Which Mac to buy?

[Sohailt00]

recently decided to buy a Mac . However, i CANNOT decide which mac to buy, the MBA or iMac . I don't want to buy MBP it's too ex.

My req:
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-Daily Internet Browsing
-Normal Games,Apps(from mac app store and internet) Eg;Minecraft,iMovie
iMovie export and import should not take long
-Fast machine
-Fast video buffering

I don't mind if the MBA does not have CD hole or firewire. I have a another computer for that. However i want to make this mac to be my personal one.
Please reply!

 

[jeremyx]

This makes no sense. MBA is for portability, iMac not so much. Do you need a laptop or a desktop?

 

[eyespii]

recently decided to buy a Mac . However, i CANNOT decide which mac to buy, the MBA or iMac . I don't want to buy MBP it's too ex.

My req:
___________________________________________________________________

-Daily Internet Browsing
-Normal Games,Apps(from mac app store and internet) Eg;Minecraft,iMovie
iMovie export and import should not take long
-Fast machine
-Fast video buffering

I don't mind if the MBA does not have CD hole or firewire. I have a another computer for that. However i want to make this mac to be my personal one.
Please reply!

MBA or iMac? are you planning to travel much with your machine? If so, get a MBA. If not, get the iMac. Pretty simple choice actually.

 

[Sohailt00]

MBA or iMac? are you planning to travel much with your machine? If so, get a MBA. If not, get the iMac. Pretty simple choice actually.

Want to travel with it But i heard that the importing and exporting of iMovie is quite slow.....

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This makes no sense. MBA is for portability, iMac not so much. Do you need a laptop or a desktop?

I need a laptop... But it's just that i heard that the importing and exporting of iMovie is quite slow.... Not sure which is faster!

 

[Wokis]

I'd place a safe bet on the iMac being faster in importing and exporting in imovie seeing as it's I guess mainly H.264 you're dealing with and the imac has a quad-core sandy bridge at a high frequency while the MBA has a dual core Ivy Bridge at a lower frequency.

But their form factor is... quite different. Subjectively I can't imagine imovie-export being so slow on the 2012 MBA that it'd be a deal-breaker for most people.