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is it time for a new imac?

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joannemuck

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I am trying to figure out if its time for a new computer....My mac is almost 6 years old and I am using all of the RAM. I am a designer and I run both photoshop and illustrator and I have a lot of photos and music. I have a back up hard drive and I know I could store more things there, but I just looked at how much RAM and memory I have and after comparing that to what is now available, I am wondering if it would be easier to upgrade to a newer model? Or can I add more RAM???

Thanks in advance~
 
If you need a new Mac, buy a new Mac.

What are you using currently? I am still doing lots of Photoshop and Illustrator work on a 7 year old aluminum PowerBook G4. It's definitely time for an upgrade. I'm holding out for rev'd iMacs. With today's new MacBook Pro release, I'm sure iMacs will follow suit in the coming weeks/months.
 
I'm also waiting for a new iMac... Today's MBP-update was quite underwhelming, so I'm interested to see what they're going to do with the iMac. Thunderbolt has to be added at the very least, and I honestly can't imagine anyone buying a Mac without Thunderbolt right now.
 
My interest is piqued regarding the new imacs! I think I have 232.57 GB of ram? 2 GB of memory and a processing speed of 2.16 ghz.....
 
If you can wait until the update I would recommend that.

The iMacs are almost certainly going to be upgraded in the first half of this year, and quite possibly in the next month or so.
 
With Apple you are best off buying right after a product refresh since they don't really lower prices very often. I would wait just so you can get an iMac with one of the new Thunderbolt connectors since you wouldn't be able to add one otherwise.
 
Tyrion said:
I'm also waiting for a new iMac... Today's MBP-update was quite underwhelming, so I'm interested to see what they're going to do with the iMac. Thunderbolt has to be added at the very least, and I honestly can't imagine anyone buying a Mac without Thunderbolt right now.
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thunderbold will come to all Mac's soon , so prepare to sell your ancient Mac without thunderbold you cant use a Mac any longer as a computer , just as a
paperweight
 
dh2005 said:
You think?!

I don't agree. I think it's a considerable improvement. Particularly toward the top-end of the range.
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Quad-cores are nice, but I wouldn't buy a mobile device with a Superdrive in 2011. If they had offered a combination of HSS and SSD, I would have considered the 17". As things stand, I'll have to go for an iMac with an SSD and an HDD.
 
MacHamster68 said:
thunderbold will come to all Mac's soon , so prepare to sell your ancient Mac without thunderbold you cant use a Mac any longer as a computer , just as a
paperweight
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Well yeah, my MBP is 3.5 years old and doesn't perform as well as it used to. Now that Thunderbolt has been introduced, I'd have to be an idiot to buy a new Mac without this port.
 
I am undecided with between a new mac pro and an iMac. I am waiting to see what the new iterations will be like.

I would like to see apple introduce a few things into both- namely flash storage and SSDs.

come on apple- give us thunderbolt or light peak or whatever you want to call it and give us new displays that cut the cable clutter.
 
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