OK I know nothing of Mac's. I am totally PC based. My daughter has turned professional as a singer songwriter and the first advance will be with us (hopefully ) soon. So far all of her music has been produced for her by professional producers in studios , or in cooperation with other full time songwriters.
I have tried to help her on PC with some software like Ableton live , but this is too complex for her (she is not very techy). She is looking at a Mac Book pro with Garageband to start off simple and build up to Logic pro (her producer says he will give her a copy). The idea is she can rough out her songs at home in garage band and send the basic ideas by email , and take her Mac Book to LA with her when she is in the studio.
We are Vat registered so will get UK Vat back , so might buy in the UK and not the states. However which one ? What is the "retina display" models ? I see they do not have HDD but seem to have a flash drive??
I assume this means it does not have mechanical disc drive , but rather has solid state. I guess that will be much faster ? I already have a Focusrite Scarlett 212 which I guess we will use as at most she will sing and play the guitar at the same time.
If we go for the flashdrive one , what do you guys think will be the minimum size she should aim for? Any other tips (new models coming out?)
Oh , was thinking of a 13" maybe for portability , but perhaps get a big screen to plug into at home...
Any thoughts will be welcome.
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I am erring towards the 13 inch Retina 256G or the 512G. Though have told her only to use it for music production and perhaps buy and Ipad for personal stuff.
If 256 is enough then am sure an external drive will be worth buying , even if just for back up., (At the moment I told her (and she does) back up by emailing to herself any important files.
We should get the VAT back so that helps.
Just need to see the first advance now !