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I'm a writer and using my mid-2009 MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz, dual core, 8GB, 2- 1TB HDs (optical drive replaced with a HD) for various projects. It has 2- USB 2, SD card reader, 1 mini DisplayPort, Firewire 800 port, and has been absolute workhorse. It still does all I need it to do, but... I just received 80,000 photos on a USB 3 hard drive and doing anything with them is s-l-o-w. Unacceptably slow. I tried breaking them down into separate folders and that is also unacceptably slow.
I think my present Macbook pro will see me through the next couple of years for writing projects, but for dealing with this number of photos, I think I need another computer, I'm just not quite savvy enough to know what to look for.
1. Do I need mainly a lot of RAM?
2. Do I have to have quad core (ups the price a lot)
3. Can I get by with a relatively inexpensive Macbook Air with extra RAM?
I don't want to spend $3,000 if I can find what I need for $1,500. This is specifically for organizing large photo (and possibly in the future video) files.
I think my present Macbook pro will see me through the next couple of years for writing projects, but for dealing with this number of photos, I think I need another computer, I'm just not quite savvy enough to know what to look for.
1. Do I need mainly a lot of RAM?
2. Do I have to have quad core (ups the price a lot)
3. Can I get by with a relatively inexpensive Macbook Air with extra RAM?
I don't want to spend $3,000 if I can find what I need for $1,500. This is specifically for organizing large photo (and possibly in the future video) files.