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    Buy advice MBP 13 2016 base model

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Tom44, Mar 21, 2017.

  1. Tom44

    Tom44 Notebook Guru

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    Hi everyone,
    I'm thinking about moving from Windows to MacOS. My needs are MS office, internet and email, light photoedit with Capture One 10 and Lightroom and sometimes video editing (like holiday movies) with Final Cut Pro X (from what I understand is more optimized than Adobe) or Premiere Pro. Do you think that the MacBook pro 13 base model (NO touchbar) is enough? And what about the late 2015 MBP 13 retina base model? Any advice?

    Thanks!
    Thomas
     
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  2. jedisurfer1

    jedisurfer1 Notebook Deity

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    yes the 2015 or 2016 base model will be fine for that. I'd get at least 8gb of ram.
     
    jedisurfer1, Mar 24, 2017
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  3. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    and enough storage for your needs.
     
    KCETech1, Mar 29, 2017
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  4. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Apple doesn't ship less than 8GB now on any machine. On the Pro models they only equip up to 16GB, though, which is an issue.

    Apart from that, make peace with dongles. Also, if your needs don't require a really high end processor, stick with the base model CPU and upgrade your storage. I wish I had done that with my MacBook Pro. A few MHz less pales in comparison to actually having the storage space to actually use those MHz.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Apr 7, 2017
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