I’m currently using a mid-2011 13" macbook pro, and am wanting to upgrade to a newer 2015 model (15" or 13" will do). I was wondering what would be the ideal specs to buy, that isn’t a maxed out Macbook pro. basically, i’m wondering what would be a really good rig, that isn’t the biggest baddest thing i can buy off apple’s website(I don’t have unlimited money!), but is something that will last me for years, and be able to take anything I may do in ableton live.
I have a late 2012 15" model with Retina display, a quad core i7 2.3 Intel cpu, 16 gigs ram and a TB solid state drive. I have NEVER bogged down my cpu. I never bounce down audio either. It’s no thing for me to have 20 VSTs running in ableton with a movie downloading at the same time. Really a powerhouse and I paid 1700 for it 2 years ago.