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Frogfish wrote:
For the money and use on the road (photography) I'll take the new MacBook. Stunning Retina screen and enough power for most, including (from all reports) basic editing and viewing RAW. Around US$1,500. I'll save the rest of my pennies for my main desktop (iMac).
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I'm thrilled with my retina Macbook (slowest model, 1.1 Ghz, $1299 at list, cheaper if you shop around-- frankly, if you have a second computer, and you probably should, you're best with the cheapest model since you won't actually notice any difference between the 1.1 and 1.3 ghz models)-- and once you can get refurbished models closer to $1K, it'll be a hell of a deal.
Calibrated the monitor; perhaps the nicest monitor Apple sells (I also use a 27 ACD LED; plan to go 32" 4K soon), right up there with the Apple 5K.
Works fine for Lightroom or Photoshop on the go (A7rII RAW files), and even light FCPX (GoPro Hero 4 Black). Perfect for doing backups and basic review and edits on the go. Great for general computing/office stuff.
Really thin and easy to work with. Solid battery life. Runs OS X-- which I still prefer (my hex-core, self-built desktop dual-boots Win and OS X... I rarely use Win).
None of these systems can rate compared to a really powerful desktop, no matter their discrete mobile GPU and Core i5/7 mobile processor.
Glad to see options on the Windows side though, because the more competition the better. And this system looks pretty damn innovative and spec rich!
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