Refurbished iMac 27" OR New iMac 21.5"

[ImKay]

I will be using the iMac to game, record gaming for YouTube, Photoshop for my art GCSE, Cinema 4d for making intros and various animations, Sony Vegas via Boot-camp or parallels.

Games I may play :
COD 4
COD 5
Amnesia
Minecraft (the game I Record)

So here are my options :

27"
Originally released July 2010
27-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB memory
1TB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics with 1GB memory
Built-in iSight camera

@ The cost of £1,289.00

OR

21.5"
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512MB GDDR5
Apple Magic Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)

@ The cost of £1,568.99


Once I pick the hard bit is trying to get my mum to purchase one before my birthday (27" If chosen) to avoid them running out of stock

Also what is the quality on refurb items ?

EDIT THE 27" iMac has 2.93GHz Intel Quad-Core i7

 

[JasonR]

I'd go with the 27" personally. Apple's refurb items are EXCELLENT quality. Pretty much same as new...

 

[Rosh]

why don't you get the new 27inch 2.7 i5 imac. it's £1400. The difference between the 2.7 and 2.8 is minimal.

edit:

also, upgrading the ram from apple is more expensive than buying from third party companies.
BUT if you do buy from apple, the imac 27, 2.7 with 8GB RAM will be, £1,558.99

 

[ImKay]

Yeah, Thanks for the replys but i have to consider the higher the price the harder for me to obtain!

 

[CatOhCat]

I just saw a refurbished imac 27" i7 2.94GHz, and I bought that set immediately. It's benchmark is only slightly behind the new 2011 i7 3.4GHz. And I saved like $1200 compared to a new one.