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Which Mac is the awesomest in every aspect?

Which Mac would you rather have for free?

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Josias

Josias

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This is not a newbie thread. It's simply out of pure interest asking, if you were to be given a free Mac, which would you pick?

I'm considering not one you would sell, one you were to keep. If not, don't answer please.

For example, I rate very much in appearance, but also a bit in features.

I'd either get a Mac Pro or a Mac Mini with a Cinema Display. They look so cool. To me, specs mean nearly nothing, since I'd be well off with a low end Mac Mini with 1 GB RAM.

Please consider what you need + want. Don't just wish for a Mac Pro or MBP because they are the most expensive.

Just think (different) about it for a minute before posting. :)
 
Um. Whatever the top spec desktop model is at any given point at the time... maxed out on RAM, hard-drive capacity, video-card and any other extra bits.

Then I'd probably sell it and get a top-notch MBP.

Odd question.
 
This really depends on what you value and what you need it for. The mini is the smallest, the Macbook the most portable, the iMac the best value, the Pro the most powerful.
 
Blue Velvet said:
Um. Whatever the top spec desktop model is at any given point at the time... maxed out on RAM, hard-drive capacity, video-card and any other extra bits.

Then I'd probably sell it and get a top-notch MBP.

Odd question.
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The point of this poll is, in your case, to vote for a 15/17" MBP.:)
 
emptyCup said:
This really depends on what you value and what you need it for. The mini is the smallest, the Macbook the most portable, the iMac the best value, the Pro the most powerful.
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I think that's the point. The OP is curious what you personally value most; there's no one right answer.

Anyway, I voted for the mac pro, even though I'd actually prefer a quad G5 (well... at least until the spring anyway).
 
Since I already have a MBP, and because a high-spec'd MP costs way more than a high-spec MBP, I would go with the Mac Pro if it was for free (or if I had unlimited funds)
 
The 24 inch iMac gets my vote, it has the same connectivity as the Mac Pro, includes the huge screen and saves space. In some benchmarks it doesn't trail to far behind the Mac Pro either.
 
Creative use of the the word "awesomest" is enough for me to jump on any poll.:)

I'd take the maxed out Blackbook. If the MBP were the size of the MB, I'd take it.
 
Thank you all people who didn't vote on Mac Pro for the power and price, but for those who really need the power, or simply think the design is best.

I'm gonna say no on Mac Pro!:D

Am I really the only one who loves the Mac Mini so much? It is the sweetest.:)
 
If we are talking about most powerful well that is the Mac Pro currently without a doubt. If we are talking best looking oh my God look at that sexy hardware I'd say the iMac G5/Intel or the Mac mini.
 
I'd take the Mac Pro because I already have a Macbook and I would love a 30" display and I think the Mac Pro is the coolest desktop ever. Plus I could go for 2TB of storage (for movies).
 
Already have a laptop (CD MacBook 1.83), no point in getting another one and I have plenty of room for a computer, so I don't see the point of getting anything else than a MacPro. A huge, powerful quad-core monster also has a lot bigger coolness-factor than a underpowered sandwich-sized mini-computer...
 
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ironjaw said:
2TB:eek: Is that Movies Movies or Movies Movies?:D
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Consider that the Mac Pro can be configured with 3 TB of storage. That's a hellu'va lot of movies.:eek:

The onyl thing about the Mini I dislike is the lack of iSight, proper speakers, and microphone, but this could be done with a 2007 Cinema Display:D
 
If it had to be my only Mac I'd pick a 15" MBP (as long as it doesn't still double as a Hibachi).

I'm fairly mobile but I like having the power of a desktop around. The Macbook is underpowered for this purpose, and the MBP does a passable imitation of a half-decent desktop when paired with an external display, for which you don't need any fiddly converters. The 17" is too big to be regularly portable, while the 15" is bearable.

In fact this is what I expect to be doing soon - I'll be dumping the 17" MBP and going for 15" now that I have the Mac desktop.
 
Blue Velvet said:
Um. Whatever the top spec desktop model is at any given point at the time... maxed out on RAM, hard-drive capacity, video-card and any other extra bits.

Then I'd probably sell it and get a top-notch MBP.

Odd question.
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I think a lot of people are choosing a maxed out Mac Pro because it is the most expensive and they are thinking about selling it and getting what they *really* want.

But I don't think that was the intent of the poll!!!!!!!

I think the point of the poll was: which Mac would YOU rather use, day in and day out?

For example, I chose the MBP 15" because I would NEVER get any kind of desktop computer. I don't even have a desk at home to put a monitor on for cryin' out loud!

So that leaves the MB and MBP. I think 17" is just too big for my tastes, so that leaves the MB or the 15" MBP. I place a premium on portability, but I love the power of the MBP and the 15" weighs just 0.4 lbs. more than the MB, so that model gets my vote for most kick-ass overall Mac.

P.S. Gawd people, don't take these polls so literally!! I mean, I don't think the intent of the poll was THAT hard to discern. This is not the first time that I've seen a very interesting, hypothetical poll question rendered worthless by people reading it too literally.
 
DwightSchrute said:
I'd take the Mac Pro because I already have a Macbook and I would love a 30" display and I think the Mac Pro is the coolest desktop ever. Plus I could go for 2TB of storage (for movies).
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Again, I don't think this was the point of the poll :rolleyes:

The point is not "I'll get a desktop because I already have a laptop" or "I'll get a laptop because I already have a desktop". That makes the question much less interesting. I think the point of the poll was to find out what people's *absolute* preferences were in their *primary* computer.

The point is: when you got your MacBook, would you have preferred an MBP? Or did you get the Blackbook because you wanted the most powerful computer at the smaller 13" form factor?

Ask your self this: if you could have only ONE computer, could you really limit yourself to a desktop, or would you miss the portabillity. For me, there's no way I could go back to not having a laptop, so the MBP gets my vote.
 
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