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Apple Computing Products:
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2014 Mac Mini or 2012 Mac Pro?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1643931" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>If you were going to spend approx. $1399 for the upgraded Mac-Mini…and a couple hundred more for the Mac Pro ($1599)…I'm sure you want to get the most for your money. You should definitely shop around. </p><p></p><p>For example…here's an 8-core 2.93ghz 2009 Mac Pro for $1299 (Buy It Now). But could be even less. Since there is 1 day, 5 hours remaining in the auction…and the opening bid is $999.</p><p></p><p>It has 16gig of ram, 3 hard drives, and a Radeon 5870 video card…which is literally twice as fast as the Radeon 5770 in the Mac Pro you mentioned.</p><p></p><p>Also…and maybe even more important. It's CPU benchmark score is 17658. Which is more than the 15541 of the 6-core 3.33ghz Mac Pro you are considering.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-Apple-Mac-Pro-2-93GHz-8-Core-Nehalem-16GB-RAM-Radeon-HD-5870-GPU-3-HDDs-/141586625117?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f738725d" target="_blank">2009 Apple Mac Pro 2 93GHz 8 Core Nehalem 16GB RAM Radeon HD 5870 GPU 3 HDDs | eBay</a></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1643931, member: 56379"] If you were going to spend approx. $1399 for the upgraded Mac-Mini…and a couple hundred more for the Mac Pro ($1599)…I'm sure you want to get the most for your money. You should definitely shop around. For example…here's an 8-core 2.93ghz 2009 Mac Pro for $1299 (Buy It Now). But could be even less. Since there is 1 day, 5 hours remaining in the auction…and the opening bid is $999. It has 16gig of ram, 3 hard drives, and a Radeon 5870 video card…which is literally twice as fast as the Radeon 5770 in the Mac Pro you mentioned. Also…and maybe even more important. It's CPU benchmark score is 17658. Which is more than the 15541 of the 6-core 3.33ghz Mac Pro you are considering. [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-Apple-Mac-Pro-2-93GHz-8-Core-Nehalem-16GB-RAM-Radeon-HD-5870-GPU-3-HDDs-/141586625117?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f738725d]2009 Apple Mac Pro 2 93GHz 8 Core Nehalem 16GB RAM Radeon HD 5870 GPU 3 HDDs | eBay[/url] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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