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Well basically I am stuck deciding what Mac to go for. I am fed up with Winblows now and I am changing to Mac around June.

I will have a budget of around £1000 - £1500 at the most. I would like a nice MacBook Pro, but I can't say i'd ever take it anywhere other than around my house so I may be better of with a decent Mac Mini or a second hand PowerMac? I don't really know how fast the Macs are or anything as I have never used one. I would be using it for a lot of heavy Photoshopping really and the usual web browsing ect, wont be gaming on it though.

So what is everyones experiences with them then? I'm sure it will be a lot faster than my current Pentium 4 PC.

Edit: forgot to add, I will already have a monitor so that wont be a problem.
 
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I'd say go with an iMac.

Slightly more beefy than the Mac Mini, and would be perfect for heavy photoshopping (you could extend the desktop on to your second monitor) whilst providing enough power should you decide to dabble with the odd game :)

If you can get a second hand Powermac G5 then that might be an option, but I do think you'd be better in the long term to go with the newer intel Macs
 
You can get a refurb Mac Pro for about £1500 on the apple store, if you're not concerned about it being portable. However, I'd wait and see if Apple announce any new hardware along with Leopard (I'd imagine they will).
 
EVH said:
If you can get a second hand Powermac G5 then that might be an option, but I do think you'd be better in the long term to go with the newer intel Macs
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I would definatly be getting a Mac with the Intel processor in it, but I do like the mobility and looks of a Macbook Pro. Can you get MacBook Pros refurbished as well?
 
i would recommend a macbook and an external monitor, you could use it in claimshell mode when at home on a nice screen but still have a portable machine, its got a better cpu that the mini too.
 
Robotica said:
i would recommend a macbook and an external monitor, you could use it in claimshell mode when at home on a nice screen but still have a portable machine, its got a better cpu that the mini too.
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Sounds like a good idea, will use it on my HDTV that I am using at the moment for my PC. Will a Macbook Pro be good enough for my main computer then, as it will be my only computer once i've sold my Pc.
 
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