I need a new computer in the worst way. I was wondering if any of you could help me decide what to do. I don't have huge files I work with but eventually will start scanning my 8/10 and 5/7 negatives when I get a Epson 750. That is down the road and I'm not in a hurry to do that. Perhaps when I retire in a year and a half. Right now I scan 35mm and work with some modest digital files. There is a fella down the road from me that sells Mac Pros to the creative community. He goes through and puts in what you want, repasted, etc. and is honest with a good reputation. He gives a one year labor warranty. I don't know if I should get a new Mac Mini loaded up with a new monitor for roughly the same money for the 2008 MP that he has gone through. Here's the specs (and price)for the MP .........
I have a quote for a Mac that can run the following applications :
Adobe CS5.1 Photoshop
Apple Aperture 3.5.1
Adobe Lightroom 5
Hamrick VueScan 9.4.27 (I was unable to determine the minimum system requirements for this app .)
She will be a remanufactured machine with the following re-certified components .
2008 2.8 GHz Eight Core Mac Pro (MacPro 3,1) . 2 x Harperton Quad Core Xeons . $700.00
16 GB 677 MHz FB-DIMM memory . $ 50.00
Geforce 8800GT Mac Edition 512MB Vram video card with DVI + DVI . Open CL capable . $ 0.00
120 GB SSD Samsung 840 EVO (brand new) . For OS X and apps . With Icy Dock adapter . $115.00
3 TB HDD Seagate 7200 RPM (brand new) . For data . Model ST3000DM001 . $110.00
14x Blu-ray burner 128 GB . (brand new) . Reads and writes CD , DVD and Blu-ray discs . $ 85.00
Bluetooth , internal , Apple brand . $10.00
Wifi card , internal , Apple brand . $10.00
USB3 two external ports PCIe card . (brand new) . (requires OS X 10.8.2 or later .) $50.00
Labor charge for rebuild $250.00
total $1380.00
7% tax $96.60
grand total (cash price) $1476.60
Anyways I'm at a loss and was wondering if anyone could help me. Thanks in advance for your help.
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