Advice needed, please!!!
Able to buy macbook pro 2012 ONLY from bestbuy in january, no other option available. Four models to choose from:
1) Pro 15.4, 4 ram, 500 hdd, 1800 $
2) Pro 15.4, 8 ram, 750 hdd, 2200 $
3) Retina, 8 ram, 250 ssd, 2200 $
4) Retina, 8 ram, 512 ssd, 2800 $
Now i'm using 15.4, core2duo.
Planning to use new mac for about 4-5 years.
Field of use - architectural drafting, render, autocad, sketchup, vray, photoshop.
Can't choose from option 2 or 4. If i'm going with option 2, i'm planning to upgrade ram to 16, and replace dvd with 256 ssd, in money it will be close to option 4, but without retina. (i'm ok with 512 gb space).
If I'm going to option 1 + ram + ssd, video and cpu power will be enough for me?
Or maybe retina use too much GPU, and I should wait for second gen with updated video, if so, this is not an option, because of deadline.
Which way to go?
Thanks for advise.
Cheers
Able to buy macbook pro 2012 ONLY from bestbuy in january, no other option available. Four models to choose from:
1) Pro 15.4, 4 ram, 500 hdd, 1800 $
2) Pro 15.4, 8 ram, 750 hdd, 2200 $
3) Retina, 8 ram, 250 ssd, 2200 $
4) Retina, 8 ram, 512 ssd, 2800 $
Now i'm using 15.4, core2duo.
Planning to use new mac for about 4-5 years.
Field of use - architectural drafting, render, autocad, sketchup, vray, photoshop.
Can't choose from option 2 or 4. If i'm going with option 2, i'm planning to upgrade ram to 16, and replace dvd with 256 ssd, in money it will be close to option 4, but without retina. (i'm ok with 512 gb space).
If I'm going to option 1 + ram + ssd, video and cpu power will be enough for me?
Or maybe retina use too much GPU, and I should wait for second gen with updated video, if so, this is not an option, because of deadline.
Which way to go?
Thanks for advise.
Cheers
