Macbook Pro for photo editing???

Dollar for dollar you get more performance from an iMac than from a Macbook Pro. Unless portability is critical to your profession, I urge you to explore the iMac option.

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I just ordered the 13 inch with 2.7 i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB Storage. I was told that this will probably not be sufficient.

This will work fine, You may want to consider an external drive for backups and to store your files.

Something like a 1tb. or larger USB 3.0 backup drive. They only cost about $60 ( Seagate or WD ).

Or even a USB 3.0 flash drive 128gb. They are really inexpensive today. ( $25 )

OS-X only uses about 15gb. of storage space for the Operating System. So you will have about 115gb. left over for apps and files on your 128gb. SSD drive.

I have had my mac mini with a 128gb SSD loaded with many apps and files and still it only took up about 60gb. of disk space.

Ideally if you have the money to burn get 256gb SSD better or 512gb. SSD best for local storage. and as much memory as possible.

If you really want to save money and don't mind refurbish then you may want to consider the 2012 Macbook Pro 13-inch for about $500

Do a 500gb SSD and 16gb. memory upgrade for $200 will get an equivalent $2000 Macbook Pro for only $700

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD101LL-13-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0074703CM/ref= sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465508147&sr=8-1&key…

Macbook Pro 13 Upgrade Parts list:

Apple MacBook Pro MD101LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD101LL-13-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0074703CM/ref=s r_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1458791967&sr=8-3&keywords=macbook+pro+13+500gb

Samsung Evo 850 500gb. SSD

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref= sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458792025&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+evo+500gb

Crucial Memory 16gb.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTBJFW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_deta ilpage_o03_s00

New Battery

http://www.amazon.com/GreenBox-Laptop-Replacement-Battery-MacBook/dp/B01AKFVS3C/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1464531947&sr=8-3&keywords=macbook+pro+battery+13

Yes, I've bought several Apple refurbs and all functioned perfectly.

However: for my 2 cents: go the the 15 inch screen. LR has a very cluttered interface and you'll appreciate the greater real estate to work in.

I don't think any laptop screen is ideally suited to photo editing. You need a decent-sized monitor, and preferably a calibration device as well. Having a nice monitor would allow you to go for the 13" laptop and save a bit. I think the suggestions from Alex-37751 are excellent. The configuration you ordered is just not adequate, either in terms of RAM or storage space.

I am using a big screen Sony TV as my monitor which has been calibrated. in fact I have also calibrated the laptop.