When you’re an alpha Mac geek, you can expect a common Christmas greeting from friends and relatives each and every year. It goes something like this: “My son/daughter/mom/dad/wife wants a new Mac for Christmas — what should I get them?”
When I hear this question, if I’m lucky, the person asking the question has given me some other hints. For example, a client asked me last week about a new Mac for her kids, and she gave me several criteria — it would be nice if it was fairly inexpensive, lasted about 4 years and worked for her son, who dabbles with Adobe Creative Suite and GarageBand. My solution, in that case, was to recommend a base 21.5″ iMac, which at US$1199, comes with 4GB of RAM, a 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 dual-core processor and a 500GB hard drive. That should last for more than 4 years of good service. It also has enough RAM to make Adobe CS at least slightly happy and a big enough hard drive to store a lot of songs.
But often I don’t get that extra information from friends or clients who are asking about which Mac to buy. For those folks, I have a set of guidelines that I update annually based on the type of recipient. To see my 2010 edition of the “Which Mac should you buy?” guide, click the Read More link below and get ready to run to the Apple Store to buy your gift.
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