Need recomendation for MBP or other

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Tama300
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Need recomendation for MBP or other

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Hello! I'm traveling to Europe to study a Master in M. Composition(Film scoring and Videogames) in a few months. I need to buy a laptop for film scoring, but I have never had a laptop in my life, so I'm pretty lost.

I'm thinking of buying a MBP 2018/2015 or other powerful laptop(I no have idea which one).

Right now I work with my main Desk PC + 1 PC slave:
Main:
i7 7700k
64Gb Ram
NVMe M.2 Samsung 960 Evo 500gb (Boot/Programs/DP Projects)
2x SSD Samsung 850 Evo 1TB (Sample Libraries)
HDD WD Caviar Black 2TB (Sample Libraries)
HDD WD C Blue 4 TB (Other files)

I'm planning to travel with all my drives, but here is my question:
Can I use these drives with a MBP? Some say that NVMe Samsung 960 don't work properly in MBPs.
Do you recommend something like this?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/152029918370

Will that work with different kind of drives? Or they should be the same model?

And finally, are there differences between MAC and Win in terms of DP Performance?


Thanks in advance.
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bayswater
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Re: Need recomendation for MBP or other

Post by bayswater »

You might want to see what SSD drives are sold at OWC for your specific MBP. Many here have bought upgrade parts for Macs from OWC with success.

This page will show the options
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro
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