Hello,
I recently sold my gaming PC (4.6ghz 2700k with GTX 570 and SSD) and i'm left with my school laptop (a HP c2d 2Gb ram 160Gb piece of crap with a kind of dead huge 12 cells battery).
I'm not patient at all, and I want to have a snappy computer.
I tried an iPad3 but sold it because I didn't find it convenient.
After July I can choose between giving my laptop back to my school, or paying 100€ and keep it.
In september I start working and will have a work PC laptop.
I will probably replace my SGS1 for the next iPhone.
Im waiting for the new Macs to finally buy a decent setup again, but I can't decide which way to go!
What I do:
- Multitasking (mail client, 5-6 tabs in chrome, itunes, and video playback... which absolutely KILLS my current HP laptop...)
- Occasionnally Raw photo editing with lightroom and PS with many plugins (HP laptop is screaming of pain with this)
- I would LOVE to play Diablo 3 (very casual gaming, maybe 2h/day max) and it would be nice to play some Skyrim and BF3, but I could live without it, it's not an obligation.
I have a lot of data (about 2.2Tb), HD movies are on a 2Tb Samsung F4 and other stuffs (about 600Gb of music, photos, documents) on another F4, I have a USB3 dual HDD dock to hold them both. That dock is a bit noisy and needs to be right next to the computer.
The second F4 is backed up on a 2,5" 1Tb My Passport.
I would like your thoughts about the following scenarios:
Solution 1:
Buy a 2012 MBA in July (assuming they are out), and then buy a fully loaded 2012 iMac in september with a airport extreme and a Synology NAS with 2*2Tb to make 2*2Tb in Raid1 to reduce the hassle to sync both computer.
Cons:
having 3 computers (imac, mba and work laptop), one of them will be less useful and may become unused over time (hint: it will NOT be the work laptop ;/ )
hassle to sync both machines
expensive
Pros:
I can do whatever i want, and will be able to play games
the MBA will be a dream when on the move
Solution 2:
Buy a maxed out 15" 2012 MBP in July, upgrade SSd and ram and in september buy a Thunderbolt Display.
Cons:
will I have enough power to play some games?
having a 15" will not be as transportable as a 13" MBA
I will need to rely on that stupid noisy dock at home, will probably need to buy a NAS
Pros:
Cheaper
very clean desktop, all my things on one machine
Solution 3:
Spend 100€ to keep my HP computer from school, wait september so I get the company's laptop and buy an maxxed out iMac.
Cons:
I may commit suicide during summer, or throw my HP by the window
Really, that HP laptop is freaking slow... and HDD is always full
No macbook on the move!
Pros:
Cheapest solution
Thanks for your advice!
(please forgive eventual errors, im French
)
I recently sold my gaming PC (4.6ghz 2700k with GTX 570 and SSD) and i'm left with my school laptop (a HP c2d 2Gb ram 160Gb piece of crap with a kind of dead huge 12 cells battery).
I'm not patient at all, and I want to have a snappy computer.
I tried an iPad3 but sold it because I didn't find it convenient.
After July I can choose between giving my laptop back to my school, or paying 100€ and keep it.
In september I start working and will have a work PC laptop.
I will probably replace my SGS1 for the next iPhone.
Im waiting for the new Macs to finally buy a decent setup again, but I can't decide which way to go!
What I do:
- Multitasking (mail client, 5-6 tabs in chrome, itunes, and video playback... which absolutely KILLS my current HP laptop...)
- Occasionnally Raw photo editing with lightroom and PS with many plugins (HP laptop is screaming of pain with this)
- I would LOVE to play Diablo 3 (very casual gaming, maybe 2h/day max) and it would be nice to play some Skyrim and BF3, but I could live without it, it's not an obligation.
I have a lot of data (about 2.2Tb), HD movies are on a 2Tb Samsung F4 and other stuffs (about 600Gb of music, photos, documents) on another F4, I have a USB3 dual HDD dock to hold them both. That dock is a bit noisy and needs to be right next to the computer.
The second F4 is backed up on a 2,5" 1Tb My Passport.
I would like your thoughts about the following scenarios:
Solution 1:
Buy a 2012 MBA in July (assuming they are out), and then buy a fully loaded 2012 iMac in september with a airport extreme and a Synology NAS with 2*2Tb to make 2*2Tb in Raid1 to reduce the hassle to sync both computer.
Cons:
having 3 computers (imac, mba and work laptop), one of them will be less useful and may become unused over time (hint: it will NOT be the work laptop ;/ )
hassle to sync both machines
expensive
Pros:
I can do whatever i want, and will be able to play games
the MBA will be a dream when on the move
Solution 2:
Buy a maxed out 15" 2012 MBP in July, upgrade SSd and ram and in september buy a Thunderbolt Display.
Cons:
will I have enough power to play some games?
having a 15" will not be as transportable as a 13" MBA
I will need to rely on that stupid noisy dock at home, will probably need to buy a NAS
Pros:
Cheaper
very clean desktop, all my things on one machine
Solution 3:
Spend 100€ to keep my HP computer from school, wait september so I get the company's laptop and buy an maxxed out iMac.
Cons:
I may commit suicide during summer, or throw my HP by the window
Really, that HP laptop is freaking slow... and HDD is always full
No macbook on the move!
Pros:
Cheapest solution
Thanks for your advice!
(please forgive eventual errors, im French
)
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