Having just made £500 from selling my iMac & MacBook (both '06 models) I'm now on the lookout for a new setup. I've narrowed it down to two choices;
1. Buy a 2006 2.66GHz Mac Pro, deal with a crummy 1366x768 display & get myself a PowerBook G4 to serve my portable needs.
OR
2. Buy a late 2008, unibody aluminium MacBook along with a 20" cinema display.
They both come out at around the £500 mark & both would be great setups. Although the Pro would obviously have more beef under the bonnet I don't think I would ever really harness it's full power, as my day-to-day programs tend to be Photoshop CS4, 720p iMovie '11, iTunes, Safari and Mail. All of which I was doing on my 2ghz Core 2 Duo iMac quick enough. Having the ability to simply have more than 1 internal hard drive is a huge plus for me though, as well as being able to put in a new graphics card whenever you want, or have 5 extra USB ports at your disposal.
Please drop a vote & try and guide my thoughts on where I'm going with this. I don't want to blow half a grand & then regret something two weeks later. Thanks.
1. Buy a 2006 2.66GHz Mac Pro, deal with a crummy 1366x768 display & get myself a PowerBook G4 to serve my portable needs.
OR
2. Buy a late 2008, unibody aluminium MacBook along with a 20" cinema display.
They both come out at around the £500 mark & both would be great setups. Although the Pro would obviously have more beef under the bonnet I don't think I would ever really harness it's full power, as my day-to-day programs tend to be Photoshop CS4, 720p iMovie '11, iTunes, Safari and Mail. All of which I was doing on my 2ghz Core 2 Duo iMac quick enough. Having the ability to simply have more than 1 internal hard drive is a huge plus for me though, as well as being able to put in a new graphics card whenever you want, or have 5 extra USB ports at your disposal.
Please drop a vote & try and guide my thoughts on where I'm going with this. I don't want to blow half a grand & then regret something two weeks later. Thanks.