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Switching to MacBook Pro... Do I need to upgrade it?
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<blockquote data-quote="milescortez" data-source="post: 1188767" data-attributes="member: 178848"><p>First of all welcome. I made the switch in late 2008 when I bought a aluminum macbook unibody. I had been a huge advocate of windows up until they released Vista. Within 2 days I was wishing I had switched YEARS earlier. I now consider my Windows use The Dark Ages. I can still run windows via VM ware but find that I almost never do but I'm not into gaming.</p><p></p><p>Whatever you do WAIT for the new MBP release coming as early as this week.</p><p></p><p>Personally I would get the i7 and then upgrade the ram via 3rd party. Apple's RAM upgrades are way overpriced and adding the ram is very easy. You could probably get away with 4 possibly 6GB of RAM. 8GB sounds like a lot for what you are doing and you can always do it later.</p><p></p><p>My reasoning for the i7 recommendation is based on my own experience. I've got 6GB in my MB and I do a lot of video conversions in HB. I've maxed out the RAM, I can upgrade the HD to an SSD and replace the optical drive with an additional HD for storage. None of that helps me today thought processing HB activities---my bottleneck is the processor and the i7 will help "future proof" your machine. Don't get me the wrong---the i5 will definitely hold it's own.</p><p></p><p>Basically---whatever you end up with you'll love---that's just my two cents worth. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milescortez, post: 1188767, member: 178848"] First of all welcome. I made the switch in late 2008 when I bought a aluminum macbook unibody. I had been a huge advocate of windows up until they released Vista. Within 2 days I was wishing I had switched YEARS earlier. I now consider my Windows use The Dark Ages. I can still run windows via VM ware but find that I almost never do but I'm not into gaming. Whatever you do WAIT for the new MBP release coming as early as this week. Personally I would get the i7 and then upgrade the ram via 3rd party. Apple's RAM upgrades are way overpriced and adding the ram is very easy. You could probably get away with 4 possibly 6GB of RAM. 8GB sounds like a lot for what you are doing and you can always do it later. My reasoning for the i7 recommendation is based on my own experience. I've got 6GB in my MB and I do a lot of video conversions in HB. I've maxed out the RAM, I can upgrade the HD to an SSD and replace the optical drive with an additional HD for storage. None of that helps me today thought processing HB activities---my bottleneck is the processor and the i7 will help "future proof" your machine. Don't get me the wrong---the i5 will definitely hold it's own. Basically---whatever you end up with you'll love---that's just my two cents worth. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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