One thing about getting older. I do things just as compulsively, but slower. And I still haven’t bought a new laptop.
I’ve looked at the Apple in person and considered it, but I have a few misgivings.
First, the screen is calibrated and maybe even manufactured toward replicating Display P3, not Adobe RGB. That means it’s oriented from sRGB more toward the reds than greens and blues. I photograph greens and blues far more than reds and that’s meaningful to me. Real light falls weird often. Every day in fact. If you’re reproducing it accurately in the real world you need a large palate of weird greens and blues. So that’s a strike for me. Quantitatively, I hope someone more experienced in color science can help me evaluate how strongly I should feel about this, but for now, I feel moderate/strong against Apple for this for the next 8 years that I expect this device to last.
Second, for the next 8 years that I expect this device to last, I need tons of RAM. I do huge photo stacking jobs and use tons of layers and need LOTS of RAM and graphic card capabilities. The Adobe RGB laptops (listed above) seem to cap out RAM at 64 well below Apple’s too expensive maxed out 128 RAM version. Grrr.
Third, upgradability. Over my 40 years of living with a colorized computer I admit that I have upgraded only every other one of the dozens or so that I’ve owned. I love Apples, but dammit, you can’t upgrade them at all since the circa 2003 Apple Pro. And buying one of the prefab laptops gives some upgradability room, but not so much really if you look at the specs. Especially RAM. Grr.
Anyways, as you can see, I’ve made no progress (yet). If anyone knows of a $5K or so laptop that works here, let me know please. Otherwise, I’m going to have to explore those build your own laptop links. I built my PC about 5 years ago and it’s good for another three at least.
