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<blockquote data-quote="BillyA" data-source="post: 909663" data-attributes="member: 121818"><p>Hello everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong area of the forums; I couldn’t find anywhere where I thought it properly fit.</p><p></p><p>I am a University student living in the UK and I have been a PC user for my entire computer using life. Recently, however, I have fallen for the iPhone and its SDK; to the point that I am planning on focussing my dissertation around developing an app for the iPhone.</p><p></p><p>To realistically do this though I am going to need a Mac of my own to develop on; hence my conundrum ‘which Mac is for me’.</p><p>Unfortunately I don’t know any big Mac users to ask advice of but from looking around online I have created a short list for myself of; the Mac Pro, the iMac and the Mac Book Pro.</p><p></p><p>From what information I’ve been able to find I can’t see much difference between the Mac Pro and the iMac; other than the ability to open up the Mac Pro to upgrade its hardware and that the iMac incorporates a monitor.</p><p></p><p>I’m finding myself naturally drawn towards the Mac Book Pro, mainly for portability reasons; however, I suspect that it may have performance issues in comparison to its desktop counter parts.</p><p></p><p>As I mentioned before, I plan on mainly using whichever mac I end up with for iPhone app development; though it is likely that I will also be using it for 3D modelling with Maya, and video/photo/audio editing with the adobie CS3 suite. If anyone has any useful advice on which would be more suitable I would very much appreciate a reply.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillyA, post: 909663, member: 121818"] Hello everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong area of the forums; I couldn’t find anywhere where I thought it properly fit. I am a University student living in the UK and I have been a PC user for my entire computer using life. Recently, however, I have fallen for the iPhone and its SDK; to the point that I am planning on focussing my dissertation around developing an app for the iPhone. To realistically do this though I am going to need a Mac of my own to develop on; hence my conundrum ‘which Mac is for me’. Unfortunately I don’t know any big Mac users to ask advice of but from looking around online I have created a short list for myself of; the Mac Pro, the iMac and the Mac Book Pro. From what information I’ve been able to find I can’t see much difference between the Mac Pro and the iMac; other than the ability to open up the Mac Pro to upgrade its hardware and that the iMac incorporates a monitor. I’m finding myself naturally drawn towards the Mac Book Pro, mainly for portability reasons; however, I suspect that it may have performance issues in comparison to its desktop counter parts. As I mentioned before, I plan on mainly using whichever mac I end up with for iPhone app development; though it is likely that I will also be using it for 3D modelling with Maya, and video/photo/audio editing with the adobie CS3 suite. If anyone has any useful advice on which would be more suitable I would very much appreciate a reply. Thank you for your time. [/QUOTE]
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