Hey all. I’m currently a high schooler, looking into buying a MacBook for myself. I’d like to get into producing music, as it’s something I’ve long dreamed of doing, and I feel like a MacBook is the best choice of all the laptops I’ve looked at. However, I’m unsure of whether I need the extra power of a MacBook Pro, or if I can get away with saving money by getting a MacBook Air. I’d like to spend as little as possible, but I am very afraid that cheaping out will backfire on me and cost me more later. What do you all recommend I go with?
Two additional things to note:
1: Whatever I end up buying, will most likely be a used machine that’s a couple of years old. I don’t have the money to pay Apple’s prices for a shiny, new machine.
2: Whatever I end up getting, I’ll probably also use when I go to college, if that matters at all.
Advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you all
If you buy used, make sure you buy one new enough that it uses Apple’s current architecture; you don’t want to buy into an old hardware set that will get increasingly less support as the years go on. It’ll be supported for new software for longer, and (since Macbooks are pretty tough, generally) it might buy you an extra couple of years on the far end.
You also want something with 8GB of RAM or better. If you buy new, you might go for 16 but 8 will be fine for the next several years.