If you wanna save money and buy Windows computer desktop

[piatti]

What combination would you recommend?
Basically I want to do a lot of multitasking without lagging.

I guess I want something like iMac but I think the one-in-all is expensiver than seperate monitors and computer, so I want a Windows PC and Monitor combination that would allow me to have the iMac experience except I would be using hackintosh and it would be a lot cheaper.

 

[iParis]

Your post.. really confuses me. If you're asking about what desktop PC configuration to buy, why are you posting it in the iMac section of the forum?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Get as much RAM as you can get, most MoBos support 16 to 32GB RAM.

 

[Consultant]

You won't have the "iMac experience". Won't be the same.

Why can't you just connect your MacBook Pro to an external display?

 

[piatti]

You won't have the "iMac experience". Won't be the same.

Why can't you just connect your MacBook Pro to an external display?

It starts to lag when I have 3 different browsers on. Maybe because I have just 33GB left and I need to free up more space?

Does any kind of external display work? Not just ones made by apple?

 

[Consultant]

Just about all external displays work with a Mac.

Apple laptop's Mini DisplayPort can connect to HDMI or DVI (I think VGA too?).

3 different browser should not lag your computer. You might need flash blocker. I typically got Safari, Firefox, and Chrome with total of 100 tabs or more open on my 2011 MBP with 8GB of RAM and SSD.

 

[AdrianK]

If you're going to get a cheap desktop and hackintosh it, building it yourself is a must. That way you can get a mobo and GPU that won't require any extreme hacking to get audio and video working.

 

[malman89]

Just about all external displays work with a Mac.

Apple laptop's Mini DisplayPort can connect to HDMI or DVI (I think VGA too?).

For the record, Apple's Mini DisplayPort does work with VGA, as long as one has an adapter of course. We're a totally Mac environment at work and have a refurb 17" MBP that gets brought to many presentations and events and works like a charm.

 

[piatti]

If you're going to get a cheap desktop and hackintosh it, building it yourself is a must. That way you can get a mobo and GPU that won't require any extreme hacking to get audio and video working.

Wait.. I thought hackintosh was like using Mac on a Windows by something like Bootcamp or Virtualbox illegally, no?

 

[roxxette]

Wait.. I thought hackintosh was like using Mac on a Windows by something like Bootcamp or Virtualbox illegally, no?

Not quite , search google and check compatible video cards/sound and drivers etc etc . In the end you are better with the options other members have told you , either get the imac or external monitor route.