for essays etc and a imac for home.
I was planning on keeping my macbook for school and my mac pro for the majority of things i.e. FCS2 and aperture and maybe some light gaming.
I know 3years seems like a long time but really its not yr 7 went ultra fast and yr 8 feels like i've been sitting on a rocket for 2 seconds!
and i know times will change in 3 years time they might not be a macpro or a imac but just think of it as if im going to buy it know
or think of it do i buy the high end desktop and keep the low end notebook
or the high end imac and the low end macbook pro?
also i want these to last me through out college and uni so about 5-7years

my strategy was a macbook pro, but a 24" monitor and wireless mouse and keyboard and a couple external drives for the dorm

works great