Hello hello,
Well, i never got around to getting a tricked up desktop, so now I have a dilemma; Macbook pro/equivalent PC based laptop (eg, Samsung x60), or regular Macbook + new desktop box?
** The rundown of each scenario:**
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[/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Red] Scenario 1 - Macbook Pro [/COLOR][/SIZE]
- Looks great, pleasure to use
- I’m given the impression it is quite powerful (can anyone compare its performance to some desktop specs?)
- I can run my 20" LCD with it from home in unison
- Economy of space - I won’t have a big ugly desktop in my room
- Can run a fast external HDD from home for all intensive video work, music files, etc
- Fast for freelancing and uni work
Disadvantages: None from what I can see? Maybe just more expensive to upgrade and pull apart down the line, and more of a worry when carrying around (more value).
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[SIZE=3] Scenario 2 - Desktop + regular Macbook[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]- Paying the same for a desktop more powerful and easily upgradeable than the MBP, and a laptop essentially very similar in power to the Macbook Pro.
- Macbook should be quite fast too, certainly fast enough for freelancing etc. Just can’t run a large screen off it nor do big 3d/video work, hence the necessity to buy a desktop box.
- Macbook is more portable than the MBP, and i’d be less worried about it for whatever reason.[/SIZE]
Disadvantages; Less powerful laptop for freelancing (though probably not a problem in my line), and i’d have a big ugly box somewhere in my room. More cables, more clutter.
Also, it looks like both the MB and MBP can take audio/line in, which is important as i’ll be recording quite a bit of vocal and instrument tracks into either protools or acid.
So, i’d like any thoughts from you guys regarding the choices here…
Another thing to consider is, how long it will be until the new intel chips are being throwin into their product line.
I really like the idea of having a lappy as the main workhorse which I can take everywhere for freelancing, uni work, and studio work; just less clutter. But if the power and worry of breaking/theft outweigh the portability performance advantages, the we have an issue.
Ta!
