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New Plan – Get a Stopgap Mac

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"

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. [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.

  4. [...] 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% [...]