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Macbook Air or Pro or Custom PC Build for Multi-Media and Very Light Gaming?
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<blockquote data-quote="joema" data-source="post: 1640145" data-attributes="member: 312925"><p>By coincidence I am writing this on an EVGA P55 FTW, except with a GTX-660 and i7-875k overclocked to 4Ghz. It was a good computer in the day but my stock 2013 iMac 27 is faster.</p><p></p><p>In general I'd suggest getting the MacBook Air or Pro. It can be a frustrating hassle even for a healthy person to build and debug a custom PC. The dilemma is the Air vs Pro -- I have two 2013 13" MBAs -- they are great portable computers. The light/thin design, ergonomics and trackpad responsiveness is amazing. I also have an Asus UX303LN which is sort of a Windows clone of the MBA. It is decent but clunky and rough-hewn next to the MacBook.</p><p></p><p>My co-worker as a 15" MBP and there's no question the retina screen is far better than the MBA. The MBP is expensive but you get what you pay for.</p><p></p><p>That said if most of your use is connected to a large monitor, I'm not sure how much difference the laptop screen would make. However the MBP is available with a much faster CPU and discrete GPU.</p><p></p><p>If you can afford it I'd tend to say the MBP. I have no idea how even a top-spec MBA would play WoW, but I'd be concerned about that. The top-spec MBP is nearly as fast as a top-spec iMac.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joema, post: 1640145, member: 312925"] By coincidence I am writing this on an EVGA P55 FTW, except with a GTX-660 and i7-875k overclocked to 4Ghz. It was a good computer in the day but my stock 2013 iMac 27 is faster. In general I'd suggest getting the MacBook Air or Pro. It can be a frustrating hassle even for a healthy person to build and debug a custom PC. The dilemma is the Air vs Pro -- I have two 2013 13" MBAs -- they are great portable computers. The light/thin design, ergonomics and trackpad responsiveness is amazing. I also have an Asus UX303LN which is sort of a Windows clone of the MBA. It is decent but clunky and rough-hewn next to the MacBook. My co-worker as a 15" MBP and there's no question the retina screen is far better than the MBA. The MBP is expensive but you get what you pay for. That said if most of your use is connected to a large monitor, I'm not sure how much difference the laptop screen would make. However the MBP is available with a much faster CPU and discrete GPU. If you can afford it I'd tend to say the MBP. I have no idea how even a top-spec MBA would play WoW, but I'd be concerned about that. The top-spec MBP is nearly as fast as a top-spec iMac. [/QUOTE]
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