MACBOOK PRO VEGA 20 DESTINY 2 FOR MAC OS
MACBOOK PRO VEGA 20 DESTINY 2 UPGRADE

The price premium we pay for Mac OS over Windows! Part of me wants to just get a base iMac Pro and a 13' MacBook Pro. Guess we won't know any more until there are further benchmark tests etc over the next few weeks. My last MacBook Pro had heat issues and I believe this may have lead to one of the memory banks to go and now with the RAM and SSD soldered on I may not want to risk it. Going back to the heat issue I am not sure about the i9 risks but I am wary of anything that may cause a laptop this thin to overheat.

MACBOOK PRO VEGA 20 DESTINY 2 UPGRADE

You could use an eGPU when you need more graphics power but these cost the same or more as the upgrade and I don't want to lug it around and fill up more of my limited desktop space. I thought I would not be doing much video editing but now clients want both stills & video, actually more video these days so I am going for it. Not sure when or if Adobe will take more advantage of the gpu and I am not sure how much of the 50% extra performance Apple touts with the Vega. Some may think I don't need that much in my current workflow but some say Adobe CC asks for a lot of RAM. I hope Apple have addressed some of the heat issues. CPUs are so fast these days not sure how much of an improvement the i9 will make but yes it would add a bit more future proofing. I may place my priorities in this order GPU, RAM, SSD, CPU. I personally believe the Vega should have be a replacement not an upgrade but hey its Apple. I could be convinced buying into the Vega when it also does have a positive effect on the speed of Photoshop. Also looking into the future as my Apple laptops tend to stay awhile. However, I hardly do any video editing so I was looking to purchase without the Vega option, but do want to include the i9. I am also looking into the purchase of this MBP 15'. I will max out the Ram to 32gb and increase the ssd to 1tb as these are soldered on. Yeah I want to have some future proofing but don't want the heating/throttling issues I read about the i9. Now trying to decide on whether to go with the i7 or i9.

Not sure what the difference in performance between the 16 and 20 but I will probably go for one of these options for video editing.

As of today the MacBook Pro is available with the Radeon Pro Vega 16 or 20 at an extra cost of $250 or $350 respectively.

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