Hello Everyone,
I am a college student that has been interested in purchasing an iMac 5K for quite some time now, but a couple of factors have been stopping me from making my final decision. I would GREATLY appreciate some helpful input from anyone who is willing to take the time in reading what I have to say.
I cannot make a decision on which iMac 5K model is right for me. What really throws me off are the new models that were just released this month.
I would greatly appreciate some input from your perspective and I would make my purchase based off of everyone's comments. I will try to make this as easy as possible so I will list a few things that I will use this iMac for.
* = Daily
** = Weekly
What I will use this iMac 5K for:
I do not use 3D editing software, but I do not know if 2GB video memory is enough for the future if I were to keep this machine for more than 5 years (which I plan on doing). The confusing part is that Apple now has 3 new Graphics Cards (R9 M80, R9 M90, and (R9 M95 which can be upgraded to 395X)) and I do not know which would suit my needs based on the list above.
Another thing I get stuck on is storage, I am a person who does not NEED a lot of storage on my machine because I have external 3.0 HDDs so I am debating on a 2TB Fusion drive (for the included 128GB SSD) or the 225GB SSD (which is less likely to produce heat). As for RAM, I will keep the 8GB of RAM since I can upgrade that in the future.
Please keep in mind that I will be using the Education discount so the base prices will be lowered.
Just for a side note:
I do own a Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch and using all of the above software runs smoothly on this machine.
The specs are:
2.4 GHz, i5
4GB RAM
Intel Iris 1536 MB
Thank you again to those who are willing to help me!
I am a college student that has been interested in purchasing an iMac 5K for quite some time now, but a couple of factors have been stopping me from making my final decision. I would GREATLY appreciate some helpful input from anyone who is willing to take the time in reading what I have to say.
I cannot make a decision on which iMac 5K model is right for me. What really throws me off are the new models that were just released this month.
I would greatly appreciate some input from your perspective and I would make my purchase based off of everyone's comments. I will try to make this as easy as possible so I will list a few things that I will use this iMac for.
* = Daily
** = Weekly
What I will use this iMac 5K for:
- Browsing the web (Netflix, social media, online blogs, emails)*
- Listening to Music*
- Editing photos in Photoshop CC*
- Editing (1080p) videos in Final Cut Pro & Premiere Pro CC/After Effects CC*
- Using Illustrator CC (along with all of adobe’s CC applications)*
- Playing video games occasionally (Call of Duty 4, Shovel Knight)**
- Lastly, using Microsoft Office (2011 and 2016)*
I do not use 3D editing software, but I do not know if 2GB video memory is enough for the future if I were to keep this machine for more than 5 years (which I plan on doing). The confusing part is that Apple now has 3 new Graphics Cards (R9 M80, R9 M90, and (R9 M95 which can be upgraded to 395X)) and I do not know which would suit my needs based on the list above.
Another thing I get stuck on is storage, I am a person who does not NEED a lot of storage on my machine because I have external 3.0 HDDs so I am debating on a 2TB Fusion drive (for the included 128GB SSD) or the 225GB SSD (which is less likely to produce heat). As for RAM, I will keep the 8GB of RAM since I can upgrade that in the future.
Please keep in mind that I will be using the Education discount so the base prices will be lowered.
Just for a side note:
I do own a Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch and using all of the above software runs smoothly on this machine.
The specs are:
2.4 GHz, i5
4GB RAM
Intel Iris 1536 MB
Thank you again to those who are willing to help me!