Which Mac should I choose to work with Sketch?

Question

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There was a question about the acquisition of a poppy. The question is very unpleasant, because. I need it exclusively for a few programs, such as Sketch, Flinto, Principle, and this technique costs very decent money. And this is to the fact that almost most of the old models are deprived of such everyday things as SSD, which is unacceptable.
Aimak 27 is out because I'm not sure I want to buy such a bandura. Macbooks are an option if you connect them to an external display (24 inches is optimal). Even better - poppy mini, but its configuration confuses me, and you can't upgrade it. The iMac 21.5 4K would have looked tempting if not for the miserable configuration for crazy money. Basically, I'm confused. So I would like to hear the opinions of mac drivers working in the field of Mobile UI / UX, maybe a not very powerful poppy is also suitable for the above set of programs, I have had ssd everywhere for 5 years and I can’t imagine life on HDD. As for performance, Photoshop is not weak, but it's not clear how it is with the sketch.

Answer 1

Such a modest fellow in my office. He copes well with Sketch, I don’t use Photoshop. The sketch itself is nimble and does not eat in two throats like photoshop or a chandelier. It starts to slow down a little when there are a lot of blurs, for example, but this is solvable.
At home iMac me087, it's a little faster. Sketch, framer, pixate, affinity all work well.
I have not met a computer on which Adobe CC would work flawlessly.
Separately, about the price tag.
iMac me087 is hardware + a great monitor. It can be more profitable than buying a macmini + monitor.

Answer 2

It seems to me that the ideal option here is to find a Mac mini 2012 MD388 or MD387 (for 30-45 I think it’s quite possible to find). Install 16GB of RAM and SDD there (about 10-11 thousand rubles for the upgrade price). For the money this will be the best solution. There is a full-fledged desktop processor and good cooling. 16 GB of RAM is really needed. When I worked on this, it was always interesting about 12. Now on the Macbook Pro Retina 8 GB is very small. Constantly goes into swap. As an alternative - Macbook Air >= 2013 with 8GB of RAM. But it will be more expensive, this is only if mobility is needed. I do not recommend retina, because. are still configured to use an external monitor, and the monitor is its only plus, in my opinion.

Answer 3

imac 27" is not such a pandora, it is very convenient to work with both mobile interfaces and the web, during normal loading the sketch eats 4-6 GB of RAM, so I would not expect that 8 GB is enough for you. An SSD is needed but not required, I still I don’t feel sad even with HDD with 2-3 open projects of 40-60 screens each + chandelier and flash. https://monosnap.com/file/GI3BluFoAMBbqlkPvOc7pHKQ...