Looking to purchase a new 13" MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD memory and 8GB ram. Main purpose is to run Final Cut Prowithout being at my desk. Is there's need to upgrade to the 16GB to make Final Cut Prorun more smoothly?

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Looking to purchase a new 13" MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD memory and 8GB ram. Main purpose is to run Final Cut Prowithout being at my desk. Is there's need to upgrade to the 16GB to make Final Cut Prorun more smoothly?

I was planning on buying a new 13 inch MacBook Pro with 512 GB memory and 8GB RAM. The main purpose for this purchase Is to be able to run Final Cut Pro anywhere I want to. Should I upgrade to 16 GB of RAM with the added expense and wait time or is that overkill?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 4, 2015 1:55 PM

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May 5, 2015 12:16 AM in response to Rdbesq

8GB should be plenty . . . though as with most things in life, it all depends on exactly what you are doing. If you intend to edit long, highly complex projects loaded with effects and multicam clips you can't get enough RAM.

For over 3 years, I and many others, have been using 4GB with no problems.

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May 6, 2015 10:04 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

the 13" MBP is $2000 with the 16GRAM option.

The 15" MBP comes with 16G installed and the upgrade to 512G of SSD puts it at $2200.

I'd go for the larger screen for video editing but, heck, it's not my money.

don't forget to check with your local Mac user group or non-Apple Mac resellers to find used machines.

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May 6, 2015 1:35 PM in response to Rdbesq

I am now reconsidering and considering the purchase of the 15" MacBook Pro, 16GB/512GB, standard order with the 4th gen 2.5ghz, quad-core i7 over the 13" MacBook Pro, 16GB/512GB, with the upgraded 5th gen 3.1ghz, dual core i7. It is only a few hundred dollars more.

My questions are these:

1. Is it important to consider that the 13" is advertised as "new" by Apple with 5th generation processor and force track pad, while the 15" doesn't appear to be updated and is still using a fourth generation processor and does not have the force pad?

2. I want to make sure that I am not buying something (with the 15") that is going to drastically change next week and will be outdated too soon. Ideas?

3. Will the fourth gen quad core 2.5 i7 still perform better than the 5th gen dual core 3.1 i7?

It seems like it is a no brainier to jump to the 15" for a few hundred bucks, but I just want to make sure there is not something I am missing.

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