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strife3713
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Hello everybody, first time poster and long time mac user here.
Well I'm about to make my first switcher purchase but I'm kind of in a twist here. First off, I'm a graphic designer who will be using this mostly for CS suite, Quark, Macromedia programs and anything and everything else the print designer would need. Now my question is whether I really need the Quad 2.5 or is a 2.3 good enough for me? how much better is the Quad at getting things done vs a 2.3? I know my mouth waters for the Quad of course, but I havent had the chance to sit and play with one. The first order of business will be to get 2 gigs of ram into the system of course.
Also, I was looking at the apple refurbished systems at the Dual 2.7 they have. Has anybody here had experience with refurbished systems? I know back a few years ago my folks bought a refurbished Dell that was a problem and was promptly returned back for a new Dell within a week, it had boot issues.
I need opinions and any advice you can give me!
Well I'm about to make my first switcher purchase but I'm kind of in a twist here. First off, I'm a graphic designer who will be using this mostly for CS suite, Quark, Macromedia programs and anything and everything else the print designer would need. Now my question is whether I really need the Quad 2.5 or is a 2.3 good enough for me? how much better is the Quad at getting things done vs a 2.3? I know my mouth waters for the Quad of course, but I havent had the chance to sit and play with one. The first order of business will be to get 2 gigs of ram into the system of course.
Also, I was looking at the apple refurbished systems at the Dual 2.7 they have. Has anybody here had experience with refurbished systems? I know back a few years ago my folks bought a refurbished Dell that was a problem and was promptly returned back for a new Dell within a week, it had boot issues.
I need opinions and any advice you can give me!