• Apple OS X

  From Powerhouse PC to Macbook Pro???

  Posted by Peter Georges on September 1, 2014 at 12:33 am

  I’m currently a PC + Adobe Creative Cloud user shopping for a new laptop to use for tethered shooting among other things.

  Just for context my PC is as follows:
  Intel 6 Core 4930k
  32Gb RAM
  nVidia 780 Ti

  I seem to have two options:
  1. Get a secondary device such as a Macbook air or Surface Pro 3 and only use it for simple things in the field
  2. Replace my PC with a high end laptop (the top spec MBP) and use the laptop for everything

  The reason option number 2 is attractive to be honest, is the ability to take my workhorse with me anywhere and to make the switch from Premiere Pro to FCPX. I’d be getting a 1Tb internal SSD drive so I could store all of my current projects on it just fine.

  However, I’ll be going from a 6 core to a 4 core and losing a huge amount of GPU power (probably in the order of an 80% drop). I am wondering if FCPX and various other bits of Mac software is efficient enough to offset the loss of sheer power?

  Peter Georges replied 12 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Davidson

  September 1, 2014 at 5:49 pm

  I would say just moving from Windows to OS X would be beneficial enough.

  I have the 2013 Retina Macbook Pro and love it. Check out that 34″ LG Thunderbolt 2 display to go with it. We have two of those monitors and love them.

  John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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  Peter Georges

  September 2, 2014 at 2:55 am

  I hadn’t seen that monitor, I think I’ll be picking that up whether I get the mac or not!

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