Should I get a Macbook Pro 15 inch? (details below)

Main needs:
playing sims 3 (4 when it comes out)
imovie, garageband, photobooth
safari (just social networking and tv shows)
pages
itunes maybe

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A 15-inch MacBook Pro will work properly for your uses. It has got a quad-core processor and two graphic cards: one for casual tasks and another one for games and heavy tasks, so The Sims will show OK. Apart from that, your other uses are casual and a 13-inch MacBook Pro might be enough for that, but a 15-inch MacBook Pro will give you an extra performance to play games

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Hello everyone,
First thanks in advance for replying!
My situation:
Have an old iMac 17inch core 2 duo 2GHz with 1GB of RAM.
I don't have a laptop but i would like to have the portability of one, but it itsn't a necessty for the work i wanna do. (i can find a way around it all if need be)
What i do on my mac:
Most of the time i use my mac for web browsing, watching youtube video's, movies, TV shows, and social media, and as a hobby i'm into photography.
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Now for the questions
Is the macbook pro 13 inch going to cut it as a desktop computer + monitor while using aperture as the heaviest program ever and multi tasking?
Do i need the graphics card and quad core of the imac for aperture?
Thanks

Can't use the ipad for my travels
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IMac vs Macbook pro 13 inch + aperture use

Hello everyone,
First thanks in advance for replying!
My situation:
Have an old iMac 17inch core 2 duo 2GHz with 1GB of RAM.
I don't have a laptop but i would like to have the portability of one, but it itsn't a necessty for the work i wanna do. (i can find a way around it all if need be)
What i do on my mac:
Most of the time i use my mac for web browsing, watching youtube video's, movies, TV shows, and social media, and as a hobby i'm into photography.
Currently i'm using iphoto to edit my photo's and while i find it good and practical i want to do a little more than what iphoto can do. I want to start using aperture for editing. Now remember it's as a hobby it's nothing hardcore just basic editing (black and white, saturation, adjusting colour and stuff).
So i'm going to buy myself a new Mac because this one is getting real slow when editing, even in iphoto. (takes like 5minuts to save the edited photo is way to long) Now i know i can upgrade the RAM for not much money but i want a new machine.
I'm at a dillema. Should i get the macbook pro 13 inch i7 or the imac 21,5 inch same price point?
If i get the macbook pro I would be using it somewhat like this: 90% desktop with external monitor 24inch and 10% portable.
(Like when i'm going on vacantion to edit some photo's or use it as storage for them, sitting downstares not behind my desk, take it a friends house. But all this i can miss if need be)
Now for the questions
Is the macbook pro 13 inch going to cut it as a desktop computer + monitor while using aperture as the heaviest program ever and multi tasking?
Do i need the graphics card and quad core of the imac for aperture?
Thanks

I wouldn't even consider a laptop. I upgraded from an iMac 17 to a 24 over three years ago and now it seems small c/w the 27.
I use my old 17 when I go on the road as it goes into a padded bag along with the keyboard and mouse and only takes minutes to set up.
You'll get far more bang for your buck with a desktop and it will last you a lot longer. MacBooks are famous for hard drive failure and I wouldn't bother with one until they are fitted with flash drives as standard.
Me, I'm waiting for a 17 inch Airbook to appear.

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