Another rMBP vs iMac thread.

[NbinHD]

Simple. Uses:
School work - Parallels (Windows 8 for booting) and Microsoft office, but may start using pages.
YouTube.
General browsing.
Computer:
Baseline 13'' Retina MBP (i5, 4gb, 128gb ssd).
Or a baseline 21.5 iMac (i5, 8gb, 500gb HDD).

I currently have a MBP 13'', that i recently sold and found with parallels and say a youtube video playing at the same time, when booting parallels it would freeze up and take a while to load, so more ram would be good. But the ssd and retina screen is so tempting. What do you guys think is a better option?

 

[NbinHD]

Anyone? Should i get the 8gb upgrade on the RMBP? But is out of my price range TBH.

 

[webcity]

It really boils down to do you need portability? Will you be using the computer mainly at a desk? These two questions will answer your question.

In question of the ram, if you go for the MBPr, I would definitely go with the 8GB upgrade as you can't upgrade it afterwards.

 

[jondunford]

rmbp if you want a laptop

iMac if you want a desktop

 

[NbinHD]

Sorry, i forgot to add to the OP. No, i dont need the portibility, so i guess its the imac. I just cant help not thinking about the ssd.

 

[webcity]

Sorry, i forgot to add to the OP. No, i dont need the portibility, so i guess its the imac. I just cant help not thinking about the ssd.

If you can't afford an ssd in the iMac, take a look at the fusion drives, there are almost as good.