I really do like Apple. I have a 2011 MBP, a couple of minis (one as a media computer one on my desktop), an iPhone 4S, which replaced a 4, and an iPad.
My main computer I spend 90% of my time on is a Window 7 PC. I hate windows as much as I love Apple, and it drives me crazy that Apple doesn't sell a computer remotely useful to my purpose. I'm hoping for either some useful advice (that doesn't amount to suck it up and suffer) or reassurance that at least some others feel the same way.
Am I really the only person who needs a desktop computer more powerful than a mac mini but doesn't want to spend the $$$$ on a mac pro?
I need a midrange desktop computer, with fairly powerful CPU performance (currently using an i7-3820 - only cost me $360 and better than anything I can get in a mac today at any price), a middling dedicated GPU, around 12TB of internal storage, 16 gig of memory. The all-in-one iMac design doesn't work for me because I use multiple screens connected to multiple computers through a KVM switch, the sort of sharing the iMac offers is a bad joke. There's also no way to get 12TB of storage without a pile of external drives and I don't want to clutter my desk. The mac pro is overkill performance-wise and way out of my budget.
This is what's been keeping me from cutting the windows cord. What do other people with similar needs do?
Thanks.
My main computer I spend 90% of my time on is a Window 7 PC. I hate windows as much as I love Apple, and it drives me crazy that Apple doesn't sell a computer remotely useful to my purpose. I'm hoping for either some useful advice (that doesn't amount to suck it up and suffer) or reassurance that at least some others feel the same way.
Am I really the only person who needs a desktop computer more powerful than a mac mini but doesn't want to spend the $$$$ on a mac pro?
I need a midrange desktop computer, with fairly powerful CPU performance (currently using an i7-3820 - only cost me $360 and better than anything I can get in a mac today at any price), a middling dedicated GPU, around 12TB of internal storage, 16 gig of memory. The all-in-one iMac design doesn't work for me because I use multiple screens connected to multiple computers through a KVM switch, the sort of sharing the iMac offers is a bad joke. There's also no way to get 12TB of storage without a pile of external drives and I don't want to clutter my desk. The mac pro is overkill performance-wise and way out of my budget.
This is what's been keeping me from cutting the windows cord. What do other people with similar needs do?
Thanks.