MBP 13 vs MBP 15

[kmajid13]

I just recently lost my 24" iMac due to an office fire and am contemplating replacing it with an MBP. I am part of a graphics company and use Illustrator, Photoshop and Dreamweaver. I dont do too much work on them and when i do it's not work that's too involved really. I will also be hooking up the MBP to 2 24" monitors at the office since i'm used to using 2 screens. I'm looking at the base models of both the 13" and 15" and the biggest difference between the two seems to be the processor.

I wanted to get your guys' opinion on which one i should get based on the kind of need i have. For some reason someone at apple told me that i would need a more powerful processor to be able to run 2 monitors which didn't make much sense to me, is that accurate?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

K

 

[alust2013]

I wouldn't recommend using two external displays, as the second will require a usb adapter, and is quite laggy. I'd say the 15 is probably a better choice in your situation if you do go with the notebook. If you need to use two similar size screens, I'd get another iMac.

 

[Hellhammer]

Since you work in graphics company, definitely get the 15". Faster computer = less waiting = more productivity = more money As for dual external displays, it should be fine but I would suggest Matrox DualHead2Go DP instead. USB 2 provides 480Mb/s bandwidth while Mini DisplayPort provides up to 17.28Gb/s so using two monitors through mDP shouldn't be an issue. It costs a bit more but you don't want sluggishness when working

 

[aCondor]

Get the 15" with an i5 (or i7). The C2D on the 13" has already had its day in the sun.