Which to sell: '11 iMac or '09 Mac Pro?

[centinana]

Which would you sell? I inherited both systems so don't want to have one just sitting around depreciating.

I've got a:
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) i7-2600 @ 3.40 GHz @ 4 GB ram
Geekbench score of 12682
Mac Pro (Early 2009) Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.66 GHz
2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads @ 16GB ram
Geekbench score of 16129

I'm doing video/photo editing -- so I'm using Esata (on the MacPro) and not really using the iMac for work yet.

Do you think the iMac's thunderbolt outweighs the Mac Pro's easier upgradeability? (Still haven't upgraded to a SSD yet).

FWIW, I just bought a rMBP for the road.

Any advice?

 

[aPple nErd]

Which would you sell? I inherited both systems so don't want to have one just sitting around depreciating.

I've got a:
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) i7-2600 @ 3.40 GHz @ 4 GB ram
Geekbench score of 12682
Mac Pro (Early 2009) Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.66 GHz
2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads @ 16GB ram
Geekbench score of 16129

I'm doing video/photo editing -- so I'm using Esata (on the MacPro) and not really using the iMac for work yet.

Do you thinking the iMac's thunderbolt outweighs the Mac Pro's easier upgradeability? (Still haven't upgraded to a SSD yet).

FWIW, I just bought a rMBP for the road.

Any advice?

wow tough choice. i would stick with the mac pro although the iMac is more current. for your video photo editing the i7 should do the trick. although the mac pro will be better but its older. thats a REALLY tough choice.

 

[12dylan34]

Which would you sell? I inherited both systems so don't want to have one just sitting around depreciating.

I've got a:
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) i7-2600 @ 3.40 GHz @ 4 GB ram
Geekbench score of 12682
Mac Pro (Early 2009) Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.66 GHz
2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads @ 16GB ram
Geekbench score of 16129

I'm doing video/photo editing -- so I'm using Esata (on the MacPro) and not really using the iMac for work yet.

Do you thinking the iMac's thunderbolt outweighs the Mac Pro's easier upgradeability? (Still haven't upgraded to a SSD yet).

FWIW, I just bought a rMBP for the road.

Any advice?

If it were me, I would definitely keep the Mac Pro and sell the iMac. Not only is it more powerful, but it's much more upgradable. The Mac Pro also has PCIe connections that are faster than Thunderbolt. Do you have a nice display to go with the Mac Pro?

 

[violst]

I agree. Keep the mac pro and sell the imac.

For what you are doing the mac pro is hands down the better choice.

 

[centinana]

Do you have a nice display to go with the Mac Pro?

Yeah, I'm doing a dual-screen: 24' LED Cinema Display and an older DELL 2408.

Sounds like the Mac Pro should stay.

thanks.

 

[rjphoto]

You didn't say. How many drives do you have inside the MacPro?

Add a solid state and keep the MacPro... I'm guessing you have an empty drive bay...

Internal drives are much cheaper than a external Thunderbolt drive and about as easy to swap out...

Buy a couple of extra drive brackets just to make swapping easier. (However, they are NOT HOT Swappable...).

 

[centinana]

You didn't say. How many drives do you have inside the MacPro?

I've actually only got 1 internal -- a WD 640GB 7200 RPM.

But using an Esata dock (VoyagerQ & knock-offs) I've been hot-swapping tons of WD 7200RPM drives on a per-project basis.

 

[Aameiel]

Keep the Mac Pro for sure its a better choice for what you do .