Tobio wrote:
The thing is, for your situation I do think they are overkill. If its
just your storage you would like to clear up and you don't need the
macpro power or multiple graphics cards + monitors capabilies, then
I'd suggest trying a mac mini, and attaching a device such as a drobo,
or some other similar firewire disk enclosure. It will work out far
cheaper, consume less power, and probably be quieter depending on the
noise of the drobo or attached raid.
You could even get started with a usb hub and attach all of your
various drives through that, then move it to a safer array later on.
Well, I maxed out the ability of a Macbook Pro with 4 gigs of RAM such
that it ran like treacle and only an SSD could help (that's with routine
working, not an unusual load). I've got three monitors (counting the
laptop screen) which I use fully (so mac mini won't do; would need a
second USB monitor adaptor and it won't run better than the Macbook pro)
and often hand stuff off to my old G5 via Screen Sharing to do if it's
not urgent (eg OCRing a document of several hundred pages through
Acrobat). I work on the machine up to 12 hours a day virtually every day.
In a way the question is: if I am still using a machine in 5-7 years, do
I want it to be an iMac like the one in the other room that seems really
slow, or do I want it to be a Mac Pro;-)
thanks for the input. It's little things like this that only someone
with experience can answer. Tidying up the external disks is a bonus
(they're already on a USB hub), it's the processor engine and monitors I
really need.
It's all academic until I can put the money together so expect some more
questions sometime around...May, probably...
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