Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

MacBook pro for sure. So much more powerful, better screen, and only a tiny bit bigger.

Thanks! And should I be upgrading to i7 and bulking up the memory?

Thanks for the info, I'll check that out.

I'm trialling Klok2 for now...

Cheers.

The i7 maybe but definitely max ram. Good choice of by the way.

Ok.

It comes in around £1150 which was more than I had intended to spend but whatevs

@Tenderloin Defo ram. i7 if you can but doesn't really matter.
You have any friends in education? Edu discount is always a winner...

I'll either get it in HK or ask my brother to buy it.

Edu discount is 15%?

Depends on what you get, it's between about 11%-15%

Actually I think my rMBP 15 only has 8gb or ram and it's fine for everything I do, creative suite, fcp, gaming.

Maybe grab a stock 13 from an airport and save loads?

Base model should be around £900 from an airport once the new models gave propagated?

Balls... ParcelFarce want a receipt, problem is I got my Thunderbolt through a mate's sister who was working for them... So no receipt... Have sent her an email anyway...

I have a 13" retina with upgraded everything from sept last year, best thing ive ever owned

just make one, you're a designer!

That's my last resort... ;)

ParcelFarce suck balls. Are they the ones that smashed the screen?

Yup, I double boxed it too... Did a right number on it...

Bastardos. Hope you get it sorted.

8GB right now is fine, but will it be enough for the next five years?

I don't think you can upgrade the RAM on the MB nowadays.

I hear what you are saying Ed but I actually think it will be. You'd need more for editing 4k, high end gaming and maybe large format print work but I don't think the OP ever intends to do that regularly, and neither do I.
It is really annoying ram is not upgradable.

If you can afford it, just pump in as much RAM as you can. When the upgrade option is taken away, then you've got to do a bit of future proofing.

Trying to connect my 13" retina to an iMac - I'd like to use the iMac as a larger screen for the laptop (the iMac is on loan while I find a replacement screen).
I've tried using a Mini display port cable and switching the display by using combinations of the Command/Function/F2 but nothing seems to work.
What am I doing wrong?

I don't think the OP ever intends to do that regularly.

I agree, neither do I, however it still best to max out the RAM when you can as there's no option to upgrade them in future, making the laptop less of a good value.

If I'm choosing out of upgrading the processor or RAM which would it be?

Depending on how old the imac is it just won't work....from about 2012, maybe a tad earlier, they won't accept video in.

If you can do both, go for it, otherwise RAM.