Will it be able to handle many tracks? with much processing? like compressors on every track etc.
I don't wanna buy it and then realize it can't do the job.
I’ve been using the previous (pre thunderbolt) model i5 macbook pro for about a year now without any performance problems, with lots of soft synths and effects. My projects typically have 30-40 tracks with compressors, eq’s and other effects on pretty much all of them.
As an aside, make sure you get the 7200RPM hard drive. 5400RPM doesn’t work so well for multitrack recording and playback.
SSD even better - but they are not coming down in price as fast as I was I would have liked although Crucial supply them at a much better price than the official apple version