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<blockquote data-quote="robduckyworth" data-source="post: 1291496" data-attributes="member: 184879"><p>good for you man.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you've got loads of money, a Mac Pro is awesome. youll get 5-10 years hopefully no problem.</p><p></p><p>No money? iMac, or build yourself a PC.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>latter is clocked slightly higher and so CPU intensive processes will finish slightly earlier.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>first is a magnetic hard drive. much slower but higher capacity for less money.</p><p></p><p>SSDs are phenomenally fast, but the technology is newer and more expensive for the capacity you get in return. </p><p></p><p>the latter will make booting up and app loading times considerably quicker.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>both rather old cards. but if you dont need gaming, and are only running two displays max, one will do you fine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>if it were me, Id buy an 80GB SSD for >100$ and install it myself for the OS, and use a the 1TB internal for storage. Its a piece of cake to install a drive in a Mac Pro.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>only when gaming, using Crossfire. dont know if the Mac OS supports Crossfire. Then again, these cards arent exactly great for gaming. </p><p></p><p>no difference monitor wise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robduckyworth, post: 1291496, member: 184879"] good for you man. If you've got loads of money, a Mac Pro is awesome. youll get 5-10 years hopefully no problem. No money? iMac, or build yourself a PC. latter is clocked slightly higher and so CPU intensive processes will finish slightly earlier. first is a magnetic hard drive. much slower but higher capacity for less money. SSDs are phenomenally fast, but the technology is newer and more expensive for the capacity you get in return. the latter will make booting up and app loading times considerably quicker. both rather old cards. but if you dont need gaming, and are only running two displays max, one will do you fine. if it were me, Id buy an 80GB SSD for >100$ and install it myself for the OS, and use a the 1TB internal for storage. Its a piece of cake to install a drive in a Mac Pro. only when gaming, using Crossfire. dont know if the Mac OS supports Crossfire. Then again, these cards arent exactly great for gaming. no difference monitor wise. [/QUOTE]
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