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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 511603" data-attributes="member: 17052">I think that &quot;future proofing&quot; is an overblown idea. Essentially, get a Mac that meets your needs today. None of us can predict the future and so we cannot predict what the needs of future software will be. I know that this is obvious but it bears saying.Now, if you really need to be &quot;future proof&quot; the Mac lineup is such that the Mac Pro is the only Mac you should consider. It is the only one where you can upgrade significant parts of the machine - the graphics card, the memory (can do this part on other Macs of course), the CPU, the disks, etc.If upgradability is key for you, go for the Mac Pro. Else, go for the best machine that meets your needs of the day. Perhaps overshoot a little and get the best iMac you can afford, so that you have a machine that runs faster than you need today. There is a modicum of future proofness there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mac57, post: 511603, member: 17052"] I think that "future proofing" is an overblown idea. Essentially, get a Mac that meets your needs today. None of us can predict the future and so we cannot predict what the needs of future software will be. I know that this is obvious but it bears saying. Now, if you really need to be "future proof" the Mac lineup is such that the Mac Pro is the only Mac you should consider. It is the only one where you can upgrade significant parts of the machine - the graphics card, the memory (can do this part on other Macs of course), the CPU, the disks, etc. If upgradability is key for you, go for the Mac Pro. Else, go for the best machine that meets your needs of the day. Perhaps overshoot a little and get the best iMac you can afford, so that you have a machine that runs faster than you need today. There is a modicum of future proofness there. [/QUOTE]

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