So buy the best and newest your business can afford it will pay off in the medium-long term, increased performance increased productivity increased profits.

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I now prefer to do development on a Mac and would also like the option of doing ios apps.

So I need a Mac that can run photoshop, dreamweaver ect and be fast enough to multitask.

What would be the cheapest option for a Mac laptop or Desktop that can accomplish this If it is a laptop I would want it to be capable of hooking up external monitor (1440p) and mouse and keyboard so it has to be powerful enough for that.

Add another year or two into the past, and you might start to feel the occasional delay, still without being blocked from accomplishing your tasks.

And, Macs do sometimes glitch or fail (usually one component, as with any machine) within the first few years, but on the whole they have a tradition of fame for longevity, and Apples tended to improve on that over time.

The latest release of OS X from 2015 is supported on some Macs sold in 2007.) If I was going for a nice compromise between cost, performance and longevity, then Id start by looking at their refurbished current-generation Mac mini ( ).

The Mac mini is probably the least performant desktop they sell, but I was able to produce fairly complex multi-track audio and motion graphics on the 2012 version of the thing.

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Id skip the 1.6GHz imac seems a tad limp and your not saving much its the 2.8ghz one you want (thats the 21.5 1080p model) If you see a refurb there good you tend to save something like 10-17 which is nice and get the full one year warranty with the option to buy apple care.

The oldest Mac Pro 1,1, cost less than 100 now, but you may need some upgrade (e.g.

GPU, SSD etc) to make it suit your need.

The base 4,1 cost about 400 (single CPU model), with another 70 to get 4x8G ECC RAM, that can handle everything you said easily.

They are small, somewhat configurable, and should be fine for your stated needs.

My wife uses her 2012 MBA (with 8GB and a processor bump) every day in her job as a web developer.

As mentioned above, an older MP may work, but the 4,1 is circa 2009, and has only USB2, poor (or unusable) bluetooth, and a 6-year old power supply that sucks electricity just sitting there.

Really disappointed that the 2012 Mac Minis had a quad core and the current 2014 ones are only dual core.

When will new Mac Minis be released and do you think they will be quad core.

However, it is power hunger (especially compare to the mini).

This beast can idle at 100W, and draw 300-400W under full load (depends on config).

The 2012 chips all fitted the same motherboard that was why they could give a quad ore version without having to develop a new logic board etc to accommodate it.

Just get an iMac and spend some cash on it, this sounds like a business purchase (correct me if Im wrong) and as such you can get tax rebates and any money spent is an investment.

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