I do recommend eBay over Craigslist since you can see the seller's rating and have some (maybe) recompense available if the seller has screwed you over. Yes, used computers are a risk in theory, but I've had lots of them and have really never had a dud.
Sorry, one last thing: I've been a professional designer for over two decades and have never bought a new Mac. Full integration with MASCHINE, Logic Pro X, GarageBand, and Ableton Live Komplete Kontrol A49219. I actually run the latter on a traditional HD to save space on my SS memory - it takes several seconds to open the project, and flipping through software instruments can be a bit annoying, but I'd rather have the performance disk devoted to project playback. Out of the box, every Mac comes with Apple’s free Music production software GarageBand. I'll also throw in that if you're going to put anything on an SSD, I would think it would be the project files instead of the Logic libraries. Logic Pro X is Apple’s premium music production software.
I'm totally biased, being a visual designer who really relies on it, but even in LPX I can't imagine "not caring" if I have the option - the UI just looks so much more crisp at that resolution, and tiny details like the Mixer level numbers are a lot easier to read.
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I think that just demonstrates how someone with David's expertise knows how to avoid *needing* more computing power.Īnyway, I'm mainly just chiming in to extoll the benefits of the Retina screen. This is an interesting conversation - I had only just looked at David's setup and was shocked to realize that he's running the current LPX on a 2013 i5-based machine! I'm a professional designer, so I have the "luxury" of already requiring a much stronger Mac, but even with my "baby LPX projects" (I just started with it a few months ago) I occasionally hit playback snags.