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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
I stand corrected. Anyway the fixed storage was a deal-breaker for me when they did that
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
Yes it really limits the life of your Macs now that everything is soldered in. I use to upgrade my Mac for 5 to 7 years. Now I'm having to upgrade 3 years since last purchase but my workload and projects have increased a lot in the last 3 years too.
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
Have you even considered 2nd hand iTrashcan?
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
My 2 cents;
i7 quad or better(no i5 and no i3) 16GB RAM minimum 13" screen is way too small(so the 13" laptop gets a "no" from me) Refurbed trashcan or 27" iMac(with i7 and lots of RAM) make sense(as does the mini if properly spec'd)
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
I like the portability of the mini or MBP. I live between 2/3 countries so its easier to move with my Genelec 8010 and a little system when I travel.
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
Okay then. So pick a well spec'd mini and I'm sure you find a display everywhere you go
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
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My 2017 MBP is an i5 and up till now was doing ok running up to 30 track mixes with sometimes 50 plugins and a few VI's. New projects sharing sessions with more pro engineers is killing the i5. Though I thought the new MBP i5 might still be a good upgrade but after this thread I will go with the Mini i7 3.2 ghz And I have a 27inch iMac in Australia, just so big to move, Living between Oz, Europe and Caribbean the last few years.
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
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https://everymac.com/systems/apple/m...018-specs.html Thanks for your help! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
Just to make me hesitate my decision on the mini the 2020 MBP with the 10 gen i7 is giving some of the fastest single core Geekbench 5 result of ANY Mac ever!
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Re: New 2020 Macs. Mini or MBP??
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It appears to only be a quad core CPU though. With all things considered including noise and cost, the Mac mini 3.2ghz 6-core Mac mini would be a clearly winner for Pro Tools use if you ask me. I've got a MBP. It works great for Pro Tools, but it becomes impractically noisy rather quickly.
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