Hello everyone, I've been lurking for awhile ( waiting for any news on the upcoming imacs...) and first I have to say that you guys are a great community, well informed, polite and open to discussion, and I'm really happy to be officially part of the forum now !
Now here is my problem, I hope you guys can help me.
I have a MacBookPro, bought in april 2008, the ones that came with the multitouch interface and leopard.
It has a 2.5ghz intel core 2 duo, 2go of Ram and an Nvidia GeForce 8600 M GT.
I'm really happy with it and it works just fine for what I do.
(I'm an art student, and I do a lot of Photoshop ( sometimes working on really big files, like up to 3gos )Illustrator and Indesign, and I also use keynote to make presentations and imovie to make stop motion animations.
It works just fine with my macbookpro, but the thing is sometimes I wish I had a bigger screen.
I could buy an external screen, but having another computer would be really usefull, and would save the lifespan of my macbookpro, and could also be used by my girlfriend, and I just love the design of these little imac bastards.
I'd like a 24' imac, but I dont know which one to choose.
I would go for the first 24 model, since it's the cheapest, but I don't know about the graphic card and all...
Which one would you say would be the best suited for me ? I just don't want something that's not as powerfull as my macbookpro, or just a bit better. I'd like it to be my main work station, photoshop and indesign would so much better on the 24 screen..
Could you please give me some advice ?
(I don't play any games on my mac, but I do deal with some big files sometimes in photoshop and indesign)
thanks a lot.
Now here is my problem, I hope you guys can help me.
I have a MacBookPro, bought in april 2008, the ones that came with the multitouch interface and leopard.
It has a 2.5ghz intel core 2 duo, 2go of Ram and an Nvidia GeForce 8600 M GT.
I'm really happy with it and it works just fine for what I do.
(I'm an art student, and I do a lot of Photoshop ( sometimes working on really big files, like up to 3gos )Illustrator and Indesign, and I also use keynote to make presentations and imovie to make stop motion animations.
It works just fine with my macbookpro, but the thing is sometimes I wish I had a bigger screen.
I could buy an external screen, but having another computer would be really usefull, and would save the lifespan of my macbookpro, and could also be used by my girlfriend, and I just love the design of these little imac bastards.
I'd like a 24' imac, but I dont know which one to choose.
I would go for the first 24 model, since it's the cheapest, but I don't know about the graphic card and all...
Which one would you say would be the best suited for me ? I just don't want something that's not as powerfull as my macbookpro, or just a bit better. I'd like it to be my main work station, photoshop and indesign would so much better on the 24 screen..
Could you please give me some advice ?
(I don't play any games on my mac, but I do deal with some big files sometimes in photoshop and indesign)
thanks a lot.