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I've been thinking of switching for a long time now. I'm sort of at a logical point to do so: Leopard is out, Vista is yecchh-o, and my current XP box is giving out (don't know whether it's just disk drive dying, or some malware that got on there--but I'm too annoyed/lazy to start spending time degunking, when I'm thinking of buying some kind of new machine anyway).
So here's the thing: An iMac seems cool, but it wouldn't quite suit my needs--I dislike integrated graphics, and I have multiple other machines running through a KVM, so the all-in-one design is actually a negative for me. A fully tricked-out Mac Pro is a hefty investment to make for someone who is merely considering making the switch. Which leaves us with the Mini. This would also not be ideal, but it's cheap enough (maybe) that I could view it as just one more expensive toy if it turns out that I don't care for it. Besides, I could always rationalize it by telling myself that I can sell it on eBay if I decide it's not for me.
But if I do like it: I'm gonna end up getting a Mac Pro anyway, and then the Mini will have kind of been a waste. So if I go this route, what's my resale potential on the Mini? And also, what do I have to do to make sure that I have totally wiped the hard drive clean of all my personal information if I do sell it later on?
Does any of this make sense? I know some will say just go for it and get the Pro now, but that really would be a hefty committment--and besides the rumor sites seem to indicate an update of the Pro is likely in the near future, so the Mini may well be the best way to go; it gives me a working (if under-powered) desktop machine for now, and I can still get a Pro later on (or buy/build an XP machine if I decide that Mac is not for me).
Thoughts?
So here's the thing: An iMac seems cool, but it wouldn't quite suit my needs--I dislike integrated graphics, and I have multiple other machines running through a KVM, so the all-in-one design is actually a negative for me. A fully tricked-out Mac Pro is a hefty investment to make for someone who is merely considering making the switch. Which leaves us with the Mini. This would also not be ideal, but it's cheap enough (maybe) that I could view it as just one more expensive toy if it turns out that I don't care for it. Besides, I could always rationalize it by telling myself that I can sell it on eBay if I decide it's not for me.
But if I do like it: I'm gonna end up getting a Mac Pro anyway, and then the Mini will have kind of been a waste. So if I go this route, what's my resale potential on the Mini? And also, what do I have to do to make sure that I have totally wiped the hard drive clean of all my personal information if I do sell it later on?
Does any of this make sense? I know some will say just go for it and get the Pro now, but that really would be a hefty committment--and besides the rumor sites seem to indicate an update of the Pro is likely in the near future, so the Mini may well be the best way to go; it gives me a working (if under-powered) desktop machine for now, and I can still get a Pro later on (or buy/build an XP machine if I decide that Mac is not for me).
Thoughts?