If you had $2500 to buy a MAC. What would you do?

Ebwly wrote in post #12344706
Macs don't get viruses...just sayin...

http://www.infoworld.c​om …IFWNLE_nlt_sec_​2011-05-03

Just saying - don't get cocky, kid.

Jon wrote in post #12345765
http://www.infoworld.c​om …IFWNLE_nlt_sec_​2011-05-03

Just saying - don't get cocky, kid.

Ha ha I know! I LOVE the mentality that Apples dont get viruses! Now I own both, so dont get me wrong, I love them both, but the ONLY reasons macs "never" had viruses before is bc NO ONE had them, so why would a programmer bother wasting time writing code for a system no one owns as a majority? Well now that they are getting more popular, guess what?! All in due time my friends. All in due time.

My suggestion is MacPro. That's what I got and couldn't be happier.
( Westmere 6 Cores, 16GB RAM, 4 2TB hard drives ). Plenty of processing power, ability to upgrade hard drives, graphics card, and expand RAM to 32GB. Pricey, but it should last for 4-5 years at least.

Funny thread, I am sitting here with $2500 in my hand trying to figure out what to do.

Three weeks ago when I got the $2500 I was going to look at the Macbook Pro.

I heard of the impending iMac refresh, so I decided to wait. Now that the refresh is out I have made my decision.

I realized I have all that I *need* at the moment and buying anything without a defined need would be frivolous.

I'll keep my 3 yr old 24" iMac, my old Macbook Pro, and my iPad as they are. They do the work I require of them, and that's all I can ask for.


Tomorrow morning the money goes into the bank.

At least I will have the knowledge that should anything break, I have the funds to repair/replace it.

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Jon wrote in post #12345765
http://www.infoworld.c​om …IFWNLE_nlt_sec_​2011-05-03

Just saying - don't get cocky, kid.

That article was malware, not viruses. Besides, you shouldn't get viruses unless you visit some...lets just say special websites, if you do that, then of course you are more likely to get viruses, but if you just stick to the normal sites that everybody else uses, like online banking, wiki, this forum, and others, you shouldn't have any problems, especially not macs, as even if by the offchance you do get a virus, 99% of the time its gonna be for windows, not mac.

I wasn't talking about going to a virus stricken site, downloading torrents which obviously have viruses in them...of course in that case viruses would be more likely to affect a mac.

Basically what I'm saying is, for everyday use, macs dont get get viruses, but of course, if you throw anything into water, it's gonna get wet. Don't take it to the extreme.

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What's the point, we all know!

Let's not get into the Mac vs. Windows, virus vs. no virus, yadayada…
Threads that do, have a tendency to get locked…

I really waiting to get the Mac Pro, then i will never look back.

God, if I have that fund, I would buy an iMac+Mac book Air. Your got super portability and decent monitor with not bad computing power.
I cannot understand those willing to spend more than 2000 dollars on a macbook pro.

njekin wrote in post #12364815
God, if I have that fund, I would buy an iMac+Mac book Air. Your got super portability and decent monitor with not bad computing power.
I cannot understand those willing to spend more than 2000 dollars on a macbook pro.

As some of us need power and portability, and use them for other stuff than just photography

njekin wrote in post #12364815
God, if I have that fund, I would buy an iMac+Mac book Air. Your got super portability and decent monitor with not bad computing power.
I cannot understand those willing to spend more than 2000 dollars on a macbook pro.

Try living in two different countries and you will. I bought a MBP over a iMac+iPad setup just because every few months I have to travel around 1000km by plane or train (both have luggage size restrictions). Taking the iMac with me every time would be too difficult. And I would not be able to work with the Air, I need all the power I can get out of the laptop, even now the i5 MBP is not fully capable of doing all the stuff. (5D mkII raw files, 1080p video etc)

Or in other words - If you move a lot, laptop is more logical solution. If not then iMac is great.

I have 2 MBP which i am struggling with for my Hasselblad/Canon files, lucky that i don't do video stuff as well, and my Mac Mini reached its limit for handling huge files most of the time, so i will get Mac Pro to use it as my main workstation for huge files and keep the MacM and 2 MBPs for web surfing and some small works or even backups, and i don't want iMac because i have 2 monitors already, so better i buy powerful CPU than all-in-one desktop and not as top notch.

Still i don't know which Mac Pro to get, the salesman told me that no need to get the highest one if i will not do videos, even i hear somewhere that 12-core is not recommended over 6/8-cores for still photography, is that true? What is your recommendations?

If I had 2500 buckaroonies to spend on a new Mac, I'd look on Craigslist for a year old Mac Pro (not a laptop!!!) to do PP on, along with a nice IPS monitor from the same place. And I'm pretty sure I'd have money left over.

$500 used MBP 15" and a 5D2. That's my path.

If I had to spend it all on a Mac I'd head over to the Apple refurb shop and get a Mac Pro.