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- Feb 23, 2014
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- Motherboard
- MSI H55M P31
- CPU
- Core i7 870
- Graphics
- Nvidia 9600GT
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
So I'm in need of a new PC and I'm looking to buy or build one in May or June of this coming year, and I've dabbled with OSX86 on my PC a while back and this was mainly to see whether I can do what I do in Windows on a Mac and get acclimated etc etc.
My current system is a Core i7 870 (2.93GHz) 8GB RAM / 240GB SSD / Nvidia 9600GT which just turned 5 years old last month. My main activities these days consist of Video Editing, Audio Mixing, Photo Editing, and 3D Graphics using Vegas, Premiere, After Effects, Audacity, Audition, Photoshop, Paint.NET, and Blender.
As you could probably imagine, my system is showing it's age these days and I'm looking for something fairly powerful.
In a nutshell I want a current generation core i7 with 16GB of RAM and at least 240GB of SSD storage (I could carry my current SSD over to the my next computer) and a 27" monitor. I don't care that much about video cards unless it can help with rendering speeds.
Now the main reason I'm switching over to Macintosh is that I'm just tired of headaches. I've built and customized my PCs for years and I've reached a point to where I just want hit the power button and I want things to work. I'm tired of fending off malware or downloading an insane amount of updates every time I re install because M$ is too lazy to make another service pack for Windows 7 even though it has mainstream support. I digress.
I understand that an iMac of these specs would run me about $2,000 and if I build a CustoMac of these specs and purchase a monitor the cost would roughly be $1500 or so.
Which leads me to my question. If I build a CustoMac with compatible hardware and follow the instructions would I basically have a Macintosh in all but name? I don't mind putting in the extra effort to get there but once I've finished the process, I want for the hassle to be over so I can get to the fun stuff.
FWIW: I'm a fairly well versed individual technologically speaking and I don't have a problem with voiding warranties flashing custom BIOSes/EFIs or Firmwares, etc.
So given my predicament; which is the better course of action to take?
My current system is a Core i7 870 (2.93GHz) 8GB RAM / 240GB SSD / Nvidia 9600GT which just turned 5 years old last month. My main activities these days consist of Video Editing, Audio Mixing, Photo Editing, and 3D Graphics using Vegas, Premiere, After Effects, Audacity, Audition, Photoshop, Paint.NET, and Blender.
As you could probably imagine, my system is showing it's age these days and I'm looking for something fairly powerful.
In a nutshell I want a current generation core i7 with 16GB of RAM and at least 240GB of SSD storage (I could carry my current SSD over to the my next computer) and a 27" monitor. I don't care that much about video cards unless it can help with rendering speeds.
Now the main reason I'm switching over to Macintosh is that I'm just tired of headaches. I've built and customized my PCs for years and I've reached a point to where I just want hit the power button and I want things to work. I'm tired of fending off malware or downloading an insane amount of updates every time I re install because M$ is too lazy to make another service pack for Windows 7 even though it has mainstream support. I digress.
I understand that an iMac of these specs would run me about $2,000 and if I build a CustoMac of these specs and purchase a monitor the cost would roughly be $1500 or so.
Which leads me to my question. If I build a CustoMac with compatible hardware and follow the instructions would I basically have a Macintosh in all but name? I don't mind putting in the extra effort to get there but once I've finished the process, I want for the hassle to be over so I can get to the fun stuff.
FWIW: I'm a fairly well versed individual technologically speaking and I don't have a problem with voiding warranties flashing custom BIOSes/EFIs or Firmwares, etc.
So given my predicament; which is the better course of action to take?