Even is she isn't, Apple has some real issues with servicing their new stuff. This forum seems to favor short, paragraph size replies, conversational style, so I'll try and keep this short.
And the nature of technical advance means those tomorrows seem to be arriving with increasing speed.īut how many of today's iMacs or Mac Minis will become door stops in same time frame as the likely useful life of today's new Mac Pro? On the other hand, despite its modularity, at some equally unknown point in the future of course support and components for the Mac Pro will no longer be obtainable, forcing its replacement. One thing that's certain is that, whatever the model, today's high specification Mac is, at some future tomorrow, only any use as a door stop. if I'm looking long-term, would (1) ultimately prove to be a false economy? Would (2) be likely to save money over a longer period of time if the computer has a longer useful life, meaning I don't have to buy two (or more) other model Macs over the equivalent lifetime? We can't see into the future, of course, and the lower price *now* of (1) is more attractive. Throw a shotload of cash at a high spec Mac Pro hoping that - while massively over-specified now, that current over-specification will mean that it won't need replacing for 10, 12 or more years? Spend a reasonable amount of money on a decent spec iMac or Mac Mini but, knowing how quickly future software updates arrive and will demand increased processing power, memory, etc, it may well need replacing in five, six, seven years time.Ģ. With my Mac Pro 3.1 creaking like the doors in a haunted house, system overloads a daily irritation and unable even to run the more recent versions of Logic, here's a dilemma.ġ.
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