iMac decision

[iEric]

Hey,

I'm looking to buy an iMac G5, 20 inch and I have a decision to make..maybe you guys can help me...

I can either pay $2100 for the latest, 2.0 Ghz one OR, $1800 for the last revision which was the 1.8Ghz one.

Which one should I get?

I'd mostly be...playing some games, a bit of photoshop (not heavy), word processing, music, internet, downloads, mail. And I'm hoping the iMac will last me for a solid 4 years.

So, which one should i get? Note that the newer one does have a faster video card....and I will be waiting TV on the iMac with the eyeTV Wonder.
I'm leaning towards the newer one. It's only $300 more, I might as well get the best? Right??

-Eric

 

[papersushi]

Absolutely get new Rev. B
You can reference to this thread, enough said.
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1573633#post1573633

 

[mad jew]

You'll be after the best GPU you can get, so I'd say the rev B too.

 

[FFTT]

They should probably post this as a Rev A iMac G5 warning.

http://www.oliver-kreuzenbeck.de/iMac_problems/iMac.html

Midplane board capacitors are cooking after about 6 months.

 

[Artful Dodger]

I'd say Rev.b and the price difference just spread it over 4 yrs. or better yet the little extras that are nice to have all at once