Hi,

I am a creative coder using C++(cinder and OpenFrameworks) I am looking to upgrade from my MacBook, which slowed down to about 3fps this morning.

My project involves particles systems and fluids reacting to audio analysis data and computer vision data in real-time. SD or HD? no biggie.

I have asked many people what computer I need. Ideally, I want a MacBook Pro.

But is that enough power?

I've been told that I need a desktop for what I am doing though I'd rather stay portable I've been told that I should go PC linux to get the most power but I'd rather stay mac

I've been told that RAM is more of bottleneck than processor speed I've been told that the Graphics Card is more important than CPU

and that code optimizations such as using trees over lists, proper threading, sending tasks to the GPU make a bigger difference than the hardware!!!

what's true?! what do I need?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated