Mac Book Pro for Photoshop?

[Marek Szulen]

And be aware, that you CAN"T upgrade memory on RETINA macs. It's soldered.

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/mac?tqid=QFT9UT9J9D24U2XUCFTKDJ9UCPTA9KXYP

Marek


2012/12/17 Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com>

> On Dec 16, 2012, at 11:37 PM, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Looking for advice from the Mac experts..
> >
> > My wife, a long PC user, has decided to get a Mac.  She does a lot of
> freelance work and silly as it is gets a lot of questions about why she
> uses a PC rather than a Mac.  Since she is due for a new machine anyway she
> is making the switch.  It also helps since her school and her new largest
> client both use primarily Macs (she can buy it through her school and get a
> discount).
> >
> > Anyway, these are the specs she is looking at.   She will be doing a LOT
> of photoshop and illustrator on it.  In fact, that will be pretty much all
> it's used for as her old laptop will still be used for her games.
> >
> > 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
> > 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
> > 256GB Flash Storage
> > Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide (English)
> > Accessory Kit
> >
> > Software
> >
> > iLife '11
> > OS X Mountain Lion
> >
> > Suggestions?
>
> From the specs I'm guessing that's the (low end) 15" retina with ram
> added? Should be fine, though it looks like you can upgrade the processor
> to the 2.6 i7 for only $100 more if you want, that's what's in the high end
> model (the high end has the 512 flash, that's what makes it so expensive.)
>
> The 16gig ram is a must, and with these new models you have to upgrade
> from the start. Also you might want to start looking at thunderbolt drives,
> don't know how much she is going to fill up the internal but you want to
> make sure you leave enough (photoshop) scratch disk space if she is working
> with big files. Also get AppleCare.
>
> Also CS6? might be a good idea to upgrade to fully take advantage of
> cores/ram.
>
> Is she getting it from her school store? You can also put the school info
> into the apple store to see discounts. If her school store seems good with
> service then that's cool, but in general it seems you get better service
> from apple when you buy directly from them.
>
>
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