jacob_ski4
FNG
Wanting to hear from some guys within the hunting community with similar demands from their computer about what my best option would be.
Background: My 2012 MacBook Air has finally given up on me and become a paper weight. Looking at getting a new computer and wanting to stay within the Apple system as everything I have is Apple and the cloud system/operating systems have become very intuitive.
Requirements: Will be used for grad school, which requires very little of a computer (Word, Excel, Zoom, etc). This is where I need your guys help. I’m a hobby photographer and I really feel my major lim factor has been post processing up to this point. The 2012 MacBook Air just didn’t have the power necessary to move around raw files and work within the adobe creative cloud (Lightroom, photoshop). It took forever to do anything and it’s pushing me towards the MacBook series. I can get school discounts on the 2020 models so from what I’ve read up on it seems like I might as well just stay with the new line. For guys that shoot a couple thousand pictures a year (no desire for videography), can I get away with the base model 13” MacBook and a 1 TB external hard drive to hold the bulk of storage, or should I upgrade to the next level of the 13” model for the increased memory and processing speeds?
I’ve looked on YouTube and read what I could, but I’m not literate when it comes to Computer specs and wasn’t able to find any reviews coming from someone who had the same demands of something similar to a hunter/amateur landscape photographer. Any help would be appreciated, but preferably guys with experience on MacBooks would be able to chip in. Thanks!
Background: My 2012 MacBook Air has finally given up on me and become a paper weight. Looking at getting a new computer and wanting to stay within the Apple system as everything I have is Apple and the cloud system/operating systems have become very intuitive.
Requirements: Will be used for grad school, which requires very little of a computer (Word, Excel, Zoom, etc). This is where I need your guys help. I’m a hobby photographer and I really feel my major lim factor has been post processing up to this point. The 2012 MacBook Air just didn’t have the power necessary to move around raw files and work within the adobe creative cloud (Lightroom, photoshop). It took forever to do anything and it’s pushing me towards the MacBook series. I can get school discounts on the 2020 models so from what I’ve read up on it seems like I might as well just stay with the new line. For guys that shoot a couple thousand pictures a year (no desire for videography), can I get away with the base model 13” MacBook and a 1 TB external hard drive to hold the bulk of storage, or should I upgrade to the next level of the 13” model for the increased memory and processing speeds?
I’ve looked on YouTube and read what I could, but I’m not literate when it comes to Computer specs and wasn’t able to find any reviews coming from someone who had the same demands of something similar to a hunter/amateur landscape photographer. Any help would be appreciated, but preferably guys with experience on MacBooks would be able to chip in. Thanks!
