What size and specs for MBP for my uses?

[backinblack875]

i currently have a mac mini early 2009 but will be selling for MBP soon because i need a laptop for portability (obviously).

so my uses besides regular day to day stuff will be video and picture editing... Aperture 3 and FCPX with 1080p HD video. maybe some gaming here and there but nothing too heavy. HD and RAM are not a factor because i would upgrade those on my own with OWC anyways for more/cheaper. (but 8 or 16GB of ram? 8 would be sufficent no?)

so i guess my question is what CPU and GPU wise should i have for those tasks?? im thinking 15inch.

thanks

 

[heisenberg123]

i currently have a mac mini early 2009 but will be selling for MBP soon because i need a laptop for portability (obviously).

so my uses besides regular day to day stuff will be video and picture editing... Aperture 3 and FCPX with 1080p HD video. maybe some gaming here and there but nothing too heavy. HD and RAM are not a factor because i would upgrade those on my own with OWC anyways for more/cheaper. (but 8 or 16GB of ram? 8 would be sufficent no?)

so i guess my question is what CPU and GPU wise should i have for those tasks?? im thinking 15inch.

thanks

both the ealry and late 2011 base models would be more than enough for those things

 

[backinblack875]

anybody? thanks for the answer above, but I'm looking for more of a specific answer from the current options of the CPU's and GPU's in the 15in

 

[Comeagain?]

I'd go with the dedicated GPU. It'll help for the HD video.

 

[backinblack875]

I'd go with the dedicated GPU. It'll help for the HD video.

both 15in models have the intel hd 3000 AND a dedicated GPU correct?

 

[Comeagain?]

both 15in models have the intel hd 3000 AND a dedicated GPU correct?

Oops, I'm sorry. I was thinking of the differences between 13" and 15", not the two different 15s. Someone else can offer better insight on the 15 v 15 differences

 

[dutchnewbie]

Oops, I'm sorry. I was thinking of the differences between 13" and 15", not the two different 15s. Someone else can offer better insight on the differences.

I think the most important differences between the 13 and 15" are:

13" has a dualcore processor and the 15" quadcore (the current model)
13" has a lower screen resolution then the 15"
13" does not have a dedicated GPU like the 15" has