Alright, so I am in great need of a mac of some sort (upgrading from a Toshiba L300 satellite notebook), however i do not necessarily wish to get a Macook. (too expensive!)
I have done some research and have with my budget (currently $1100 max) have narrowed down my options:
1) Mac Mini (2011) 2.7ghz dual core i7 processor with 4 gb DDR3 memory and one 500gb hard-drive. Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor with 288MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory. – $1019 brand new from Apple store.
2) Mac Mini Server (2011) 2.0ghz quad core i7 processor with 4gb DDR3 memory and 2 x 7200rpm hard drives. Intel HD graphics 3000. – $1099 brand new from Apple store ($949 refurbished from Apple)
3) iMac 21.5" (late 2009 model) 3.06ghz Intel core i3 processor. 4gb DDR3 memory, AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics with 512MB memory . – Approx $900 refurbished/second hand from eBay.
Which ever one I get, i plan on running Pro Tools (recording software) on it, which requires 4gb ram recommended, and quite a bit of processing power.
I also would do a bit of video editing, and a bit of gaming on it.
Which one should I choose? Any other recommendations?
Thanks
I have done some research and have with my budget (currently $1100 max) have narrowed down my options:
1) Mac Mini (2011) 2.7ghz dual core i7 processor with 4 gb DDR3 memory and one 500gb hard-drive. Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor with 288MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory. – $1019 brand new from Apple store.
2) Mac Mini Server (2011) 2.0ghz quad core i7 processor with 4gb DDR3 memory and 2 x 7200rpm hard drives. Intel HD graphics 3000. – $1099 brand new from Apple store ($949 refurbished from Apple)
3) iMac 21.5" (late 2009 model) 3.06ghz Intel core i3 processor. 4gb DDR3 memory, AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics with 512MB memory . – Approx $900 refurbished/second hand from eBay.
Which ever one I get, i plan on running Pro Tools (recording software) on it, which requires 4gb ram recommended, and quite a bit of processing power.
I also would do a bit of video editing, and a bit of gaming on it.
Which one should I choose? Any other recommendations?
Thanks