Replacing an old Mac Pro?

[filmtwit]

The current iMacs are basically a closed system.
No CD/DVD and Apple now has to add any new memory.
If you can find a 2012 iMac, that's a great way to go.

On the plus side for the iMac's you get 4 chips to the Mac Mini's 2 chips. So if you have to do a lot of processing (mainly video work) then going with the iMac is the way to go. Otherwise you should be fine mac mini

I am in the process o replace my 6 years old i.mac 24 (matt screen, 3 G RAM). A few days ago I had to replace to HD (no problem thanks to multiple back up!) and took the opportunity to discuss the options with an apple technician, tired to wait for a new mac pro (if there will be any?!) having to decide between a new i.mac (27 + so much ram as possible) or the mac mini. His answer was no i.mac but go for the mini (plus a thunderbolt raid hd) for sure or eventually buy a still available mac pro.
Later a met a friend of mine, passionate photographer and he told me to be very satisfied with his i.mac 27. Even without calibration colors on prints are very good.
Personally I'm leaning towards the mini...but not yet sure!
robert

 

[MaxElmar]

Yeah, but having seen the design, I am worried that if I touched it, I would have an alien burst out of my chest later

Dante

It could be seen as malevolent in a Giger sort of way. But it's pretty small....they're cute when they're little.

 

[MaxElmar]

My Mac Pro is a month old. The new one was coming, but not announced.
....
Now that I see the new Pro, I see it is like buying a television. Unmaintainable. Slick design and fast, but non functional.

Check one out in person when you can. You may call it lots of things, but "non functional" sure as hell won't be one of them. Maybe non-upgradeable....

Yeah, I am one of those guys who changed my own spark plugs and oil and built all my own computers from parts sourced from ads in the back of "Computer Shopper". Hell, I completely rebuilt a Triumph TR4A for fun.

Maintenance on the damn software is enough "fun" for me nowadays.

That new Mac Pro is badass. Like a Ducati 998, I don't want to take it apart. I want to RIDE it.

 

[bwcolor]

2013 Mac Pro Ivy-Bridge 12 Core Single CPU Benchmarks

 

[Dektol Dan]

Ducati 998

Ducati 998

Check one out in person when you can. You may call it lots of things, but "non functional" sure as hell won't be one of them. Maybe non-upgradeable....

Yeah, I am one of those guys who changed my own spark plugs and oil and built all my own computers from parts sourced from ads in the back of "Computer Shopper". Hell, I completely rebuilt a Triumph TR4A for fun.

Maintenance on the damn software is enough "fun" for me nowadays.

That new Mac Pro is badass. Like a Ducati 998, I don't want to take it apart. I want to RIDE it.

You Bet!! My Mac Pro is going to be around a long time, even though my Ducati is only a 1965 Scrambler.