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What Mac to get as a start?
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<blockquote data-quote="Exodist" data-source="post: 1545035" data-attributes="member: 284358"><p>@ OP, You say your not interested in a Mac Mini due to i5 version not having an SSD. You do realize that you can still upgrade the Mac Mini's HDD and RAM later on. Now while they are not Haswell yet. These were just refreshed in Fall 2012, about a year ago. So normal 18 month cycle puts these at about another 6 months before they get updated. </p><p></p><p>That said, if you are moving from a PC desktop. Your existing keyboard, mouse, display can all be used on your Mac Mini to help with the transistion. </p><p></p><p>Also to point out about the upgrade-it-later suggestion. You can buy a fairly cheap dual drive kit and a new SSD later on so you can put your System on the SSD and keep your movies and music on the older 1TB drive that comes with the system. And in regards to upgrading the RAM, you can get Mac certified RAM from other suppliers like Crucial for less then half the price then the package price from Apple Store. </p><p></p><p>In regards to software. If you buy any new Mac, to the best of my knowledge they all come with iLife (iMovie, Garage Band, iPhoto) and now even come with Pages and Numbers (productivity software). Not to mention all the other software that comes with OSX Mavericks that the other OS Company would only dream of giving away for free..</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just food for thought.. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exodist, post: 1545035, member: 284358"] @ OP, You say your not interested in a Mac Mini due to i5 version not having an SSD. You do realize that you can still upgrade the Mac Mini's HDD and RAM later on. Now while they are not Haswell yet. These were just refreshed in Fall 2012, about a year ago. So normal 18 month cycle puts these at about another 6 months before they get updated. That said, if you are moving from a PC desktop. Your existing keyboard, mouse, display can all be used on your Mac Mini to help with the transistion. Also to point out about the upgrade-it-later suggestion. You can buy a fairly cheap dual drive kit and a new SSD later on so you can put your System on the SSD and keep your movies and music on the older 1TB drive that comes with the system. And in regards to upgrading the RAM, you can get Mac certified RAM from other suppliers like Crucial for less then half the price then the package price from Apple Store. In regards to software. If you buy any new Mac, to the best of my knowledge they all come with iLife (iMovie, Garage Band, iPhoto) and now even come with Pages and Numbers (productivity software). Not to mention all the other software that comes with OSX Mavericks that the other OS Company would only dream of giving away for free.. Just food for thought.. :D [/QUOTE]
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