Laptop Advice

Legionreturns · July 2018

I need a new computer. Mine is dying a slow and painful death and I'm trying to run my business on it.

Only issue is I need it for general business, video and music editing (currently using Reaper, with a Scarlet 8i6 interface) and for graphic design elements.

Everything above points to a Macbook, but I definitely can't afford a new one.

I need at least 500gb of storage and 8gb of ram and I hate the way windows machines just degrade because of all the crappy update guff. Budget of up to about £300 which puts me in the second hand market. There appear to be quite a few refurbished macbook machines about in that price range, and some fairly decent spec windows machines.

My desktop runs Linux, but that presents problems with audio software as there isn't a lot about and ideally I'd port my Reaper licence over.

I'm very out of tough with processors and graphics cards.

Someone who knows their onions (or apples!) kindly point me in the right direction.

Winny_Pooh · July 2018

I bought a used Lenovo W450 for that price. Did lots of research and they are the quietest, toughest unsexy laptops for the price. Non hd screens on the base model are not great but ok. SSD is an option but still surprisingly quiet anyway due to the low wattage U series cpus. Will run Reaper without a hitch.

fandango · July 2018

@Legionreturns ;

I've got just the answer for you - my MacBook Pro:

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/133742/fs-apple-macbook-pro-15-retina-995?new=1

I know it's a bit more than you want to spend, but this is worth considering. If you can last 3 weeks until the tFB shindig ...

Legionreturns · July 2018

fandango said:

@Legionreturns ;

I've got just the answer for you - my MacBook Pro:

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/133742/fs-apple-macbook-pro-15-retina-995?new=1

I know it's a bit more than you want to spend, but this is worth considering. If you can last 3 weeks until the tFB shindig ...

It's at least 3 times what I can afford, and if I wait til the jam I'll have no money...got a shit load of invoicing to do!"

meltedbuzzbox · July 2018

You don't need 500gb of storage. An external drive will get you by for most stuff.

Legionreturns · July 2018

I'm sorted now

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1943186#Comment_1943186

darthed1981 · July 2018

...I hate the way windows machines just degrade because of all the crappy update guff...

I know you are sorted with a Windows laptop now so maybe not relevant, but I'd honestly say this isn't a problem for Windows as much as people make it out to be.

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