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<blockquote data-quote="sailor#1" data-source="post: 1633136" data-attributes="member: 231337"><p>I can tell you what I have and my experiences.</p><p></p><p>First I have a 2006 v1.1 Mac Pro into which I installed three years ago two additional 8 GB stacks of ram for a total of 20 GB, all recognized and running perfectly. It had the fastest of everyting I could buy at that time including twop Xeon duo processors for a total of four. It also has two 1TB internal drives in addition to the initially installed 500 GB HDs for a total of four drives and 3 TB. I have much software installed in addition to all the original software including:</p><p></p><p>1. Adobe Acrobat Pro X</p><p>2. Adobe CS5.1 Web package with DreamWeaver, Photoshop and Illustrator, etc.</p><p>3. DeltaWalker Oro</p><p>4. Double Twist</p><p>5. Firefox and Chrome along with Safari</p><p>6. Parallels 6 Desktop with Windows 7 installed as a virtual machine (allocated 4 GB RAM and minimum HD space</p><p>7. QuickBooks 11 for Mac</p><p>8. MS Office for Mac 2011</p><p>9. TC 2000 trading software</p><p>10. Wacom Tablet along with Magic Mouse and TrackPad, all wireless</p><p>11. DivX Player and Converter</p><p>12. Dragon Dictate</p><p></p><p>and a bunch of miscellaneous software as well.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, all of this software works fine on my 2011 MBP in Yosemite with a couple of exceptions. I had to upgrade from Parallels 6 to Parallels 10 to use Windows 8.1 on the laptop and DivX was said to be incompatible so I have not even tried it on the MBP.</p><p></p><p>So, I would say any machine back to the original Intel desktop box would do the job for you as long as it is running well when you buy it...full diagnostics in order. Don't be fooled by Apple's telling you the 1.1 MP will only take a max of 8 GB RAM...this was simply an upgrade path sales gimmick. But, it is not supported, of course. This machine, however, can not be upgraded past Lion without modifications in the boot whatever (I would say Boot ROM from my old PC days) and video board...carefully so you don't produce an anchor. I would not go with an earlier non-intel machine.</p><p></p><p>So I would suggest you find the best you can for a price you can afford and don't worry about the software you have mentioned. It should all go well with the newer OS X versions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sailor#1, post: 1633136, member: 231337"] I can tell you what I have and my experiences. First I have a 2006 v1.1 Mac Pro into which I installed three years ago two additional 8 GB stacks of ram for a total of 20 GB, all recognized and running perfectly. It had the fastest of everyting I could buy at that time including twop Xeon duo processors for a total of four. It also has two 1TB internal drives in addition to the initially installed 500 GB HDs for a total of four drives and 3 TB. I have much software installed in addition to all the original software including: 1. Adobe Acrobat Pro X 2. Adobe CS5.1 Web package with DreamWeaver, Photoshop and Illustrator, etc. 3. DeltaWalker Oro 4. Double Twist 5. Firefox and Chrome along with Safari 6. Parallels 6 Desktop with Windows 7 installed as a virtual machine (allocated 4 GB RAM and minimum HD space 7. QuickBooks 11 for Mac 8. MS Office for Mac 2011 9. TC 2000 trading software 10. Wacom Tablet along with Magic Mouse and TrackPad, all wireless 11. DivX Player and Converter 12. Dragon Dictate and a bunch of miscellaneous software as well. Furthermore, all of this software works fine on my 2011 MBP in Yosemite with a couple of exceptions. I had to upgrade from Parallels 6 to Parallels 10 to use Windows 8.1 on the laptop and DivX was said to be incompatible so I have not even tried it on the MBP. So, I would say any machine back to the original Intel desktop box would do the job for you as long as it is running well when you buy it...full diagnostics in order. Don't be fooled by Apple's telling you the 1.1 MP will only take a max of 8 GB RAM...this was simply an upgrade path sales gimmick. But, it is not supported, of course. This machine, however, can not be upgraded past Lion without modifications in the boot whatever (I would say Boot ROM from my old PC days) and video board...carefully so you don't produce an anchor. I would not go with an earlier non-intel machine. So I would suggest you find the best you can for a price you can afford and don't worry about the software you have mentioned. It should all go well with the newer OS X versions. [/QUOTE]
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