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Hello there,
I have used Macs professionally for many years and am now considering getting a second hand one - cannot afford new - for the home.
However I am being seriously put off by Apple's continued use of integrated graphics rather than a 'proper' dedicated graphics card.
I've always liked Mac Minis but the only one I can find with a dedicated card is from Mid 2011 (the I5 running at 2.5ghz) all the others use integrated and the price for this model second hand - if you can find one - is quite frankly stupid. In fact most Macs seem to have integrated graphics unless you go for a Power Mac, like the cheese graters I have been using at work, and sadly I just do not have the space for one.
Space restrictions also mean that an iMac with built in screen is just too large.
So does anyone know of an old Mac model that has a dedicated graphics card given the above space issues?
I guess, unless I have missed something, that it would have to be some kind of laptop and these are thin on the ground in the PC world with dedicated graphics so I suspect I am asking the impossible. But if you don't ask...
Hope someone can help. (Oh I'm in the UK)
I have used Macs professionally for many years and am now considering getting a second hand one - cannot afford new - for the home.
However I am being seriously put off by Apple's continued use of integrated graphics rather than a 'proper' dedicated graphics card.
I've always liked Mac Minis but the only one I can find with a dedicated card is from Mid 2011 (the I5 running at 2.5ghz) all the others use integrated and the price for this model second hand - if you can find one - is quite frankly stupid. In fact most Macs seem to have integrated graphics unless you go for a Power Mac, like the cheese graters I have been using at work, and sadly I just do not have the space for one.
Space restrictions also mean that an iMac with built in screen is just too large.
So does anyone know of an old Mac model that has a dedicated graphics card given the above space issues?
I guess, unless I have missed something, that it would have to be some kind of laptop and these are thin on the ground in the PC world with dedicated graphics so I suspect I am asking the impossible. But if you don't ask...
Hope someone can help. (Oh I'm in the UK)