Hello! I'm a college student who uses Photoshop CS6 and FCPX a lot. I currently have a MBA 11" Early-2014 but it actually doesn't even run FCPX and iMovie is too basic for my needs. FCPX shuts down on itself sometimes, or it takes 5 minutes to render 5 secs of footage. I have the chance to purchase the macbook pro 13 mid-2012 and upgrade it with an SSD. Do you think I should go for it or wait and save up enough money for the latest macbook pros (which will take me more than a year and i'll be stuck with this MBA unable to do any editing which is...ugh).
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Macbook Pro 13" Mid-2012 or Macbook Air 11" Early-2014
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Hi, Try to check in apple store if they will exchange your MBA. If yes u can buy a new MBP instead of going for Mid 2012 and upgrading with SSD.
Hi! That option isn't available in my local Apple Store unfortunately. Do you have other suggestions?
That doesn't sound like a good idea... depending on the specs, the 2012 may offer short term gains, but it just seems like it's not an economical investment as I can't imagine the advantages will be significant.
What are all the specifications on the 2014 11" Air you're using? Depending on the country you're in, the Apple Refurb Store offers decent deals on the 15" or 13" retina MacBooks.
What are all the specifications on the 2014 11" Air you're using? Depending on the country you're in, the Apple Refurb Store offers decent deals on the 15" or 13" retina MacBooks.
You really need a quad core processor and a fairly decent graphics for what you want to do, so in a laptop thats the 15 inch macbook pro if you want to stay with apple.
