I currently have a 2011 27" iMac with 2.7ghz i5 Quad Core, 8GB memory, 512 AMD 6770M video card, and a 1TB hard drive.
I'm thinking about switching to a 13" MacBook Pro Retina with a 2.4GHz i5 Dual Core, 8GB of memory, Intel Iris video card, and 256GB SSD + a 27" Thunderbolt Display, as I find myself needing a laptop more and more.
Will the 13" MacBook Pro Retina be as fast as my current iMac, or would it be wiser to keep the iMac and get a 11" or 13" MacBook Air instead?
I am hoping the MacBook Pro Retina would be faster as it's a newer processor vs the iMac's Sandy Bridge, though I understand it's quad core vs dual core, and the iMac's may be a desktop chip vs MBPr's mobile processor. I think the SSD hard drive would definitely be an improvement over the iMac's 7200 rpm 1TB drive.
I'm thinking about switching to a 13" MacBook Pro Retina with a 2.4GHz i5 Dual Core, 8GB of memory, Intel Iris video card, and 256GB SSD + a 27" Thunderbolt Display, as I find myself needing a laptop more and more.
Will the 13" MacBook Pro Retina be as fast as my current iMac, or would it be wiser to keep the iMac and get a 11" or 13" MacBook Air instead?
I am hoping the MacBook Pro Retina would be faster as it's a newer processor vs the iMac's Sandy Bridge, though I understand it's quad core vs dual core, and the iMac's may be a desktop chip vs MBPr's mobile processor. I think the SSD hard drive would definitely be an improvement over the iMac's 7200 rpm 1TB drive.