Choosing a new MAC...

[Michael L]

Thank you! Some nice ideas. Separate ssd for apps & data?

[llDNLll]

I have Windows installed on 1 ssd and sierra on other (I use windows for a bit of gaming ).

[Paul_Weaver]

My wife (photographer) recently bought a 2015 MBP because she wanted the function keys and usb; it is still a quad i7 with SSD and the CPU is only a bit slower (Novabench test: 2016 MacBook Pro 727; 2015 MacBook Pro’s 707) but SSD and graphics are ~30% faster. She also wanted it to run cool so we chose the slower speed in that CPU's thermal range.

If you want an iMac, wait until late this year! Apple announced the iMac will have major "pro" upgrade in 2017. According to a report on Pike's Universum the new iMacs could offer Xeon processors (a lot more cache), up to 62GB RAM, faster SSDs, and AMD graphics.

Expect a comically higher price of course.

Well, they are going to announce it soon, but i would not be able to stand the price. I am still having the mac from 2015 and it still looks nice.