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Hi Folks,
I'm looking to lighten my load when traveling, so I'm considering a 13" MBP that the uni bookstore has on sale. It's non-Retina and upgradeable (which I can do). It has an i5 processor and that's my concern. All else being equal (RAM, SSD, etc), will I see a big performance hit when using Photoshop on an i5 machine as opposed to an i7 machine?
My current laptop is a 15" MBP with a 512GB SSD and an i7 quad core with 16GB RAM. I'm quite happy with its performance. It will remain my primary home use machine. The 13" one will be my road warrior. I can order a 13" MBP with an i7, but that jacks the price up and I'd rather not do that if it won't affect PS performance much.
I'm looking to lighten my load when traveling, so I'm considering a 13" MBP that the uni bookstore has on sale. It's non-Retina and upgradeable (which I can do). It has an i5 processor and that's my concern. All else being equal (RAM, SSD, etc), will I see a big performance hit when using Photoshop on an i5 machine as opposed to an i7 machine?
My current laptop is a 15" MBP with a 512GB SSD and an i7 quad core with 16GB RAM. I'm quite happy with its performance. It will remain my primary home use machine. The 13" one will be my road warrior. I can order a 13" MBP with an i7, but that jacks the price up and I'd rather not do that if it won't affect PS performance much.