Reply To: How much should I charge for complex layouts?

Good things to know.

I currently have a PC, I’m sad to say. Though it has 16 GB of RAM and a quad-core i7 6700, Windows eats a good chunk of that memory alive by nature. I didn’t have luck with a 2013 Macbook Pro at my day job what with it having kernel panic errors and eventually giving up the ghost. I think Apple desktops are killer at this sort of thing and probably have better parts. Sadly (or perhaps fortunately) the best cross between cheap and good in Mac desktops is currently the 2013 gen Mac Pro (I’m finding Apple certified refurbs for 2500). Once I factor in the Pro’s user replaceable parts and the fact that I already have dual monitors, I’m not thinking it’s worth paying the big bucks for the 2017 iMac’s screen and inability to replace or upgrade internals. I’m also reluctant to face replacing all my cables and peripherals for the sake of switching to Thunderbolt 3. Thoughts on that? I’m not sure I can justify paying $3000 for a computer but the publishing house I work for by day has hired freelance designers only to find the contractors didn’t computers fit for the job. I’d rather not be in their shoes.

And yeah, somehow I have bad luck with pushing computers to the max. My 2014 Mac Mini was so garbage slow with CC 2015 that I ended up having to get rid of it and switch to the lower-cost HP I have now.