Hi. I've been asking around here seeing what I should do, and have gotten a little closer to a decision. In Sepember, I'll be old enough to get a job...yay! A whole $6/hr! Not bad for a first job [my dad is friends w/ the manager of the store, thats how I already have it and so maybe there will be moving up quicker than the rest]. But for now, I'm planning on going ahead and buying a new mini or iMac. I've done my homework on this, and figure that I could buy a nice mini [1.42 w/ BT and self upgraded ram and faster hd], around December, or wait until May and get a stock 17" 1.8 iMac. I don't particularly want an eMac, if I'm going to buy new. I know that by the time I get to buying that the prices may come down, or there may be some christmas specials going on, but for the sake of right now prices, what do you say I should do? Buy a mini and upgrade it in December or wait another 5 months and get the iMac?
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I'd get the iMac, although the Mac Mini can be a fast little bugger.
What do you plan on doing with your system?
What do you plan on doing with your system?
iMac if u like all that stuff done fast, wait i could be worth it. ANd after macworld we could see a iMac update
tech4all said:
Well, right now I plan on buying new. But your right, they might not be available. I'll try to get something in that price range though. I may have to get used though.
As for the monitor on the mini, I plan on using my 19" Sony CRT. It has 2 inputs, so that'd be good. I have a DVI>VGA adapter too, but I think the mini comes with one anyway.
If you're doing any video stuff, I'd go with the iMac, just for the extra speed.
And if the 1.8GHz is gone by then, I'm sure the 2GHz will be around the same price as the 1.8GHz is now.
And if the 1.8GHz is gone by then, I'm sure the 2GHz will be around the same price as the 1.8GHz is now.
sk8erboy said:
There is a MacWorld Paris in September. If nothing on the iMac tomorrow then we should be looking for it in September. Then the biggest event of the year MacWorld SF January 2006. Should be more information on Intel partnership if it exists.
