New Plan – Get a Stopgap Mac
Posted June 13th, 2012 @ 08:55am by Erik J. Barzeski
New plan: Buy a Mac Pro that's Mountain Lion compatible, run it for a year or so, and see what the "new" Mac Pros are like.
After all, I like my current setup just fine, and since I am not sure which way to go, I'll just defer.
It's a bit of money to spend on a stopgap, but it beats spending even more on 408-day-old iMac or getting an underpowered laptop that can't hold very much data.
If you have an old(er) Mac Pro capable of running Mountain Lion ((I can buy RAM, and I don't need any hard disks.)) that you're looking to sell, let me know. Thanks.
4 Responses to "New Plan – Get a Stopgap Mac"
Posted 13 Jun 2012 at 11:15pm #
Unless you need the CPU cores or PCI cards, wouldn't it be more worthwhile to buy a newer Mac, like an iMac, and sell it in the same time frame? Maybe see if a new iMac shows up before Labor Day, too.
Posted 14 Jun 2012 at 1:21am #
I would suggest waiting until Mountain Lion is released. There is a chance they will get the iMac and Mac Mini updated with that release. Mac Pro has precedence for slow updates. iMac does not.
Posted 15 Jun 2012 at 10:57pm #
[quote comment="70464"]I would suggest waiting until Mountain Lion is released. There is a chance they will get the iMac and Mac Mini updated with that release. Mac Pro has precedence for slow updates. iMac does not.[/quote]
Thing with that plan is that I have to implement a storage plan as well, so I might spend several thousand dollars, get a less capable computer, and have a ton of HDs hanging off the thing only to change them in a year when the new Mac Pros come out.
Posted 22 Jun 2012 at 9:43am #
[...] decided to go with my "stopgap Mac" plan. I'll pick up a refurbished Mac Pro to tide me over until the new ones ship. Current rates are 15% [...]