Since OP hasn't responded, I just created a new spreadsheet with adjusted price for 27inch model as I described in the quote.
And for the (geekbench score / price) ratio, I have added two more columns that might be interesting to some readers here.
1. Performance / Adj. Price - Ratio column:
Same as what OP did but instead, I divided it by the adjusted price(which is same for all 21.5 inch models, 200 less for 27 inch models)
2. Education discount with iPod touch value calculated as 160 column:
This is for ppl who are looking to buy with education discount. When i calculated the price I subtracted 160 more from education discount(-200 more ontop if 27inch model)
Also, I fixed the minor errors in pricing as OP had $1679 for i5 - 3,6Ghz (corrected to 1699) and $2179 for i7 - 2,93Ghz(corrected to 2199)
As far as i know there are several education programs (at least here in germany), so which one to take? I'll look into it, thanks for the suggestion.
Well I used the US program prices, since you used dollar value of each models in your first version.![]()
Since OP hasn't responded, I just created a new spreadsheet with adjusted price for 27inch model as I described in the quote.
Click here to see the Updated Spreadsheet with few more columns(adjusted price for 27inch and education pricing)
And for the (geekbench score / price) ratio, I have added two more columns that might be interesting to some readers here.
1. Performance / Adj. Price - Ratio column:
Same as what OP did but instead, I divided it by the adjusted price(which is same for all 21.5 inch models, 200 less for 27 inch models)
2. Education discount with iPod touch value calculated as 160 column:
This is for ppl who are looking to buy with education discount. When i calculated the price I subtracted 160 more from education discount(-200 more ontop if 27inch model)
Also, I fixed the minor errors in pricing as OP had $1679 for i5 - 3,6Ghz (corrected to 1699) and $2179 for i7 - 2,93Ghz(corrected to 2199)
As we can see on the table, for new 2010 iMacs, the 21.5 base model and 27inch i7 is giving the biggest bang for your buck.
Obviously, the 21.5 base model dominates more for education pricing ( 5.76 vs 5.41 GeekScore/dollar)
Refurb i7 definitely stands out... it would really stand out if they gave iPod touch for refurbs..
However, if you have dollars to spend and access to education pricing, i guess new iMacs(only base 21.5 and core i7 27inch model) aren't bad at all, as their score/dollar values look pretty comparable to those of refurbs. After all refurbs aren't exactly new. (Although some of them might be new as apple may be busy burning the previous generation stock)
BTW, the reason why i only subtracted 160 for 200 dollar ipod touch is that i figured many people will sell it on ebay around 170 ~ 180 + shipping then there are fee that ebay charges and paypal charges(EVIL!!!!) so that's why it's 160.
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I think the lack of the GPU being in the chart is a huge over sight as the 1 GB and slight GPU upgrade is a big difference between the old and new imacs
Do you thing this is realistic? Other proposals?
Thanks in advance...
hmm where are you getting those results from? i think handbrake benchmarks would be goodactual real world results.
When I look at this carefully again, I think some flaws are actually making the 21.5 inch base model more attractive.
Since it only comes with 500GB HD and can't even customize to upgrade!!!
Also there seems to be a significant difference for GPU for the base model.
fwi there is no discount, education or free ipod for refurb models. Also like other have said this is incredibly skewed as geekbench is HT biased, and only focuses on memory and CPU, not GPU, not harddrive. That 500 GB drive is small and is not factored in. The GPU is THE limiting factor for all macs especially the upper level ones and will be the first thing to become outdated so going for the i5 to get that GPU is a VERY important upgrade. I think the lack of the GPU being in the chart is a huge over sight as the 1 GB and slight GPU upgrade is a big difference between the old and new imacs
It's my first time whit Google Spreadsheet.
I can't find how to download the spreadsheet.
I use Safari 5.0.1 and i can't find a download button somewhere in the spreadsheet.
Somebody could tell me what i miss ?
Tanks
Fair deal
Please see my work-in-progress-version here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...3VyRjJJMVVfVE5ZMFZPQ2c&hl=en&authkey=COqBvfAF
Maybe we can find a way to work on it together? Let me just finish the corrent edits (will take about 2 hours).
Just reducing 200 is a personal choice, depending on what you would pay for the bigger screen. This might be different for others, so the spreadsheet is not objective any more. I thought about this before, but decided against it so far.
It's my first time whit Google Spreadsheet.
I can't find how to download the spreadsheet.
Tanks
Click on "File" (at the top left beneath the Google-Logo) -> "Download as" -> Choose your format.
On the menu bar, click "File" --> "download as" then choose the whatever the format you want to use. Hope this helps.![]()
They tell my browser (Safari 5.0.1) is not compatible.
Il flush all of my google coockies and it's still the same situation.
Wich browser do you use?
Thanks for the hint. I'm anxiously waiting for results for the i7 and the dualcore i5, then i can add the results to the list. Until we don't have results for all of them, it doesn't really make sense to add this information.
But the results of Speedmark match the results from Geekbench basically... The best bang for the buck is the i3 21,5" (and probably the 27" i7).