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Seeking advice on MacBook Pro usability 2011 vs 2014
Hi there,
I'm tossing up between buying a MBPro 15" late 2011 SandyBridge or a more modern Ivy Bridge or Haswell Machine. I can save $1K by going for the older machine. The 2011 model I'm looking at is pre retina.. i7 2.5kHz. I can max the RAM out to 16Gb. It already has a 500gb SSD. I want to run 2 ext displays and will be using Pro Tools 11 with Kontakt and sample libraries for midi composition to picture. I like the idea of replacing the optical DVD drive for another SSD. The main concerns about the 2011 machine are.. 1. Will I run into trouble with the second external display? I will need to use USB converter and I'm concerned lag will be a problem. 2. Is a Sandy Bridge i7 2.5kHz going to be sufficient power for the things I need it for? ie.. running quite a few sample libraries and plugs,etc.. 3. What bottlenecks am I likely to face vs a newer machine? Any advice/experience is much appreciated. Adam |
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Re: Seeking advice on MacBook Pro usability 2011 vs 2014
The new ones are the balls!
But you don't NEED it. I'm successfully running PT 10,11, Logic X, TONS of plug-ins on MacBook Pro (15", Early 2011) 2.2 Ghz Intel Core i7 8Gb 1333 Mhz DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024MB & I don't have an SSD as my main drive. I have a TB as the main & I took the cd drive out & have a 500gb there instead. I don't know if it's due to my ram but you will be limited to running too many tracks with too many plug-ins. It is a laptop after all, but I get away with it just fine. At the studio we have Mac Pro's & we run into the same issue, but not until you are running 50+ tracks. |
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