iMac Needed For Logic Pro In Cyprus But....

[vengasuk]

Hello all,

I have moved to Cyprus in the past year & even though they do have for sale many Apple products, there is no Official Apple Store which means an i7 3.4 iMac is unavailable here. Importing from a UK or US store that may have that model or even eBay is a solution but what happens when the computer needs repairs as iMacs do have problems. My aging Mac Pro is in need of an upgrade, Logic 9 demands CPU power & i use alot of synths & effects. New Mac Pro is too expensive only to dispose of it in 4 years when i hoped it would last quite a bit longer. The iMacs available here are i5 models which wont handle the sometimes 64 tracks with about 10 plugins on each that i use. Im not expecting much of an increase from Ivy Bridge i5's when theyre available. It seems to get powerful processing, you got to go quad i7. Any ideas are most welcome!

 

[derbothaus]

You are right. i7 will be roughly 2x faster in Logic because of Hyperthreaded cores. Ivy is a die shrink and on board GPU increase. Not expecting anything over 5-10% increase clock for clock. Try to find the i7 iMac or better yet get a used Mac Pro Quad and buy a Xeon W36xx 6-core. Even more tracks than the i7 iMac.

 

[vengasuk]

There might be companies that sell grey imports of the i7 but i dont have a clue as to where you would stand on a warranty, Cyprus is a country where you do not get a refund, you get an exchange & that is only by pressure & not due to the shopkeeper looking after his/her business. The sale of goods act means nothing here. I think i will keep my 2008 Pro & load it up with SSD Raid for the OS & mechanical HDDs for alot of storage i will be needing & when extra CPU power is needed, get a Mini Server & node it up to theoretically get double the software tracks. Thanks for your help though.