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What about Mac Mini + minimum viable ssd (256-512GB) + eGPU + decent SSD like Samsung T5 (budget) or X5 (high end) ? After today's announcements this is what I
by shoo_pl 7y ago
What about Mac Mini + minimum viable ssd (256-512GB) + eGPU + decent SSD like Samsung T5 (budget) or X5 (high end) ?
After today's announcements this is what I am looking at. The only problem I see is that current eGPUs do not support the 5k thunderbolt monitor, with exception of Blackmagic (but like most of apple products those are crazy expensive and non-upgradeable).
Until that 5k monitor situation is solved, I am stuck with iMac. I tested various 4k monitors, and somehow I find the 5k Retina (1440p) to be sweet spot for daily usage & development.
Edit: Funny thing is, if you count the $$ for above set up, you will find out it costs as much - if not more - then similar 2019 iMac. So it probably does down the the question - do you really need that top-of-the-line GPU from AMD (which isn't that fast anyway)? It seems that buying iMac that you can still sell for 50% of original price after 2-3 years and simply getting new one with specs bumped might be the same result as being able to update your ram/gpu/ssd/monitor
Seems that iMac truly is the sweat spot for most "pros" that want a desktop.
- eemil 7y agoCompared to a Mac Pro, you'll be giving up * Desktop-grade cooling * Multithreaded CPU performance (4-6 vs 8-28 cores) * PCI-e lanes + expandability (via PCI-e slot) * RAM expandable to 1.5 TB * dual 10 GBit ethernet Not all "pros" have the same requirements. In your case, maybe the Mac Mini is adequate.