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akakicreations

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Dec 18, 2015
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Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Hi,

First, sorry of my english is not so good. I need some help to choose the best option.

Reasons: I have a Macbook pro 15"of Mid 2010 and it works well(I changed RAM to 8gb) but sometimes is slow.
Needs: I use Mac for editing photography, design at photoshop, illustrator and for editing video with Premiere and After Effects. Of course, to download archives and a high daily use.
Daily use: I need to have a notebook because I move to my clients offices in the mornings, although on the afternoon I usually stay in home.

I will buy a monitor of 21" for home, I have some harddisks and after buy one of this two options:

1. Buy a high end Macbook pro 15", with:
  • 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz
  • 16GB 2133MHz memory
  • 512GB PCIe-based SSD
  • Radeon Pro 450 with 2GB memory
  • Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
  • Four Thunderbolt 3 ports
  • Touch Bar and Touch ID
2- Buy first a Macbook pro 13", with this options:
  • Procesador Intel Core i5 de doble núcleo a 2,9 GHz (Turbo Boost de hasta 3,3 GHz)
  • 8 GB de memoria a 2.133 MHz
  • SSD PCIe de 256 GB
  • Intel Iris Graphics 550
  • Teclado retroiluminado (español) y manual del usuario (español)
  • Cuatro puertos Thunderbolt 3
  • Touch Bar y Touch ID
and some time later(maybe a year or not), when the Macbook pro 13" dont cover my needs, buy a Hackintosh with this options:
  • PLACA Z170-HD3P
  • PROCESADOR I7-6700K
  • 16 GB DDR4
  • GRAFICA GTX 960 2GB
  • SSD 512 GB
  • CAJA FRACTAL DESING R5 ATX
  • FUENTE DE ALIMENTACION 800W
  • MacOS

Note 1: The hakintosh is more powerful than the mac book pro 15" above
Note 2: Both options have the same prices, maybe the option of two computer is a little more expensive.

So, I am thinking in the advantage of movility and always have a powerful equipment for the next 5-6 years on my shoulders, or have two computer, one for movility (size and weight lower) but not so powerful and other as a base in home with a powerful computer I could update in the future.

Thanks guys.
 
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