Old mac or new? 12 hours to decide...

[Poncho]

Do i get 2008 iMac 24" Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz/2GB/500GB/ SuperDrive/nvidia8800 that shop in London is holding for me till 5pm tomorrow...

Cost: £1200

Or wait and save and get 2009 24"
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
640GB HD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256MB:

Cost £1400 with work discount.

The 2009 machine pus me off because of the 256MB Card.

The old machine has a 512Mb card.

But then you can expand the 2009 later with an extra 4Gb of RAM.'s bothering me, plus paying £1400 for a computer these days seems madness.

£122 for a computer I can just justify to myself...

It's the card that

 

[Eidorian]

RAM is cheap and user upgradeable while the CPU and video card aren't. The "older" 3.06 GHz model with the 8800M GTS has the sweet spot of being the value performance champion.

Keep in mind the previous and current models are using the same processors.

 

[Tesselator]

Do i get 2008 iMac 24" Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz/2GB/500GB/ SuperDrive/nvidia8800 that shop in London is holding for me till 5pm tomorrow...

Cost: £1200

Or wait and save and get 2009 24"
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
640GB HD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256MB:

Cost £1400 with work discount.

The 2009 machine pus me off because of the 256MB Card.

The old machine has a 512Mb card.

But then you can expand the 2009 later with an extra 4Gb of RAM.'s bothering me, plus paying £1400 for a computer these days seems madness.

£122 for a computer I can just justify to myself...

It's the card that

Get the new one!!!

 

[Poncho]

50/50 on votes from you guys so far!

 

[Tesselator]

50/50 on votes from you guys so far!

Yeah, but I don't really know what I'm talking about! I just think I remember someone here saying that there were more better ports, features, options, and expandability on the new machine(s) over the old one(s).

Thinking about it now all I really know is that they weren't talking about the Mac Pro. So which iMac I dunno - or was it the mac Mini? etc.

Besides I rag too much on Apple for the lousy MP upgrades so I feel like I have to say something good about something they released new...

 

[aaquib]

Go with the old iMac. A faster processor and better graphics for 200 cheaper. The only limitation is the maximum of 4GB RAM.

 

[Eidorian]

Go with the old iMac. A faster processor and better graphics for 200 cheaper. The only limitation is the maximum of 4GB RAM.

It should still be 6 GB.

 

[Poncho]

Guys! Guys! Just Got Me A Refurb 10 Mins Ago...

Been hitting the UK Apple store like a rat on crack all day and guess what? The 208 model just turned up for £1149.

That'll pay for the extra 2GB RAM and soothe my conscious........