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Connecting a MacBook Pro to Cinema Display
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<blockquote data-quote="VAMountaineer" data-source="post: 1549169" data-attributes="member: 312336"><p>my professional opinion (worth about what you've paid for it):</p><p></p><p>1. it's your professional tool. Make sure you keep it up.</p><p></p><p>Personally i'd make a decision based on how much money you have.. for $500-1000 you can really upgrade the tower and make it snappy.. But if you have $1800-2000, buying a 15" macbook Pro (not retina - because Apple is essentially NO LONGER making a pro-grade laptop, but that's for another thread), put SSD and 16gb in it.</p><p></p><p>i'm going to make the assumption you have only say $1000 to play with...</p><p></p><p>I'd then decide if you can deal with a 2-3yr old refurb laptop (which is hwat you can get here in the States with that money), or if you want to just throw it all at your tower...</p><p></p><p>IF you go the tower route:</p><p>1. I'd put at least 16gb of RAM in the tower. if you're a pro-photog, then consider 24gb.</p><p></p><p>2. SSD drives will revolutionize ANY system. I'd buy a PCIe adaptor card with an SSD drive on it (largest I could afford - at least a 512gb) and run the system on that.. (an SSD on a PCIe board is faster than an SSD on the internal Sata slots on older MacPros!). And I'd get a second or third SSD for the slots....</p><p></p><p>my $.02..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VAMountaineer, post: 1549169, member: 312336"] my professional opinion (worth about what you've paid for it): 1. it's your professional tool. Make sure you keep it up. Personally i'd make a decision based on how much money you have.. for $500-1000 you can really upgrade the tower and make it snappy.. But if you have $1800-2000, buying a 15" macbook Pro (not retina - because Apple is essentially NO LONGER making a pro-grade laptop, but that's for another thread), put SSD and 16gb in it. i'm going to make the assumption you have only say $1000 to play with... I'd then decide if you can deal with a 2-3yr old refurb laptop (which is hwat you can get here in the States with that money), or if you want to just throw it all at your tower... IF you go the tower route: 1. I'd put at least 16gb of RAM in the tower. if you're a pro-photog, then consider 24gb. 2. SSD drives will revolutionize ANY system. I'd buy a PCIe adaptor card with an SSD drive on it (largest I could afford - at least a 512gb) and run the system on that.. (an SSD on a PCIe board is faster than an SSD on the internal Sata slots on older MacPros!). And I'd get a second or third SSD for the slots.... my $.02..... :D [/QUOTE]
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