Hello Everyone,
This is my first post and i am looking for purchasing advice
I currently am running imac flatpanel 17 g4 at 800 mhz, 76m ram....
its an old machine by today's standards but it still serves me(sad that computers get old in six years time since they are an expensive piece of equipment)
I used to be great with computers and would always buy top of the line products, but recently i got a bit older and I do not use computers much like I had. Today basically I just browse the internet, download, word processors...nothing amazing.
I am though looking to run photoshop, flash, imovie, and even final cut pro or express doesnt matter. Nothing professional here, if it was I know what Ill buy, but this is in a hobby kind of way. Light stuff, simple projects...
I am also looking to run some games using bootcamp on windows. Am not game freak looking for best of graphics but for a brand new mac I expect it to run bioshock and civilization, heck it should run even crysis.
I am confused with the screen real estate. As far as I can remember back then 17 inc was the coolest thing in the world, and to have 20 inch screen is totally pro stuff...this was back then though.
I have two options here that I would pick from.
the First is the $1500 model which is 20 inch, 2.6GHZ Imach
or Top of the line $2200 3.0Ghz, 24inch imac.
Now on the 17 inch, i am facing problems with real estate of the screen and really wish I had a bigger screen. Is 20 big enough? As far as I hear that 24 is a bit WAY too big...
The other question is , is there really a huge difference between the ATI 2600 card and the Nvidia GeFore 8800?
what about the difference in CPU of 2.6 and 3.0 GHZ? I hear that a .4 GHZ isnt really much difference?! i also hear that most people that buy top of the line are paying a bit extra...
i really do not want to buy anything that I do not need, because I read at macworld.com this article that says that Imacs are really fast now with the Core2dou and they can run Top apps like photoshop with no worries. Back in the day this machine didnt have much worries with the photoshop too.
please advice me, this is a consumer machine not professional business. I wouldnt mind paying for top of the line if it really deserves it(specially the 24 inch screen) but if I will be paying for something I dont need then I will probably be wasting my money...
I have not been up to date with computer technology lately and I sound like a 50 year old man looking at computers and wondering what is a Ghz!? Real sad, I used to be asked by family and friends for pc advice....
This is my first post and i am looking for purchasing advice
I currently am running imac flatpanel 17 g4 at 800 mhz, 76m ram....
its an old machine by today's standards but it still serves me(sad that computers get old in six years time since they are an expensive piece of equipment)
I used to be great with computers and would always buy top of the line products, but recently i got a bit older and I do not use computers much like I had. Today basically I just browse the internet, download, word processors...nothing amazing.
I am though looking to run photoshop, flash, imovie, and even final cut pro or express doesnt matter. Nothing professional here, if it was I know what Ill buy, but this is in a hobby kind of way. Light stuff, simple projects...
I am also looking to run some games using bootcamp on windows. Am not game freak looking for best of graphics but for a brand new mac I expect it to run bioshock and civilization, heck it should run even crysis.
I am confused with the screen real estate. As far as I can remember back then 17 inc was the coolest thing in the world, and to have 20 inch screen is totally pro stuff...this was back then though.
I have two options here that I would pick from.
the First is the $1500 model which is 20 inch, 2.6GHZ Imach
or Top of the line $2200 3.0Ghz, 24inch imac.
Now on the 17 inch, i am facing problems with real estate of the screen and really wish I had a bigger screen. Is 20 big enough? As far as I hear that 24 is a bit WAY too big...
The other question is , is there really a huge difference between the ATI 2600 card and the Nvidia GeFore 8800?
what about the difference in CPU of 2.6 and 3.0 GHZ? I hear that a .4 GHZ isnt really much difference?! i also hear that most people that buy top of the line are paying a bit extra...
i really do not want to buy anything that I do not need, because I read at macworld.com this article that says that Imacs are really fast now with the Core2dou and they can run Top apps like photoshop with no worries. Back in the day this machine didnt have much worries with the photoshop too.
please advice me, this is a consumer machine not professional business. I wouldnt mind paying for top of the line if it really deserves it(specially the 24 inch screen) but if I will be paying for something I dont need then I will probably be wasting my money...
I have not been up to date with computer technology lately and I sound like a 50 year old man looking at computers and wondering what is a Ghz!? Real sad, I used to be asked by family and friends for pc advice....
