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Post #395,215
by Another Scott
10/2/14 6:18:41 PM
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New Would she be happier with a MacPro?
Much more expandable, much better video performance.

E.g. this refurbished is less than $2k with 16 GB of RAM and an extended 15 month warranty. It can be configured with 32 GB. Installing a SSD would be easy.

Full Specs. It can take 96 GB of RAM (if running Winders, it can use 128 GB). It can run Yosemite.

Good luck!

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #395,217
by Ashton
10/2/14 8:08:57 PM
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New Plan to send her here to mull, cogitate
Agree entirely with the frugal solution, even where I could.. indulge in a shiny-shiny with 0-miles. That palatial box seems a real steal.
Will have to find if 'notebook' is a firm decision (vs. her 27" iMac, as surely needs to be maxxed-out anyway.,)
If it comes down to a flip-coin? I might have to win a Scrabble game soundly, to prevail..

If she's planning a serious project, involving any Hi-rez? it is hard to argue against appropriate CPU/GPU and mondo Mem.
Also eyesight may be a factor; I can still appreciate miniaturization (except the way Apple $$uses it: to render upgrades impossible.)
But small-screen to do anything creative in graphics? (Pity the Cinema display is aimed at the gentry; a n/b's video on 2nd Mon still seems scrawny.)

Wow 96 GB: how many tabs open? :-0
(bet that the cookie-processor would be overloaded, even with hyper-AdBlock.) Each site seems to dump many more in last couple years;
I clean them out now, periodically: pure time-waste as that is.)

     Seeking comments on latest Mac notebooks - (Ashton) - (37) - Oct. 1, 2014, 03:31:09 AM EDT
         Nice, expensive, not got much graphical shove - (pwhysall) - (7) - Oct. 1, 2014, 07:44:28 AM EDT
             What he said. Are you missing a "Do Not" in the last line? - (Another Scott) - (3) - Oct. 1, 2014, 08:07:39 AM EDT
                 No - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 1, 2014, 02:32:04 PM EDT
                     Weird. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2014, 03:58:20 PM EDT
                         Re: Weird. - (pwhysall) - Oct. 1, 2014, 04:28:40 PM EDT
             I disagree about the keyboard. - (static) - (2) - Oct. 1, 2014, 10:05:42 PM EDT
                 Take your point, but... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2014, 12:50:46 AM EDT
                     Yes, the HHK is an outlier. - (static) - Oct. 2, 2014, 06:20:23 AM EDT
         They were updated in July, more extensive changes in 2015. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 1, 2014, 08:03:31 AM EDT
         Thanks all.. perzackly what I needed to know. - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2014, 04:25:32 PM EDT
         PS: about desirable mem for two Apps: - (Ashton) - (24) - Oct. 2, 2014, 04:34:02 PM EDT
             Max it. - (pwhysall) - (21) - Oct. 2, 2014, 05:24:45 PM EDT
                 I do appreciate that Winders Can handle (even such as you do.) - (Ashton) - (20) - Oct. 2, 2014, 08:40:43 PM EDT
                     windows sux - (boxley) - (10) - Oct. 2, 2014, 09:42:08 PM EDT
                         My dad recently got a Win7 machine after running XP for years... - (Another Scott) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2014, 10:32:18 PM EDT
                             recent? Win8 has been out for a while. - (boxley) - (3) - Oct. 2, 2014, 10:49:26 PM EDT
                                 Yup. Just a few months ago. They didn't want 8.x. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2014, 10:56:03 PM EDT
                                     Wow - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2014, 11:01:11 PM EDT
                                         Win7 is on "extended support" until January 2020. It'll be around a while. -NT - (Another Scott) - Oct. 2, 2014, 11:27:35 PM EDT
                         +5, subtle. Yes, I catch your meaning.. - (Ashton) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2014, 10:47:18 PM EDT
                             apple controls what hardware goes into its boxen - (boxley) - Oct. 2, 2014, 10:58:30 PM EDT
                         It's not UNIX - (malraux) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2014, 10:59:46 PM EDT
                             yup, shoddy dev platform unless you are from other countries - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2014, 11:03:40 PM EDT
                                 No kidding - (malraux) - Oct. 3, 2014, 12:24:20 PM EDT
                     Re: I do appreciate that Winders Can handle (even such as you do.) - (pwhysall) - (8) - Oct. 3, 2014, 01:16:06 AM EDT
                         +5, Insightful. - (static) - Oct. 3, 2014, 08:46:12 AM EDT
                         Thanks; second the Insightful (and dudgeon over Apple's now evident decline - (Ashton) - (6) - Oct. 4, 2014, 06:06:02 AM EDT
                             Actually - (pwhysall) - (5) - Oct. 4, 2014, 06:35:36 AM EDT
                                 Heh. even moi can second the file manager options available - (Ashton) - (4) - Oct. 5, 2014, 05:54:44 PM EDT
                                     I was a young sysadmin in the mid-late 90s - (pwhysall) - (3) - Oct. 6, 2014, 01:27:29 AM EDT
                                         By way of contrast - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 6, 2014, 09:12:06 AM EDT
                                             So you're the kind of user who can still make that happen -NT - (drook) - (1) - Oct. 6, 2014, 12:24:54 PM EDT
                                                 Wasn't even connected to the wifi - (pwhysall) - Oct. 6, 2014, 01:04:55 PM EDT
             Would she be happier with a MacPro? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2014, 06:18:41 PM EDT
                 Plan to send her here to mull, cogitate - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2014, 08:08:57 PM EDT
         You might consider the refurbs - (Steve Lowe) - Oct. 3, 2014, 12:53:49 AM EDT
         you might want to check the iworm -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 6, 2014, 09:48:21 AM EDT

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