That would give me Mac OS, better performing computer than both my current setups, itll be a portable powerhouse with more than necessary battery for on the go usage. get a thunderbolt to usb 3 dock and a usb 3 hub for all of my usb 3 devices. If i end up getting it, ill upgrade the ram to 16gb 1600mhz, 500gb samsung evo 850 ssd and put the hdd in the optical bay. On ebay they go for around $500 usd with 4gb ram and 750gb hdd. The model im looking at is late 2011's highest end model with quadcore i7 2760Q and 1gb 6770m.īy itself the geekbench scores are higher than my desktops which intrigued me.
they were incredibly fast and also pretty efficient (around 6 hours of battery life) So i looked at some other mac options and the best price/performance ratio was with 2011 macbooks. if i start saving 2.5k itll take me basically forever to save. im a student and dont have a job (yet) but im slowly saving and bought a new camera with my last saving in february so im fresh out and im saving up again. So first, i looked at the brand new macbook pro, everything is perfect, and the price is way above what i can afford.
However, my i have hackintoshed my gaming PC (kingston ssd, i5 2400, 1gb 6850, 4gb ram) and i like the workflow of mac os and would like to get into the ecosystem for photo and video editing. so far this laptop handles photoshop just fine and its an excellent laptop for overall use. This plays games alright and i have been doing a lot more media production work lately. Hi there! i currently use a dell laptop from 2012 with 8gb ram, dual core i5 3210, gt 630m and samsung evo 840 ssd.