As a Graphic designer working on Creative cloud (photoshop, illustrator, indesign) but also Sketch (i design apps), i really have no idea on which config to get.
I come from a 2014 mbp with 16gb of ram and the intel iris pro.
Form factor, im good on that part, as i know that the 15'' is my favorite screen size.
Hard drive, good too: got dropbox pro account for real storage, an 512gb should be enough for my short term files i need to have with me.
RAM, i will upgrade to 32. Because i know the tools i use do take advantage of the available RAM.
CPU and GPU, that's where it gets complicated for me.
CPU, with all the mess around the i9, i have no clue whether i should upgrade to this or not. The i7 2.6ghz sounds like a safer option. But again, i have no idea of the gains i will get by upgrading to i9.
GPU is also where im confused. I have no idea whether those tools are relying on the GPU intensively or not, and if i should wait on the vega GPU coming soon. I have the LG 5K monitor by the way, that i can't really use right now with my current mbp (even tho it's scaled down to 2.5k automatically, fans start running heavily).
Also, its tiring to see all the reviewers just focusing on Video editing and Fortnite performance. Im pretty sure majority of macbook users are not youtubers, and i'd like to know how "Other tools" perform on a new laptop, rather than just Premiere and Final Cut.
Hope some of you can help. And i hope i ll be purchasing a new mbp soon!
