need advice: which iMac to get?

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  1. lefty224, Jan 13, 2014

    lefty224 macrumors member

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    I have a choice of 2 used iMacs to get:

    2013: (new body)
    3.2Ghz i5
    8GB Ram
    1TB
    Nvidia GeForce GT 755m
    Facetime HD


    or

    2011 (old body)
    2.93 Ghz i7
    16GB Ram
    1 TB
    ATI Radeon 5750


    Will be primarily for music production and video editing
     
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  2. Apple fanboy, Jan 13, 2014

    Apple fanboy macrumors P6

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    Well the 2013 will be better obviously. Are they both the same price as that would make a difference.
     
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  3. lefty224, Jan 13, 2014

    lefty224 thread starter macrumors member

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    2013 is $200 more and it's the slimmer body but only an i5
     
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  4. Nismo73, Jan 13, 2014

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    Don't people say those 2011 iMacs run a little hot?
     
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  5. Bear, Jan 13, 2014

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    The 2013 has USB 3.
     
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  6. RickRack, Jan 13, 2014

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    I would think the 2013 would be the fastest... and since you are using it for video/music editing wouldn't faster be better? You can probably find MacWorld speedmark testing that would be helpful.
     
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