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Which MBP to buy for photo editing?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacKat" data-source="post: 603327" data-attributes="member: 48940"><p>If you're going to be doing a lot of onsite work I'd advise against the 17" MBP and opt for one of the 15" with a large external monitor for use at home/office. </p><p></p><p>The other question comes into play as to whether to get a MBP or just a Macbook. Photo editing doesn't really require a card that has the 3D bells and whistles. I've been doing this for years and have used a desktop, Macbook, and MBP and find I use the Macbook more than the other two. The MB's are easier to replace the hard drive with a faster model and upgrade the RAM.</p><p></p><p>Also, if you travel with it a lot you might find the smaller size of the Macbook an advantage. Really you just want to get a machine with a large capacity hard drive at 7200RPM speed and max out the RAM. If you want to go MBP then you'll pay a premium to have Apple install a faster hard drive and if you go MB you can get a Seagate or Hitachi 200GB 7200RPM hard drive from a place like newegg.com for about $160 and install it yourself.</p><p></p><p>Refurbs can be hard for a good price and good shape but understand that they are refurb for a reason, either someone just opted to return and upgrade models or something was wrong, it was returned, and Apple "fixed" it. Anyway you go I'd opt for the Applecare warranty as well.</p><p></p><p>Kat</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacKat, post: 603327, member: 48940"] If you're going to be doing a lot of onsite work I'd advise against the 17" MBP and opt for one of the 15" with a large external monitor for use at home/office. The other question comes into play as to whether to get a MBP or just a Macbook. Photo editing doesn't really require a card that has the 3D bells and whistles. I've been doing this for years and have used a desktop, Macbook, and MBP and find I use the Macbook more than the other two. The MB's are easier to replace the hard drive with a faster model and upgrade the RAM. Also, if you travel with it a lot you might find the smaller size of the Macbook an advantage. Really you just want to get a machine with a large capacity hard drive at 7200RPM speed and max out the RAM. If you want to go MBP then you'll pay a premium to have Apple install a faster hard drive and if you go MB you can get a Seagate or Hitachi 200GB 7200RPM hard drive from a place like newegg.com for about $160 and install it yourself. Refurbs can be hard for a good price and good shape but understand that they are refurb for a reason, either someone just opted to return and upgrade models or something was wrong, it was returned, and Apple "fixed" it. Anyway you go I'd opt for the Applecare warranty as well. Kat [/QUOTE]
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