Quick background: I have a 2006 Mac Pro that's finally starting to fail me. (I think the Radeon X1900XT is failing, and I don't feel like buying a $250+ GPU for a 6-year-old machine.)
I also have a late 2008 unibody 13" MacBook that is running fine, but is, well, a bottom-rung MacBook with no backlit keyboard, a relatively bad screen, etc.
As far as usage goes, I am kind of a data hoarder... I have about 70 GB of music, tons of other media, totaling out at about 280GB on my tower and another 500 GB on an external drive. However, I just bought Spotify Premium, so maybe my music collection will stop expanding.
I generally don't game on my computers, but that's partly because neither of them can run any of the new titles (Diablo III, Civ V, etc.)
Mostly I write screenplays, listen to music, record and edit audio, and do occasional video editing.
Any way you slice it, the 2006 Pro is going away. Here are my options:
-Keep the MB, buy a smaller-size new iMac.
-Sell both, buy a do-it-all MacBook Pro (would appreciate advice on which one)
-Sell both, buy iMac and iPad with keyboard.
Thanks in advance for taking a look.
I also have a late 2008 unibody 13" MacBook that is running fine, but is, well, a bottom-rung MacBook with no backlit keyboard, a relatively bad screen, etc.
As far as usage goes, I am kind of a data hoarder... I have about 70 GB of music, tons of other media, totaling out at about 280GB on my tower and another 500 GB on an external drive. However, I just bought Spotify Premium, so maybe my music collection will stop expanding.
I generally don't game on my computers, but that's partly because neither of them can run any of the new titles (Diablo III, Civ V, etc.)
Mostly I write screenplays, listen to music, record and edit audio, and do occasional video editing.
Any way you slice it, the 2006 Pro is going away. Here are my options:
-Keep the MB, buy a smaller-size new iMac.
-Sell both, buy a do-it-all MacBook Pro (would appreciate advice on which one)
-Sell both, buy iMac and iPad with keyboard.
Thanks in advance for taking a look.