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I'm a graphic designer and webdesigner and for the past few days have been going absolutely insane being rent apart by two conflicting needs.
A refurbished 17-inch MacBook pro sells for only $2200-ish, while the new generation 15-inch MacBook Pro is either 2k or 2.5K. (Ultimately, the price is not really what concerns me since they're in the same range, just varying by a couple grand or so)
I need some input from experienced, knowledgeable members who could offer me opinions pushing me to one model over the other.
Why I like the new-generation mb pro:
I'm admittedly brainwashed by the intriguing advertising/marketing that took place for this machine, and everything looks so surreal and beautiful. I'm also admittedly allured by the glass LED screen and promises of longer battery life, and the possibility of multiple graphic design projects being run quicker + more efficiently at the same time (than the 17inch MacBook Pro). [I run multiple hi-res documents in photoshop, multiple pages in dreamweaver, have itunes running the background, multiple firefox windows open [with multiple tabs], you get the point. haha, yes I have ADD but that's a separate issue]
Why I like the 17-inch Macbook Pro:
I had the opportunity of using the 17-inch one for a few days and fell head over heels madly in love. The 17-inch screen was absolutely resplendent, and I was able to work with multiple hi-res projects in photoshops simultaneously w/ ease. I'm sliiiightly leaning toward this model because of the 17-inch screen. Don't you wish they released a new generation 17-inch one as well!?
I'm very torn, and need to make my decision up rather quickly, as I have some important projects coming up and I can't keep nearly breaking my back lugging my boss's 24-inch iMac around to work on these projects at home and over the weekend.
Please throw some feedback/thoughts!
For quick, efficient, heavy-usage graphic design, does the new nvidia mbPro graphics renovation really make a difference ? Or is it something only a gamer would notice?
Thank you so much!
A refurbished 17-inch MacBook pro sells for only $2200-ish, while the new generation 15-inch MacBook Pro is either 2k or 2.5K. (Ultimately, the price is not really what concerns me since they're in the same range, just varying by a couple grand or so)
I need some input from experienced, knowledgeable members who could offer me opinions pushing me to one model over the other.
Why I like the new-generation mb pro:
I'm admittedly brainwashed by the intriguing advertising/marketing that took place for this machine, and everything looks so surreal and beautiful. I'm also admittedly allured by the glass LED screen and promises of longer battery life, and the possibility of multiple graphic design projects being run quicker + more efficiently at the same time (than the 17inch MacBook Pro). [I run multiple hi-res documents in photoshop, multiple pages in dreamweaver, have itunes running the background, multiple firefox windows open [with multiple tabs], you get the point. haha, yes I have ADD but that's a separate issue]
Why I like the 17-inch Macbook Pro:
I had the opportunity of using the 17-inch one for a few days and fell head over heels madly in love. The 17-inch screen was absolutely resplendent, and I was able to work with multiple hi-res projects in photoshops simultaneously w/ ease. I'm sliiiightly leaning toward this model because of the 17-inch screen. Don't you wish they released a new generation 17-inch one as well!?
I'm very torn, and need to make my decision up rather quickly, as I have some important projects coming up and I can't keep nearly breaking my back lugging my boss's 24-inch iMac around to work on these projects at home and over the weekend.
Please throw some feedback/thoughts!
For quick, efficient, heavy-usage graphic design, does the new nvidia mbPro graphics renovation really make a difference ? Or is it something only a gamer would notice?
Thank you so much!