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What kind of Mac should I get?
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Hello, I'm thinking of buying a Mac (I'm excited!) 
But, I'm wondering what kind of Mac would best fit me.
I want a Mac that would enable me to:
Edit and store videos
Edit and store photographs
Edit and store audio
Run my website (with about 1M visitors a month)
Run a lot of programs at once
As you can see, I'm a web designer.
Can you suggest me a good Mac for me, and not software?
Thank you so much 
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Originally Posted by Simon 
And please don't cross-post.
Just like you did? Hahahahahaha.
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Ah, no. A cross-post is when you post two identical *new* topics in two separate forums. Repeating the same reply to your cross-post is not a cross-post.
Not to mention that you're not going to make many friends here with posts like that. People here want to help. Mocking them is not going to help.
Steve
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Celebrating 10 years and 4000 posts on MacNN!
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Depending on your editing needs, an iMac would be perfect for you. If you need portability, a MacBook Pro. Just be sure to get enough RAM and hard drive space.
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MacBook Pro 13" 2.8GHz Core i7/8GB RAM/750GB Hard Drive - Mac OS X 10.7.3
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If it's going to be a server, there's little point in getting a laptop, since it's going to be bolted down in one place anyway by necessity.
I'm going to agree with Simon here and say Mac Pro, if you can afford it.
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Ah, I missed the "run my website" part. I was assuming they meant update/edit it, not host it.
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MacBook Pro 13" 2.8GHz Core i7/8GB RAM/750GB Hard Drive - Mac OS X 10.7.3
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Originally Posted by anron
Just like you did? Hahahahahaha.
How funny. 
You come here, start out by breaking the rules, and then proceed to mock others? You're not exactly off to a great start here, buddy. 
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Question: For all of you, what is the tipping point between getting an iMac and a Mac Pro?
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- MacBook Air M2 16GB / 512GB
- MacBook Pro 16" i9 2.4Ghz 32GB / 1TB
- MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.9Ghz 16GB / 512GB
- iMac i5 3.2Ghz 1TB
- G4 Cube 500Mhz / Shelf display unit / Museum display
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Mac Pro: If I need a desktop, and I'm a billionaire.
iMac: If I've had all the brain fluid sucked out of my head.
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I think an iMac would suit your needs just fine. The all in one machine would help you transition to the mac world in a rather easy manner.
Doy
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I'd get a MP for pro tasks. Anything that actually needs lots of RAM, work well over several cores, or requires extra hardware (PCIe cards).
For pretty much everything else I'd get a MBP and a big external monitor.
I'd get an iMac if a MBP + ext screen were absolutely too expensive.
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Get a refurb 2008 mac pro or a refurb 2009 quad core. About the same price. Build up as you go. Expandability sucks on an iMac.
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2010 Mac Mini, 32GB iPod Touch, 2 Apple TV (1)
Home built 12 core 2.93 Westmere PC (almost half the cost of MP) Win7 64.
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