Which Mac Book Pro is for me?

Hello, as I learn a bit at a time here by asking one question at a time. I have always been a PC user and I am looking to switch. Last week I bought a $1000 PC with windows 8 and after two days I sent it back as it was to hard to be without a real desktop and tiles are not for me. So I thought if I have to learn something new it should be a Mac.
I think the Air is a bit too small (in size for my needs) and I want a SS drive for speed. I use a computer for e-mail, my eBay business and major photo cropping and editing plus surfing. I do not play any games at all. I like the Apple quality and think that if anyone drops $1000 plus on a computer it should not be made from cheap plastic. I also have a few Windows programs that I need to use and learned that I can set aside a part of the hard drive for windows programs and was told about boot camp. Do I have to buy and install the full windows version for the windows part of the hard drive? Lots of questions and I wish there was an online tutorial to teach me how to do basic things with a Mac.
Lastly how come most Mac book pro's do not come with a CD drive? I saw that I could buy one for $90 or so for an external drive.

On a Core Duo Mac, none. Lion and newer require at least a Core 2 Duo or Xeon CPU.
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First of all I would like to apologise for going over some old ground, but I am really stuck as to which Mac Book Pro I should buy, so I would really value your opinions.
I will be using the laptop at home, and on the road. As well as the usual emailing, surfing the net, etc, etc, I also want to do some basic editing on FCE, using both SD & HD footage. I already own a 26" HD Benq monitor, and would connect the laptop to that, so screen size is not really an issue.
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Hi Guys and Happy new Year!!!
I was wondering if I could get some advice??
I have a an IMac I7 27inch for home use (simple stuff really, no gaming although possibly x flight thing?)
Anyway I’m in the market for an apple laptop.
I have decided no to go with the air but with the mac book pro.
I’m really getting stuck on the old type and the retina.
I seem to be led towards the old version due to the disk drive and I can realistically remove that at a later date and add an additional ssd (they appear quite cheap) and additionally boost the ram to 16gm, That will be more than enough for me. The retina is not a big issue, and the Ethernet may come in handy. With those upgrades it sounds fairly future proof?
I will be running winds 7 with parallels and office, etc. The disc drive speed is not an issue as I will eventually upgrade it. Problems seem to be that you cannot upgrade the retina so you got what you got?
I’ve hears the screen is crap on the older version with reflection it didn’t seems problem for me but apple have got the lighting down to a tee in their shops (quaint British term!).
Could you please give me some advice as I’m getting little bogged down at the moment with this. Additionally can I just mirror over to the laptop my whole desktop and programmed??
Kind regards and happy holidays wherever you are.
David
PS I thought of getting one on eBay but with student discount and 40(£) for full 3-year mac cover it’s not worth it. Luckily we also have an additional consumer bonus being we can get repairs up to 6 years in the UK and Ireland. Sorry guys across the water!

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ok Rebis i think this appears to fix your problem , not sure though.. they say just to reinstall mac os X , back up your stuff and format the drive, reinstall the os. In my case , it just reboots by itself , no grey screen , nothing, keeps rebooting and rebooting sometimes. Ran apple hardware test, sry dont remember error # , but it said video controller error.
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Hi Apple Team and Final Cut Pro Team,
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I think a laptop is the best choice of all except when you need more power than you can get in a laptop. Even then "Both" is a great choice. In this instance, this laptop is more powerful than the largest Mac Mini that exists today, a great choice. You can't carry around an iMac or Mac Mini. The Macbook Pro Retina is the best thing out there. Again, except when your needs are greater than it can provide.
Of course a good laptop can cost as much as a Mac Pro. They are fairly cost effective though when matched to a Mac Mini or iMac, although I did get my mini for under a thousand dollars with everything except monitors and external drive.. That Macbook Pro he's got is about $2,000..
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