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HI,first of all I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask my question, feel free to move my thread if I am not. My apology in advance for my poor english as I don't speak English as for first language.
My question is a little bit complicated.
I will go to university and live in the school campus for the next 3 years. Currently I own a Macbook Air 11" but it cannot be my desktop replacement because the screen on it is just too small. So I have think of a few solutions, but none of them really satisfy me.
a.) buy a MacBook Pro with retina display
The machine is absolute beautiful but other than the display, everything else that comes with the computer is just a waste for me since all I do with my computer is watching youtube videos. ( maybe not as Adobe Flash is so power hungry ) And I might want to play some game like battlefield 3. Although the Macbook pro can handle the game in a lower resolution, I don't want to play any games on it, I mean, who really wants to use bootcamp on a Mac?
b.) buy a big monitor and a Mac mini ( I don't really want to use my Macbook Air as my primary computer)
This way will be cheaper and meet my gaming need because I can always build a PC for games as I have already own a monitor. But the issue is, I have to move everything out of the hostel for summer holiday every year, moving the monitor will be kind of inconvenient.
I am just a student so money is an issue and should be taken into consideration even though I can afford it.
I don't have to edit video on daily bases but a few times a year so I really don't need a super powerful core i7.
Or do you guys have a better idea?
My question is a little bit complicated.
I will go to university and live in the school campus for the next 3 years. Currently I own a Macbook Air 11" but it cannot be my desktop replacement because the screen on it is just too small. So I have think of a few solutions, but none of them really satisfy me.
a.) buy a MacBook Pro with retina display
The machine is absolute beautiful but other than the display, everything else that comes with the computer is just a waste for me since all I do with my computer is watching youtube videos. ( maybe not as Adobe Flash is so power hungry ) And I might want to play some game like battlefield 3. Although the Macbook pro can handle the game in a lower resolution, I don't want to play any games on it, I mean, who really wants to use bootcamp on a Mac?
b.) buy a big monitor and a Mac mini ( I don't really want to use my Macbook Air as my primary computer)
This way will be cheaper and meet my gaming need because I can always build a PC for games as I have already own a monitor. But the issue is, I have to move everything out of the hostel for summer holiday every year, moving the monitor will be kind of inconvenient.
I am just a student so money is an issue and should be taken into consideration even though I can afford it.
I don't have to edit video on daily bases but a few times a year so I really don't need a super powerful core i7.
Or do you guys have a better idea?