Hello, I am looking to buy a new laptop for working in Avid and have narrowed it down to these two computers. My preference is the Apple operating system, but what is most important to me is the processing power and speed of the computer when working with Avid. Curious what everyone's thoughts are...

I'm buying a work station and want media composer on it. Really hard to determine what to buy - - there's a huge disparity in price for what seems to be similar hardware/software. This seems like a great deal: $1,250 FOR: ● Avid Media Composer 6 ● Autodesk Maya 2013 ● Adobe CS6 Masters Suite...