New Macbook Pro

[res0nat0r]

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^I just have the cheapest 13" they sell.

[feather]

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My colleague who uses Photoshop and Adobe stuff a fair bit is planning on an Air, reckons the graphics card on the Air should suffice, so I'll probably get the Air rather than the Retina!

[gizze]

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I am still running the 2010 13" Air, core 2 duo with 128gb ssd and 4gb ram.
I use it with Photoshop, Aperture, Traktor, Serato and Ableton, and it runs it no problems at all.

Takes around 3 mins to comvert a 2 hour set from MP3 to wav (ableton converts everything to wav and stores it in its cache).
I am sure a 2012 Air would help to reduce this, but never really a problem.

My only issue, and one of the reasons I am considering an upgrade is I need more space, I have got 80gig of music on my Air that I want to keep on it and so my free space is now at under 10gig, so becoming a problem.

But I am more than happy with the Air.
Had a 2.3 i5 Pro before and the air feels quicker day to day, probably because of the SSD drive. I would not own another machine without an SSD now.
I was considering a 13" pro whacking in a 256gb SSD and relocating the 500gb 5400 drive in the superdrive bay as a time machine back up, but would really miss the overall feel of the Air now.

[feather]

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I guess storage could be an issue. I managed to use 250GB for 4yrs with 80GB to spare. Debating if I can make do with the 256GB on the Air or upgrade to 512GB—that's the killer.

[simonr]

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I always end up with tons & tons of music on my drive ... so will re-invest in the new Pro when they do their next upgrade, hoping flash drive becomes standard.

Otherwise may plump up on Black Friday, hopefully my corporate discount works on top.

[gizze]

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But it will probably be a dedicated SSD like on the Retina Pro, and expensive to upgrade.

OWC have said October for the retina SSD and $700 for the 400gig version.


I have been thinking about this more, and see I can get a 480gig 2.5 SSD drive for £259 and an adapter to replace the Superdrive for £30.

So £1260 for a 13" pro with 480gb SSD.
Although my daughter starts Uni in September so could get 15% off if I got through the student store, plus applecare is only £49 then as well.

Plus the Pro is far more upgradeable, up to 16gb ram, in 24 months when 750gb SSD drives are £250 more space etc.

If I sell my 2010 13" Air with 4gb and 128gb ssd I will get £450-500, and a new 2012 13 air with 256gb will cost me £1250.
I may as well buy the 13" pro for £999, and keep the Air. I will charge my company for the 480gb SSD.

[gizze]

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Oh, links for the SSD as I am sure somone will ask......

**PRE-ORDER PRICE** Mushkin Chronos 480GB 2.5" SATA-III Solid State Hard Drive - Aria Technology

Review....

SSDs from Mushkin: Chronos deluxe 240 GB and Chronos 240 GB Review. Page 7 - X-bit labs

[feather]

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The only reason to pick a Retina over the Pro is the retina display isn't it? If I were to pick a Pro, I too would replace the dvd drive with an SSD and keep the onboard HDD as secondary data storage.

[floridaorange]

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there used to be sooo many Apple haters on here (not naming any names ), where did they all go?