Used Macbook Pro. Thoughts?

[Creed1]

For work I am receiving a Macbook Pro mid 2012 i5 for video editing. The laptop comes with a 3210m which has about the same performance as the stock macbook pro 2016.

Here is some more information:

 

i5 3210m w/ Intel 4000 Graphics

16GB of RAM 

256GB SSD (I have 1TB of external storage for the media)

Non-Retina Display

Brand New Battery

 

What are your thoughts on using this for Photoshop, Adobe After Effects (very light), Adobe Premiere and Programming? I will be editing 5 minute videos at 1080 60fps.

[Droidbot]

its fine, but consider using final cut pro instead of premiere, significantly faster

[Billy_Mays]

3 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

For work I am receiving a Macbook Pro mid 2012 i5 for video editing. The laptop comes with a 3210m which has about the same performance as the stock macbook pro 2016.

Here is some more information:

 

i5 3210m w/ Intel 4000 Graphics

16GB of RAM 

256GB SSD (I have 1TB of external storage for the media)

Non-Retina Display

Brand New Battery

 

What are your thoughts on using this for Photoshop, Adobe After Effects (very light), Adobe Premiere and Programming? I will be editing 5 minute videos at 1080 60fps.

How much?

[AkiraDaarkst]

9 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

For work I am receiving a Macbook Pro mid 2012 i5 for video editing. The laptop comes with a 3210m which has about the same performance as the stock macbook pro 2016.

Here is some more information:

 

i5 3210m w/ Intel 4000 Graphics

16GB of RAM 

256GB SSD (I have 1TB of external storage for the media)

Non-Retina Display

Brand New Battery

 

What are your thoughts on using this for Photoshop, Adobe After Effects (very light), Adobe Premiere and Programming? I will be editing 5 minute videos at 1080 60fps.

It's a fine machine.  The 2015 rMBP (max spec) is my mobile workstation and has been with me to several countries where I've went to film.  The difference is I have the model with the dGPU, it doesn't appear you will have that option or am I mistaken?

 

And I use Adobe CC and DaVinci Resolve Studio.  I don't have or use FCPX.

[MoonlightSylv]

It's a pretty good deal, but use Final Cut if you can, it's sooooooooo much faster.

[EunSoo]

Getting a Mac for Adobe is like getting a pickup for commuting, it'll work but it's not ideal. Use final cut or there isn't a strong reason for getting a Mac. 

[shadowbyte]

final cut pro x is amazingly optimized for apple hardware compared to Premiere. I highly suggest using it instead

[AkiraDaarkst]

PS: Just don't expect great performance.  It's a laptop, not a desktop where you can cram in multiple powerful GPUs and higher core count CPUs.

[Creed1]

2 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

How much?

Free from work

[EunSoo]

Just now, CmzPlusHardware said:

Free from work

oh, then get it. Don't waste your money on something else, but still final cut...

[Creed1]

How much do you recommend Final Cut Pro out of 10? Of course 1 being the worst, 10 being the best. If the results are good, I will make a request to my boss regarding FCP. 

[EunSoo]

21 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

How much do you recommend Final Cut Pro out of 10? Of course 1 being the worst, 10 being the best. If the results are good, I will make a request to my boss regarding FCP. 

I would give it an 8. It is well optimized to macos and it's hardware which will give you better performance and battery life. The only thing is that I don't know how after effects will work with final cut. Whether final cut has tools that can replace it or if they will have to work together and how that works. 

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

final cut has tools that can replace it

Final Cut cannot replace after effects. 

[DrMacintosh]

Depends on how much it costs. 

 

The Non-Retina screen is harsh Imo.