Hello all, i'm a 17 year old from Australia finally getting on board with switching from PC to a Mac and couldn't be more excited! I need it specifically for Music Production courses at my School & TAFE, and i'm just after some answers or advice with which Mac to get best suited to my needs. At the moment i'm swinging towards a 13' Macbook Pro, but the 21' iMac which is the exact same price is hard to turn away from. My main 2 questions is:
1) Are Macbook Pro's able to be hooked up to a desktop monitor? The portability to school and TAFE with the MBP will be great, but at home i'd much prefer to work on projects on a desktop. If that is possible i know for sure the MBP is for me.
2) Are music files able to be exported from Mac to Mac? Such projects as on GarageBand for example are they able to be exported from different Mac devices on say a USB? My TAFE has Mac computers, but it's hard during off days to get projects done without a Mac at home, especially doing vocals in a classroom with 15+ other students around. If they are able to exported then i could just purchase a much preffered iMac and take the files and load them onto my TAFE's Mac computer to submit and work on then back home etc etc.
This is my first post so please be kind, hopefully everything i said makes sense, all feedback will be much appreciated
1) Are Macbook Pro's able to be hooked up to a desktop monitor? The portability to school and TAFE with the MBP will be great, but at home i'd much prefer to work on projects on a desktop. If that is possible i know for sure the MBP is for me.
2) Are music files able to be exported from Mac to Mac? Such projects as on GarageBand for example are they able to be exported from different Mac devices on say a USB? My TAFE has Mac computers, but it's hard during off days to get projects done without a Mac at home, especially doing vocals in a classroom with 15+ other students around. If they are able to exported then i could just purchase a much preffered iMac and take the files and load them onto my TAFE's Mac computer to submit and work on then back home etc etc.
This is my first post so please be kind, hopefully everything i said makes sense, all feedback will be much appreciated