Hey folks,
I'm lucky enough to have a couple of pilots in the family, so I've decided to splash the cash from a pending bike sale on a new laptop from the us of A. I was considering an older one but at the end of the day, a newer one will last longer and it'll be lightning fast. I'll be using it mainly for lightroom and photoshop, or whatever I choose instead of the adobe subscription method.
So, the base quad core model is attractivly priced but there are upgrade options and i'm wondering which ones are most important.
Each upgrade is 200 dollars. So, I can upgrade to a 512 gb ssd over a 256. Not too bothered by a 256 gb drive. It's big enough if I have external storage.
What I'm wondering is, is a
2.3GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
or a
2.7GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
upgrade more significant to a ram upgrade from 8gb to 16gb?
In real world terms, ram is going to serve me better? I'd love to be able to get the maxed out macbook pro but funds don't allow on my humble salary.
Real world thoughts please. With a bit of context lads and lassies, I was considering a 2014 15inch macbook pro, quad core with 16 gb ram but buying from a shop refrubished is not making the numbers add up if I can get my pilot cousin to bring it home in a box.
Thanks for any input you can give.
I'm lucky enough to have a couple of pilots in the family, so I've decided to splash the cash from a pending bike sale on a new laptop from the us of A. I was considering an older one but at the end of the day, a newer one will last longer and it'll be lightning fast. I'll be using it mainly for lightroom and photoshop, or whatever I choose instead of the adobe subscription method.
So, the base quad core model is attractivly priced but there are upgrade options and i'm wondering which ones are most important.
Each upgrade is 200 dollars. So, I can upgrade to a 512 gb ssd over a 256. Not too bothered by a 256 gb drive. It's big enough if I have external storage.
What I'm wondering is, is a
2.3GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
or a
2.7GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
upgrade more significant to a ram upgrade from 8gb to 16gb?
In real world terms, ram is going to serve me better? I'd love to be able to get the maxed out macbook pro but funds don't allow on my humble salary.
Real world thoughts please. With a bit of context lads and lassies, I was considering a 2014 15inch macbook pro, quad core with 16 gb ram but buying from a shop refrubished is not making the numbers add up if I can get my pilot cousin to bring it home in a box.
Thanks for any input you can give.