Alright guys, going straight to the topic.
I finished school and decided to study graphic design in the form of training. I found a school and an agency to do my three years of training, however, I'm facing an issue; My Lenovo laptop with 8GB of RAM, and i5 and less than 500GB of HDD is simply not good enough for my work. I wish to upgrade to a new laptop.
My school and the agency I choose to work with macOS only. Which means that I'm going to work with macOS both at school and at work. And this is the reason I'm thinking about buying a notebook from Apple. I simply think it is going to make my life easier to work with only one operating system. Now, to the issue;
Since my training starts in August, I started researching for the MacBook Pro 2018 and I read so many bad comments. It was worth buying. I'm not so wealthy either so I would pay in instalments. I'm not sure if the hate goes on the i9 model, which I therefore found stupid and a big mistake, or if the i7 16GB is a bad one.
As I told you, buying Apple product is going to be a priority. The only way I would not buy one, it is completely terrible and I have to avoid paying for it.
Please help me out. I do not need either Apple fanboys telling me how perfect the device is. Need some professional answers. I would love it if you could take the time and truly put some arguments to make the right decision.
Have a wonderful day
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But back to the topic.
Apple builds fast processors that promise a lot of performance, and asks accordingly to the cash register. There's only one problem: Since Apple Design is about function, there's not enough space in the case to install a suitable cooling system. The result: The processors are throttled to keep them from running hot and deliver less power than promised and what you paid for. As a result, MacBooks often have no more power than similar devices with weaker processors that fully extend their performance. Apple prefers expensive processors and castrates them because it looks better on the datasheet and they can demand more money for it.
But also in the processing there are always problems. The keyboards of the last generations are known to give up the mind unusually fast. Meanwhile, it is believed that it is a design flaw.
https://www.golem.de/news/butterfly-apples-macbook-tastatur-soll-uebermaessig-verschleissen-1905-141073.html
But even if the keyboard works, the keys have extremely little stroke. That may be a matter of taste, but if you type a longer text, that's not optimal.
I think, such a lack of such devices simply can't occur, and what makes Apple with the CPUs, I just think a joke, because you might think they want to lay laymen on the table.
That's why I think the MacBooks are now rip off.
I myself study print and media technology, which inter alia deals with media design and production. As a laptop I have a Surface Pro, and for me it's just a blessing. It is a full computer with a full Windows 10, but in tablet design. Graphics programs like Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, etc. Run without problems. At the same time you can use it as a digital notepad thanks to pen input (I always get the scripts of the profs as a PDF and then write in and next to them.) Also charts, mind maps, etc. Can you super quick and easy take over what in Pages / Word would be quite expensive). It is also available with an i7 and 16GB of RAM, and is priced in a similar range as a MacBook Pro. With us at the Hochschule der Medien, I actually see more surfaces than MacBooks, which surprised me a bit. However, our university has not injected specifically on Apple.
Advantages of the Surfaces:
Very compact and lightweight
Can be used as a tablet thanks to the detachable keyboard
Sharp display with good colors (resolution of 2736 × 1824 pixels)
Pen and touch input, use as a digital notepad or as a graphics tablet
Relatively good keyboard for the thin structure
Disadvantage:
Relatively small display (12.3 inches)
No USB-C connection
Although usable on the lap with keyboard, but not quite so comfortable in this situation. (You can also use it as a tablet)
I'm a fan of the Surface Pro, I freely admit, but just because it makes my student life so enjoyable. Why I'm not thrilled with MacBooks, I've already explained. In the end, it's up to you, of course, I do not know your college, but I can't imagine that a Windows machine should be such a huge problem. The well-known graphics programs are indeed for Mac and Windows, and I would not know where else incompatibilities should occur.
If you take a MacBook, I would also advise against the i9er model, the i7er is already borderline, but as long as you do not render videos or otherwise put under continuous load, it should work. Because if you do that, it will warm up quickly and turn the power down. I would already recommend 16 GB, if you work with several graphics programs at the same time, whereby 8 GB should actually be enough. But since neither MacBooks nor b
First of all, I'm very sorry. From now on I will only post in German. And then thanks for the tip. I have not heard anything for the Book2 yet. Now I have decided.
