Should I exchange my 2011 macbook pro for a 2012 or move to a PC for video and photo editing?

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Im not a Mac or PC person. I just want whats best or a good deal for me. I have a 2011 macbook pro that broke 4 times due to overheating. Bestbuy said they will give me a Model: MD101LL/A 2012 macbook pro. For a couple hundred more I could get the new retina but that only comes with 128gb harddrive. I dont play any games (I have a ps3). I do however edit photos and video on it. The 2011 worked great when it didnt overheat. I have about a grand and it must be at bestbuy. Should I take the 2012 model or go PC and if so why? If you have any reco's for a certain computer it would have to be one that best buy carries. I was thinking of going macbook pro 2012 then in the next 2-3 years building a pc that will do 4k?
 
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Go PC because:
the Mac has a 13.3 inch screen, 2.5 ghz i5 CPU, 4gb ram, 500 gb harddrive space.

A decent $1000 laptop would usually have at an i7 CPU, 15/17 inch screen at 1080p or more, 8gb ram or more, 1tb harddrive space and a dedicated graphics card. All in all a laptop would have roughly double the CPU cores, double the ram, double the harddrive space.
A PC normally would be even more powerful.
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Go PC because:
the Mac has a 13.3 inch screen, 2.5 ghz i5 CPU, 4gb ram, 500 gb harddrive space.

A decent $1000 laptop would usually have at an i7 CPU, 15/17 inch screen at 1080p or more, 8gb ram or more, 1tb harddrive space and a dedicated graphics card. All in all a laptop would have roughly double the CPU cores, double the ram, double the harddrive space.
A PC normally would be even more powerful.
 
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If you do those as a hobby, then you're probably better off switching to a PC (better specs for lower price).

If you're doing those professionally or semi-professionally, Apple calibrates all their screens out the door for 100% sRGB color gamut. It's nearly impossible to find a PC laptop with a 100% sRGB screen. The ones that do offer it generally cost as much as a MBP (and some of them even cover AdobeRGB). So the simplest choice is to pay the Apple premium and stick with a MBP. (This is pretty much the main distinguishing feature between the MBP and MBA. All those people buying MBPs who don't do photo, video, or graphics art work are wasting their money.)

If you really want to switch to a PC but need the better screen colors, an alternative is to plug it into a decent external monitor when you're working on photos and videos. Most decent (i.e. non-TN) monitors cover 100% sRGB.
 
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Laptop screens are worse than desktop screens, but they are not bad. If youre good at what you do, any modern screen will work. I can just look at the waveform and histogram to get what I want, but if youre starting out, consider display over the other specs. I recommend a windows desktop, unless you have to go with a laptop. Either way, RAM is the most important component in a video/photo editing computer. If you can assemble your own, then do that instead. Lastly, mac os computers are incredibly overpriced. The difference in color is not noticeable...
 
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