Which Macbook should I buy?

You don't mention which model of 15" MBP you are looking at, but if you are going to be using Photoshop and Final Cut, I would think the larger screen would be a nice feature for you. I'd go with the 15"...

Final Cut Pro X, and Reactor 5, Photoshop, and I play MineCraft on high settings.

I don't really mind weight unless it is like 6 pounds

I may also want to have it to be fixed easily if it breaks.

Top of the line 15" non-Retina, high res anti-glare, stock drive or with a ~500GB SSD.

You can upgrade the RAM yourself to 16GB at Crucial.com or OtherWorld Computing (tools and videos) cheaper than Apple.

Also can upgrade the stock 5,400 RPM hard drive to a SSD later if you wish.

but I do want to save money.

Then your on the wrong platform, the above machine is the one that fits your critera and needs, else your looking at a Windows PC.

I suggest a Segar laptop, they have 17" anti-glare screens (Apple doesn't make anymore) and more powerful graphics options for 3D gamers.

The MacBook Pro's don't have very good graphics so you can't play the newer 3D games after 2 years.

3D gaming on Mac's, what you need to know

Why is my computer slow?

However the new MacPro coming may have awesome graphics with it's two video cards, so it might surfice for about 4 years with 3D games, but it's a desktop not a laptop.

Yeah Minecraft is really light on graphics requirements 🙂

FYI, I run games on my 15" rMBP, and the performance is pretty decent. I mainly play StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, Portal 2, and Civilization V. Not really intense games graphically, but I'm more than happy with it. All the other advantages of the Mac platform make up for the less-than-stellar gaming performance. If I get really desperate for a gaming machine, I'll just build a PC for that, but I'm not giving up my Mac!

lynkozz wrote:

I will just get the 15 inch MacBook Pro because it has what I need.

I will just have to save a bit more though.

Don't wait too long, the next release of MacBook Pro's and the non-Retina (user serviceable) will likely be gone.

The Retina models you can't upgrade anything, so you have to buy the large SSD and max RAM upfront.

Anyway isn't Avid better than Final Cut Pro? X was dumbed down a bit and it angered a lot of professionals.

http://www.avid.com/US/categories/Professional-Video-Editing-Finishing

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/07/does-apple-still-care-about-creative-pros/

Apple is coming out with a new MacPro capable of 4K video though.

I don't know what "fixed easy...." means on these machines, depends on what breaks doesn't it? For what you stated you want to use it for, I would think you'd a 15" MBP. I like the retina screen model for those programs, but if you want to save some mony, have some more flexibility in terms of changing drives and ram ....look at the refurb store for MBP non retinas. All next to latest or close to it units with full warranty and save a couple of hundred bucks... You need to ultimately max your ram (buy less expensive and equally as good non-apple ram such as OWC, Corsair, Crucial etc) for using especially with FCPX and Photoshop. If you can get an SSD 500gb, which are expensive but maybe you could wait, that would speed things up as well, at least in opening up and moving data. Although a little heavier/larger than the sleeko rMBP you do get a superdrive burner built in, which some people stii desire.

Good luck on choosing:)

Hey im looking to do minecraft and logic pro x on a mac, im looking to purchase. I dont know what to get though at the moment i have £1070 roughly and i can get a bit more ie like another couple of hundred problem is that takes time and quite a bit of it but ive got a mod list for minecraft and ill be hosting a server (only like two or three people on the server though) because i want to do a lets play but i would like my mac to be a bit future proof so i can play games that might come up in the future but i mainly game on console im not looking for anything super just run minecraft decently and logic and photoshop and illustrator.

heres the mod list for minecraft along with a texture pack. thanks in advance