Which macbook pro to buy for editing?

I will be buying a macbook pro for my future editing as i will be traveling a lot. I use after effects, premiere pro, sometimes fcp 7 and occasionaly blender and cinema 4d. I will be watching a lot of movies and playing games occasionaly. I have a late 2009 imac with 4 gigs of ram, 3.06 ghz dual core processor, 500gb hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB. It is quite slow in rendering. I use full hd footage and put effects in my videos such as muzzle flashes or maybe a planet in the sky(that kind of stuff). What software requirements do you guys recommend for a faster editing and rendering? I am ok if it takes some time in rendering but ofcourse not ages. And also which macbook pro do you guys recommend (also from the previously manufactured mcbp)?
Thanks in advance.

Both will work fine with 1080p AVCHD but you will notice an increase in performance simply because Premiere LOVES a good GPU and the 750M is a good one as far as laptops go. Yes, its more but if you're serious about performance go with the better GPU.
That being said...save a bit and go with this below (same as your 2nd option but cheaper):
Refurbished 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel i7 with Retina Display - Apple Store (U.S.)
It'll save you $400. Bam! Thank me later. Apple's refurbished program is top of the line. Comes fully warrantied and you can get apple care, etc. if you want as well. It's like buying it new. These refurbished computers are often just ones bought and then returned within a few days by customers trying things out and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them. They can basically be looked at like new.

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Built-in battery (9 hours)2

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Good luck in making your decision!!
Clinton

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I want to buy the new Macbook Pro with Retina Display. My current laptop has 455 gb in which I only used 83 gb of it since the past 5 years I've been using it. I know that the original macbook pro is good too but its way heavier than the Macbook pro with retina display and therefore its easier for me to carry the macbook pro with retina display to school. Also it has 9 hour battery which is very good.
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Hello all,
I am in the market to buy a macbook pro. Doesn't have to be anything spectacular, just something to serve me in the meantime. I want to spend no more than $1,100, therefore i decided to purchase on ebay.
But my main question is - Is it better to buy a early 2008 macbook pro 17" (A1261) or a current 09'-10' macbook pro 13" (A1278). I will be mainly using the macbook pro for editing video in final cut and editing photos in photoshop/aperture. On ebay - both units are in the same price range. I would love to hear your opinions.
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jp89 wrote:
Hello all,
I am in the market to buy a macbook pro. Doesn't have to be anything spectacular, just something to serve me in the meantime. I want to spend no more than $1,100, therefore i decided to purchase on ebay.
But my main question is - Is it better to buy a early 2008 macbook pro 17" (A1261) or a current 09'-10' macbook pro 13" (A1278). I will be mainly using the macbook pro for editing video in final cut and editing photos in photoshop/aperture. On ebay - both units are in the same price range. I would love to hear your opinions.
Thank you
Hard decision, I'd admit.
1. Processor. I think they're the same, so call it a tie.
2. Video processor. 13" has a better one, but if you can find a 17" with the 512MB memory, then it might be close to a tie.
3. Warranty. Unless the 17" has the extended AppleCare, solid win for the 13". Laptops just start wearing out after a few years, especially the optical drive and HDD.
4. Display. 17" is much easier for photoshopping and video editing.
5. Outputs. The 17" has a FW800, which is important because if you're doing REAL video editing, then you want a FW800 7200RPM external scratch disk. If you're just doing home video, it's not important.
6. Other stuff. Again, if you're doing this professionally or semi-professionally to use Aperture and Photoshop, then you're going to need to upgrade the internal HDD to a 7200 version, and you will want to consider upgrading to 8GB RAM. You can probably do both for around $250.
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JG99 wrote:
I've heard from a few Logic users and read on other forums that there is currently little difference in performance between the 8-core and 4-core Mac Pro's when running Logic 8. This may change in the future...?
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At the moment, the single processor Mac Pros arent that great in terms of value. 4 memory slots is just kind of crappy for a machine that costs so much.
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