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Low Cost Hardware Upgrade?
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Hey all! I'm trying to teach myself graphics on a budget and have been learning a lot for Affinity desktop on my old MacBook 2011 core2duo. I want to make an upgrade but need to stay inside of a tiny budget ( ~$250 - 300) my current options are:
2011 Mac mini with a 2.7ghz i7 processor, 8gm of ram, and a AMD Radeon HD 6630M 256MB [no metal capability]
Or
2012 Mac mini with a 2.5ghz i5 processor, 8gm ram and an intel HD Graphics 4000 with 1536MB [metal capable]
My question is whether I'm going to have a better work station with the i7 non-metal capable Mac, or with the i5 Mac that is metal capable.. or is it really just worth it to get something with the i7 and metal capability.
Just looking for a affordable machine to get my foot in the door? Mostly doing basic graphics (web banners, logos etc.) and photo edits (cleaning up my old Cannon EOSM shots for hobby)
Obviously anything is going to be a major improvement from what I'm coming from!
Thanks a bunch!