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| I try to get rid of computers within two years, sometimes less. Just sold a Mac Pro I'd bought last May. They still have considerable residual value then, but past three years old, not so much. Doing AE, etc., you can't do what you can do with cars, drive them until the doors fall off. We're tending to work on big-screen i7 iMacs, and have a few high proc count Xeons around for rendering, and one loaded Mac Pro in the screening room for PR 3D playback. I'm skeptical whether there's much value in working on a machine with more than 4 procs at the moment. Rendering, yes, working, no. The long-standing problem with iMacs seems to be that because their margins are so thin, contract manufacturers are always trying to sneak lower-spec components past Apple, capacitors in particular, with Apple loath to admit any systemic issue. Net result being tons of user chatter on problems with no corresponding service bulletin, and the annoying "never seen this before" lie that with car makers signals an impending recall. Get AppleCare for sure. Tim Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2012, at 6:23 AM, Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems like a waste to pay for a display that will be outdated in 3 years due to the system it's attached to |
