UPDATE: ok, I think my mind is set on the ASUS ZenBook UX303UB 13.3-Inch QHD Touchscreen Laptop, Intel Core i7, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Discrete GPU Nvidia GT940M, Windows 10 (64 bit)
Thanks all for you help, I think I changed my mind at least 5 times during this thread but I'm pretty confident with my choice now. It's kind of scary moving away from Mac (when i bought my current machine I was 18 and didn't think much of it). Last time I had a windows was a tower in my room I used to play Neopets with...
DON'T NEED ANY MORE ADVICE BUT WILL LEAVE THE THREAD FOR REFERENCE :)
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I'm not too technically inclined and I'm also not too informed on PC's so I'd love it if somebody could advise me on what to do.
What I have right now:
-13 inch late 2011 MacBook pro
-2,4gz i5 processor
-4 gb memory
-500 gb memory
-Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
What I need
I've been doing a lot of video editing and these specs are really not enough. Can't even install Premiere Pro with 4gb! I need more powa! But i'm not sure exactly how much power would be enough. That's what I mean when I say I'm not too technical. Help?
Option 1:
Upgrade my current setup by buying 2 8gb slots and an SSD hard drive. That would set me back about 400-500$ from what I understand and improve my computing power by a lot. BUT I can't upgrade my graphics card or my processor so I'll be stuck with what I have. Is that a big deal?
Option 2.
-1500$ I can get
-2.9GHz i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz processor
-8GB memory
-128GB SSD drive
Option 3
-2200$ I can get
-3.1GHz i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz processor
-16GB memory
-512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
-Intel Iris Graphics 6100
-And that fancy retina display screen and force touch trackpad (but I don't really care)
Option 4+
Buy a PC. I travel quite a bit and I'm a really clumsy person so as stupid as it sounds, I feel like I really need the metal casing that macs have. So no plastic PCs. I honestly find most of those fancy gaming laptops really ugly but for a good enough price/performance it would be ok. Just don't really feel like re-learning everything unless it's worth it.
People keep telling me that PC's are cheaper/more powerful and that apple is screwing us hipsters so if there are any PC experts out there, tell me what I'm missing out on :) I really just don't know where to look to find a good deal.
I'm kind of pissed off right now because I bought my computer for around 1000$ in goddamn 2011 and apple still sells very similar models for about the same price 5 fkin years later. Wasn't technology supposed to get cheaper!?
I need a better computer, I could technically blow 2k on a new macbook but I'd really rather not. Looking for advice please?
If you want to do a lot of video editing you probably want a dedicated graphics card.
Intel integrated graphics have gotten a lot better but I'm guessing that they will probably still be your bottleneck.
Something like this would probably slay what ever you threw at it, has a lot of fast storage and is made of shiny metal. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CQRNBJG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01CQRNBJG&linkCode=as2&tag=wiknix-20&linkId=T6JPUWCRMN3RTALO
Cheaper, still metal and would probably chug through your workload like a champ.
Do you want an IPS panel and what screen size are pretty important.
There is a whole new generation of graphics chips about to come out for mobile. The prices on the older ship set laptops might come down or you might want to get a power and heat efficient new chip set.
I know nothing about video editing and I'm sure someone else can tell you a lot more.
I'd probably get somthing along the lines of https://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP8152.html if I wanted a laptop with sinificant power under $1500.