I would wait until the new Mac Pro comes out next year. Sent from my iPad
> On May 10, 2018, at 9:50 PM, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: > > I have a quad core i7 late 2012 Mac Mini with the stock 5400rpm 1TB drive and > 8GB RAM. I use it exclusively for music reation and education (mainly my own) > with Logic and Pro Tools. My sample libraries are stored on an external > MyBook 3TB drive which is also shared with time Machine. Consequently, once > per hour, there's a little gligtchiness sometimes if I happen to be playing > something that draws heavily on sampled content when TM runs. Granted, it > only lasts for a second or two because the machine does not require much in > the way of backups, as very little on it changes. > > > So I'm starting to think it's time for an upgrade. But what to upgrade? > > > Clearly more memory would help, as well as replacing the mechanical drive > with a solid-state drive. There's also the main hardware, which surely can't > be upgradable to the next operating system forever. I ran into this with a > 2009 iMac when Sierra was released. For disk replacement, Crucial has a 2TB > drive for five hundred dollars--that's just twenty-five cents US per gig--a > very nice price. I'm quite fond of Crucial solid-state disks, as I already > own two other smaller units used in other machine. I figure if I changed out > the 1TB rotating drive for a 2TB SSD and moved all my sample libraries to > that drive, that would also eliminate the USB 3 slow-down (if there really is > one, which I'm not convinced there is), then that USB drive would be used > exclusively for Time Machine backups. > > > Another option is to purchase an empty Mac Pro and put the Crucial 2TB drive > and lots of memory into it, then set the rest of it up as above. But how long > will a Mac Pro last before it, too, can no longer be upgraded? With the price > of Apple hardware ever increasing, will I eventually get priced out of > upgrading? > > > Everybody says it's bad practice to mix system and data files on a drive. But > if it's a solid-state drive, how could this be bad? > > > If I obtain a Mac Pro, which model year has the highest expandability > quotient? i.e., which one can I keep the longest and expand the most into the > future before it won't be expandable/ upgradable any more, like my old 2009 > iMac turned out to be when Sierra was released. > > So, what would you do? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
