Hi everyone,
I have come across a very good and limited (5 units) sale for an almost new MBP 2018 with 8GB of RAM. I'd aim for 16GB, but the deal I can get is only for the base Touchbar model (but with 512GB storage).
I know a lot of you guys know more about this stuff than I do, so I really hope you can help by sharing your opinions.
I currently have:
MB Air Mid 2012
2 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
What I do with it:
I often have 2 browsers open with a lot of tabs (like 40 tabs in a browser)
I do a lot of text based work that don't require much
I somewhat often use Photoshop to edit photos. These generally have maybe 15-30 layers
I rarely, but sometimes, use Final Cut Pro to edit some video but nothing too heavy.
My current experiences:
Overall, it's okay, but I definitely do experience that my MB Air will freeze up for a while while doing Photoshop / Final Cut stuff. It's not horrible though; it's frustrating and kinda kills the workflow sometimes, but it's definitely not so bad that I cannot get any work done.
My main question (which may be dumb)..:
So, about this new MBP 2018 model, do you guys think I will experience a much smoother performance in the work I've mentioned above considering it's a much newer and more powerful computer? Or will I experience the same issues simply because the RAM still remains at just 8GB? I'm hoping it's a stupid question and that it'll of course be much smoother, but my friend told me the RAM is like a make-or-break thing for these kinds of tasks.. What do you guys think??
Thanks SO much in advance!
I have come across a very good and limited (5 units) sale for an almost new MBP 2018 with 8GB of RAM. I'd aim for 16GB, but the deal I can get is only for the base Touchbar model (but with 512GB storage).
I know a lot of you guys know more about this stuff than I do, so I really hope you can help by sharing your opinions.
I currently have:
MB Air Mid 2012
2 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
What I do with it:
I often have 2 browsers open with a lot of tabs (like 40 tabs in a browser)
I do a lot of text based work that don't require much
I somewhat often use Photoshop to edit photos. These generally have maybe 15-30 layers
I rarely, but sometimes, use Final Cut Pro to edit some video but nothing too heavy.
My current experiences:
Overall, it's okay, but I definitely do experience that my MB Air will freeze up for a while while doing Photoshop / Final Cut stuff. It's not horrible though; it's frustrating and kinda kills the workflow sometimes, but it's definitely not so bad that I cannot get any work done.
My main question (which may be dumb)..:
So, about this new MBP 2018 model, do you guys think I will experience a much smoother performance in the work I've mentioned above considering it's a much newer and more powerful computer? Or will I experience the same issues simply because the RAM still remains at just 8GB? I'm hoping it's a stupid question and that it'll of course be much smoother, but my friend told me the RAM is like a make-or-break thing for these kinds of tasks.. What do you guys think??
Thanks SO much in advance!
