Having trouble making up my mind on what to buy and could use some advice and feedback.
I need a new laptop, my needs are pretty tame, any dual core, Iris and 8GB of ram with 256GB of storage on a laptop is more than enough.
My wants are considerably higher end, I want great fit and finish and am looking for higher end devices and have the budget for them.
I also would like to get back into PC gaming, nothing too crazy but I NEED to play Civ 6 soon and would not mind trying the new WoW expansion.
Before the event I considered both the razer blade, razer blade pro, the surface book and a dedicated gaming PC but decided to wait to see what Apple would announce.
I already decided I don't want 2 laptops, so a windows gaming laptop and a MacBook are not in the cards.
Outside of the price I really like the new MacBook Pro’s and at this point am going to get either an upgraded 15 or a base 13 with touch bar.
I really look at it as one of two basic options:
Either I keep the order for the 15” model, for my limited gaming needs the 460 might be good enough I know, macs are not gaming machines) but if not I will possibly if they actually work well with the new MBP in boot camp get a eGPU with a GTX 1080 or 1070 and if they don't work well and the 460 does cut it I'll probably build a very nice gaming PC.
Option 2 is to get the base 13 and to build a very nice gaming PC.
All things considered I think I prefer the first option especially if the eGPU is possible, it's a bit more expensive than the 13” + PC but I would rather have the 15” power all the time even if I don't need it, plus although gaming on the go is not a must for me if the 460 actually is good enough I certainly like the idea of being able to take my games with me.
The problem is that it could end up costing me 1000-1500$ more and I'm not dying to spend the extra cash, the sticker shock from Thursday is real.
Would really like to not regret this decision in 6 months, it's a lot of money and I don't want to end up being pissed about the decision.
Anyone have an opinion?
I need a new laptop, my needs are pretty tame, any dual core, Iris and 8GB of ram with 256GB of storage on a laptop is more than enough.
My wants are considerably higher end, I want great fit and finish and am looking for higher end devices and have the budget for them.
I also would like to get back into PC gaming, nothing too crazy but I NEED to play Civ 6 soon and would not mind trying the new WoW expansion.
Before the event I considered both the razer blade, razer blade pro, the surface book and a dedicated gaming PC but decided to wait to see what Apple would announce.
I already decided I don't want 2 laptops, so a windows gaming laptop and a MacBook are not in the cards.
Outside of the price I really like the new MacBook Pro’s and at this point am going to get either an upgraded 15 or a base 13 with touch bar.
I really look at it as one of two basic options:
Either I keep the order for the 15” model, for my limited gaming needs the 460 might be good enough I know, macs are not gaming machines) but if not I will possibly if they actually work well with the new MBP in boot camp get a eGPU with a GTX 1080 or 1070 and if they don't work well and the 460 does cut it I'll probably build a very nice gaming PC.
Option 2 is to get the base 13 and to build a very nice gaming PC.
All things considered I think I prefer the first option especially if the eGPU is possible, it's a bit more expensive than the 13” + PC but I would rather have the 15” power all the time even if I don't need it, plus although gaming on the go is not a must for me if the 460 actually is good enough I certainly like the idea of being able to take my games with me.
The problem is that it could end up costing me 1000-1500$ more and I'm not dying to spend the extra cash, the sticker shock from Thursday is real.
Would really like to not regret this decision in 6 months, it's a lot of money and I don't want to end up being pissed about the decision.
Anyone have an opinion?
