What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer?

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What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer

I'm a freelance web developer and designer but I spend most of my day working on designs in photoshop. I've recently transition from a full time job to full time freelancing and I think I need to update my 2008 MacBook to something more up to speed. I'm looking to hear from other freelancers on what machines they like and think work best.

I have a 2008 13" macbook and a duel monitor set up. The Mac's I'm looking at are:
MacBook Pro 13" with a 3.1GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
OR
MackBook Pro 15" with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M

Are there any designer out there using these model what are some pros-cons? Or would anyone suggest looking in to used MacBook and MacBook Pros? It was also suggested to me to just by a solid sate drive for my current mac, good or bad idea? At this point in my career I think it still makes sense for me to be working off a laptop, but if someone has an idea to the contrary I'm open to feedback.

 

[kch50428]

Re: What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer

Buy whatever has the best specs your budget allows.

 

[Highrisedrifter]

Re: What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer

I want a Mac for video editing and music sequencing and I am going for a MBP Retina 13" (once I've saved the cash) as the screen on that is just amazing. The 15" MBP are a little dated now, in my opinion.

Personally, I would suggest upgrading the CPU and the RAM to 16Gb for your purposes, if you are going to be doing heavy work. The base specs are still hugely powerful though.

 

[Mac Techie]

Re: What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer

Buy whatever has the best specs your budget allows.

Agreed

 

[cocoparkjacky]

Re: What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer

Mac Book 12 inch 2015

 

[majiklantrn]

Re: What Mac should I buy as a freelance designer

Thoughts on the rMB for some development work? Nothing huge. The size and weight is perfect.