Johnny N.
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I know there are some Mac users in here so I thought I'd think out loud here for a minute and see if you guys can lead me.
We have never bought a Mac computer for us, but have for our daughter, and are thinking about getting one since our PC is limping toward certain death. I like the idea of not getting bogged down with adware and virus messes and I like the idea of the built in stuff like GarageBand, iMovie, and whatever the photo editing is. What I don't like is I've never laid out that much cash for a computer. If I want the large screen, they start at $1,800 as opposed to doing what I normally do and buy a PC for $400-500 on sale.
So I was in Costco and they had a big monitor on sale at $179 so it got me thinking maybe the mini is a good way to go. I already have keyboard and mouse so I'd just need the monitor. Then I looked at them and for it to make sense, I'd need to be at the $499 level but of course there isn't much power there. Not that I need a ton, see above uses. So I'm not sure if it makes sense to go up to the next one or bite the bullet and spend the $1,800.
So just looking for guidance based on that use. I wouldn't mind doing some minor recording and fooling around with pictures and videos, and that's assuming that I ever get around to it. Otherwise, the computer for us is pictures, text files like spreadsheets or real estate related stuff. Nothing that requires much power.
We have never bought a Mac computer for us, but have for our daughter, and are thinking about getting one since our PC is limping toward certain death. I like the idea of not getting bogged down with adware and virus messes and I like the idea of the built in stuff like GarageBand, iMovie, and whatever the photo editing is. What I don't like is I've never laid out that much cash for a computer. If I want the large screen, they start at $1,800 as opposed to doing what I normally do and buy a PC for $400-500 on sale.
So I was in Costco and they had a big monitor on sale at $179 so it got me thinking maybe the mini is a good way to go. I already have keyboard and mouse so I'd just need the monitor. Then I looked at them and for it to make sense, I'd need to be at the $499 level but of course there isn't much power there. Not that I need a ton, see above uses. So I'm not sure if it makes sense to go up to the next one or bite the bullet and spend the $1,800.
So just looking for guidance based on that use. I wouldn't mind doing some minor recording and fooling around with pictures and videos, and that's assuming that I ever get around to it. Otherwise, the computer for us is pictures, text files like spreadsheets or real estate related stuff. Nothing that requires much power.