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Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum?

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In article <l7ecla$hmh$1@news.albasani.net>, User Bp <bp@www.zefox.net>
wrote:

> The screws are slowly tightening on my old G4 mini. It still works,
> but essentially no current software exists for it. The obvious choice
> is to buy an Intel mini, but Apple sells a lot of other Intel machines 
> and I wondered if there might be an under-appreciated machine that
> offers more bang for the buck. iMacs are nice, but I've got plenty
> of screens and it seems folly to buy the two locked together, so if
> one fails the other is scrap.
> 
> Doesn't have to be new, but I'd like to get something with at least
> a couple more OS generations in it. Performance requirements are modest,
> mostly Web surfing and running a little 2d CAD. From recent experience
> the hardware isn't an issue but software lifetime is very much so.
> 
> It appears that video subsystem limits were a big issue in recent
> Mac OS X upgrades, if anybody's got a crystal ball please speak up.
> 
> Thanks for reading,

The sweet spot is a brand new top-end Mac Pro with four 4K displays ...
that's defintely "sweet" ;-) , but hideously expensive.

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Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? User Bp <bp@www.zefox.net> - 2013-12-01 04:07 +0000
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-30 23:20 -0500
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-01 21:06 +1300
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-01 18:42 +0000
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-01 15:05 -0500
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Craig Harrison <email@domain.com> - 2013-12-01 20:49 +0000
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-02 12:29 +1300
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2013-12-01 15:22 -0500
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-01 04:23 +0000
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-30 23:34 -0500
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-30 21:30 -0800
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-01 00:37 -0500
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-02 15:56 -0800
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-03 13:19 +1300
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-02 19:35 -0500
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2013-12-01 18:28 -0500
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-12-01 12:17 -0700
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-02 09:11 +1300
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-01 23:04 -0500
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-02 18:11 +1300
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-02 18:27 +0000
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? cosme.marley@gmail.com - 2013-12-02 23:25 -0800
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-03 04:39 -0500
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-04 09:05 +1300
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? rcp27g@gmail.com - 2013-12-04 05:55 -0800
            Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-04 18:06 +0000
            Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-05 09:01 +1300
              Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? rcp27g@gmail.com - 2013-12-06 02:27 -0800

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