I am a teacher who lugs a 4 year old, 13-inch MacBook Pro to school and back every day. This computer has slowed down considerably and I want to buy a new one. Below is what I typically have open at one time.. I want to keep working like this but avoid the spinning beach ball.
open two browsers with nine tabs, plus: Word, Mail, Pathfinder, Calendar, Contacts, Evernote, Quicksilver, Preview and a few Finder tabs. I have been making Youtube videos with Screenflow, but they are less than 10 minutes and I am willing to close a lot of other apps when I do it (but probably open itunes, keynote and some others).
Opinions please: Will the new 13-inch MacBook Pro be sufficient (2.8GHz instead of 2.6, 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM, and TB PCIe-based Flash Storage)?
I really don't want to go to a 15-inch. I carry the computer around too much, don't have a lot of desk space at home or at school, etc.
02-24-2014 07:41 AM