the best solid state drive for macbook pro music production

The Asus ZenBook Pro UX510VW was a close second in this contest.

The four other music production laptops we tested ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW Sporting a 9-hour battery life, you can be rest assured that the MacBook Pro gives you enough time to make it through a gig or find a charger before it loses charge. The 15.4” screen is the perfect mix of form and functionality and Apple’s retina display gives you incredible pixel density with a 2560 x 1600 resolution. Thunderbolt 2 ports are 4x quicker than USB 3.0. If you’re someone that has lots of external bits and pieces, you’ll be happy to hear that the Macbook Pro has 2x USB 3.0 ports and 2x Thunderbolt 2 ports. 512GB worth of space should keep you going for a fair while. Under the hood you’ll find a 512GB SSD which is quick and responsive, having no issues opening intensive applications such as Ableton Live and aiding in speedy boot times. Additionally, it’s 2.17 inches thick, meaning it’s relatively thin compared to gaming laptops.īoasting an Intel i7 processor and 16GB of RAM, the MacBook Pro will be able to handle any music production applications with ease. Weighing just 4.5 lbs, you won’t have any issue taking the MacBook with you anywhere you go, including to gigs. The MacBook Pro has all of the aspects we were looking for in a music production laptop. It might be a cliche that all DJ’s and anyone in the music industry seems to use Macs, but we honestly couldn’t go past the Apple MacBook Pro as our winner.

The best solid state drive for macbook pro music production