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contrary, today??™s consumer Mac is a powerhouse of technology. The main difference is that
consumer Macs are loaded, while professional Macs are loaded for bear!
As evidenced by the iMac??™s built-in monitor, the Mac mini??™s incredibly small size, or the
MacBook??™s built-in camera, Apple??™s consumer products are intended to be easy to use, incredibly
stylish, and, above all, affordable. Their main function is to be an extension of their users??™
everyday lives??”or as Apple terms it, iLife. Most people who use computers simply need to send
emails, surf the Web, download and edit pictures and video, play games, listen to music, and
perhaps burn a DVD or two. Consumer Macs are more than capable of handling these tasks that
are becoming a bigger and bigger part of our lives with each passing year.
Professional Macs are designed for maximum computing power, and most people probably
won??™t need power of this magnitude. The professional Mac is meant to be upgradeable and
expandable to the extreme. Tons of RAM (memory), outrageously fast video cards, and lots and
lots of hard drive space are required for demanding tasks such as movie editing, rendering of
huge graphics files, or compiling thousands of lines of code, tasks the vast majority of us will
never have a real need for.
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