Hi all,
I'm looking to get the SP3 soon and I've used a few different models at the store but still a little unsure of which i5 RAM config I want to pick up...Here's my thing, I want to use it as a tablet first and laptop in a pinch. Frankly, using it as a laptop would be pretty rare. I work in a fast-paced environment and if things are laggy / temperamental, I'm in no situation to sit down and start troubleshooting.
I will be using it mostly for photoshop-type use with no more than 2 programs open at a time. Any heavier jobs like video editing, I would be taking my i7 MBP...and when I'm back at the office, I'd be migrating everything to my i7 desktop PC from SP3 or MBP.
So basically, the i5 SP3 would be a halfway house for jobs / uses that don't require full use of my MBP when out and about but maintaining the flexibility to add the keyboard for laptop-type use if there is a freak occurrence. I just don't want to shoot myself in the foot with something that in theory would work but in practice would be a laggy mess of Adobe non-goodness. I've read so many reviews of vastly contrary opinions and would like to get an overall take from these forums which seem pretty knowledgeable.
TLDR;
I would love to know how the 4GB version fairs against the 8GB version on the i5 models. If the performance on 4GB is plenty strong enough for powering something like photoshop without lag or filter trolling me...I think I'll be good with it.
Thanks
I'm looking to get the SP3 soon and I've used a few different models at the store but still a little unsure of which i5 RAM config I want to pick up...Here's my thing, I want to use it as a tablet first and laptop in a pinch. Frankly, using it as a laptop would be pretty rare. I work in a fast-paced environment and if things are laggy / temperamental, I'm in no situation to sit down and start troubleshooting.
I will be using it mostly for photoshop-type use with no more than 2 programs open at a time. Any heavier jobs like video editing, I would be taking my i7 MBP...and when I'm back at the office, I'd be migrating everything to my i7 desktop PC from SP3 or MBP.
So basically, the i5 SP3 would be a halfway house for jobs / uses that don't require full use of my MBP when out and about but maintaining the flexibility to add the keyboard for laptop-type use if there is a freak occurrence. I just don't want to shoot myself in the foot with something that in theory would work but in practice would be a laggy mess of Adobe non-goodness. I've read so many reviews of vastly contrary opinions and would like to get an overall take from these forums which seem pretty knowledgeable.
TLDR;
I would love to know how the 4GB version fairs against the 8GB version on the i5 models. If the performance on 4GB is plenty strong enough for powering something like photoshop without lag or filter trolling me...I think I'll be good with it.
Thanks
