i5 or i7

I am getting Logic Pro X, I used Pro Tools on Windows, Logic is more intuitive. I am a drummer. I make loops to play too and some live drum recording. 5-6 tracks max. My issue is expense related. I use a 2018 27" for my photography and need to be cost conscious. I have an array of plug-ins...

Hello everybody, I'm thinking of buying an iMac but I don't have the money right now to buy a new one. So I'm looking for some older used ones. I found a iMac 21.5 i7, 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD, Late 2012 for $ 400.00 and an iMac 21.5 i5, 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD, 2015 for $ 280.00. Considering the...

Can anyone give me advice for the which macbook pro (mid 2018) to buy? Im using adobe illustrator and Photoshop, time to time(not every day) for a fashion design projects. i used to use late 2011 mac pro 15 inch i7 2,4 GHz. This time i will take 13 inch 16 gm ram for sure, but i couldn't decide...

Can anyone give me advice for the which macbook pro (mid 2018) to buy? Im using adobe illustrator and Photoshop, time to time(not every day) for a fashion design projects. i used to use late 2011 mac pro 15 inch i7 2,4 GHz. This time i will take 13 inch 16 gm ram for sure, but i couldn't decide...

Grabbing a mini for a project to work on/a spare computer and found a mid 2011 Mac mini server I7 and a late 2013 Mac mini 2.5 ghz i5 for the same price. Will be doing the same ssd/ram upgrades. Which you suggest I grab? Not sure if the quad core on the previous year is faster than the base...

Hi, I'm planning to buy a Macbook for my wife for christmas but I'm not quite sure which one to go for. The laptop will mostly be used for video watching, web browsing and citrix receiver (and Plex server during travels). I am not considering the m3 version as I do not see it as a future proof...

are there any benchmarks/tests available for these specs? I can only find it for m3 vs i5 at the moment.

Hello guys, I just bought a 13-inch tbMBP with 16GB Ram and 512GB SSD and the i7 processor. I wanted the basic i5 processor but all apple stores just had the 512gb/16gb models with the i7 processor available. Now I'm trying to find arguments for the i7 processor. Is the 3,3GHz i7 far superior...

I'm getting the 2015 13" MacBook with 8GB RAM, 128 GB storage. But I'm still not sure whether I should get the i5 (1,6 GHz) or the i7 (2,2 GHz) processor. 99% of the time, I will use it for browsing the Internet, doing school stuff (Pages and Keynote) watching movies, so I think the i5 would...