Buy another PC or buy a MacBook Pro

CalebPam

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Hey guys I'm 15 and I'm making $4000 on my first summer job. I'm in a cross roads because I'm really wanting to start twitch streaming. I have a decent computer already but I would like to buy another computer (price range is $2000, the other $2000 is going towards a car).

If I were to buy a Macbook it'd be used for: Coding, Photoshop, Sony Vegas Pro, C4D, After Effects, OBS, light weight games (Minecraft if my little cousin wants to come over).

If i buy a PC it'd be better than my current PC I have right now and my old PC would be for: Coding, Photoshop, Sony Vegas Pro, C4D, After Effects, OBS, light weight games (Minecraft if my little cousin wants to come over).

There are two reasons why I'm at a crossroad:
1. My room is extremely small (It fits a bed a computer desk and there was no more room so we had to mount a TV to the wall. Two computers might heat up the room and therefor heating up both computers lowering the life span of them both.

2. The macbook is portable so once I'm in my room for let's say 5-8 hours at a time and I'm tired of sitting at the same spot I'd just be able to move my laptop to a bigger room. It would also be good for if I go camping i could have the whole time there editing videos, etc.


If you were wondering my current PC specs here there are:
CPU: I5 6500
GPU: evga gtx 960 ssc 4gb
Ram: 16gbs (forget what brand and im too lazy to check)

The PC I am kind of wanting because it's better than my current one and it's in the price range:
https://www.amazon.ca/iBUYPOWER-AM002iC-Desktop-Gaming-PC/dp/B01N4OP04J

The Macbook Pro I want:
https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro (it's the 13 inch and the cheapest one btw)
 

CalebPam

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I'm not the biggest fan of windows laptops for some reasons. If I were to get a windows laptop it would be a gaming laptop but I don't really want to game on a laptop.
 

manddy123

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Maybe a common one but with Linux distro? Might suit your needs, there are plenty of them. Not only would you learn a big deal of OS, you'll have one of the most secure OS out there as well.


But if you're set on the laptop, i'd sugest going with the macbook. IMHO it's expensive as hell, but it's a much wiser choice considering you already have a pretty decent PC and your focus isn't gaming so geting another PC would be a waste of money.

Also, i'm aware that apple has a ton of great workstation softwares so that's a big plus for you case.