I’m conflicted. I really want to get a MacPro on the one hand but on the other hand I’ve got to say that I don’t need it.
Anyone here who knows me or has listened to my Spotlight knows that I’m a computer hobbyist more than anything else. Definitely not an IT pro.
Being a hobbyist I feel the urge now and again to upgrade my equipment even though it doesn’t need upgrading. Right now I have a Pentium D 830 with 2 GB RAM, an ATI Radeon 850XT graphics card and approximately 1TB of HDD space and extenal storage space.
What I want to do is record TV so I’ll need a TV tuner card regardless of going with an Apple or staying with my current system. I also want to create small videos set to music for uploading to youtube.
I don’t know if I’ve gone mad. 🙂
I’d like a MacPro for the OS X. Something new. I’d likely buy Parallels to run Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition on the Mac just to have another OS to familiarize myself with too.
Somebody talk me out of doing it. There are a LOT of other things I could spend the money on besides my computer and graphics hobbies but nothing else sounds really enticing. Keep in mind that I’ll have a paid off mortgage and no monthly bills other than utilities so it’s not like I’ll be paying interest on anything. If I choose to buy something it’ll be cash.
Am I just letting my enjoyment of computers and graphics over-ride my good sense or is it something that I could get a lot of mileage out of? Whether or not I’ll actually DO anything with it is a good question too. I like to think so but you never know. My natural tendency to laziness is a whole other topic. :0
I’ve been living on such a tight budget for so long I don’t know if I can make a ‘good’ decision regarding computers if budget isn’t an immediate concern. Comments of all kinds are welcome. Talk me out of it or talk me into it. I need help making the decision.
