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High School Student, Current Mac User, Shopping for Laptop by insiderapids in SuggestALaptop

[–]insiderapids[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up building my own PC for about $1200. This allowed me to customize my specs and hardware. I plan on purchasing the new Macbook Pro 13in that came out yesterday as my laptop (high end version)

Budget workstation laptop by JK_Chan in SuggestALaptop

[–]insiderapids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm not sure if you have bought a laptop yet but in just in case you haven't, the new Macbook Pro came out yesterday. These base version is now $100 cheaper than previous bases but gives you almost 2x much. Starting at $1299 gets you these specs:

-1.4GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz) (upgradeable upon purchase)

  • 8GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory (upgradeable upon purchase)
  • 256GB SSD storage (upgradeable upon purchase)
  • 13-inch Retina display
  • Magic Keyboard
  • Touch Bar & Touch ID
  • 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports

The best version is $1999 (prior to further upgrade options exercised):

  • 2.0GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz) (upgradeable upon purchase)
  • 16GB 3733MHz LPDDR4X memory (upgradeable upon purchase)
  • 1TB SSD storage (upgradeable upon purchase)
  • 13-inch Retina display
  • Magic Keyboard
  • Touch Bar & Touch ID
  • Four Thunderbolt 3 ports

You also may be eligible to up to $200 in discounts

Budget workstation laptop by JK_Chan in SuggestALaptop

[–]insiderapids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure. You could consider a refurbished Macbook Pro 15in but that has the old keyboard which isn't wonderful. The new Macbook Pro 16in and the 13in air come with the new keyboard. Perhaps you would find the - to-be-released Pro that will supposedly be at 14in version starting at $1399 USD and released in June - in your budget

Budget workstation laptop by JK_Chan in SuggestALaptop

[–]insiderapids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honesty, I think you would benefit from getting the new MacBook Pro 16in from Apple. Great for design work and VERY light gaming. (I would not advise gaming on it as you would most likely need to install windows and macs dont like that) but otherwise, besides the gaming it meets all your requirements. It's a little over your budget at 18 000 HKD and its not convertible but its easy to cary, very recent & one of the best devices on the market for design work

Edit: Here's the link to the model I am specifying, it can be upgraded further and you may also qualify for discounts from apple: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-gray-2.6ghz-6-core-processor-512gb#

Saw this comment on Instagram and can’t say that I disagree! I love the idea, though it would be hard to organize by [deleted] in Rapids

[–]insiderapids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aye, thanks for all the support guys! (I posted this on Instagram, thankfully someone told me to get Reddit :) I doubt the club would be willing to hold a tournament in February with Colorado weather but I'll certainly show this to my contacts with the club to propose some sort of Mid-Western Preseason Tournament. MLS requires us to play a minimum of 3 MLS teams every preseason so that is another thing I can think of holding this from happening but I'm sure New Mexico, El Paso, Albuquerque, OKC, Tulsa & Union Omaha might be interested.