What I'm looking to do is some pretty graphic intense photo editing and video editing. I'm also looking to do website design/editing with dreamweaver. Maybe a little bit of gaming in the future. Which Mac would suit my needs? I truly have no clue how powerful or what machine to get. Thanks!
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Which Mac would suit me?
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It sounds like an iMac would fit you best, then. However they are at the tail end of their cycle, so if you can wait a few weeks until the new ones come out, I'd get an iMac.
Although this will all depend upon your budget.
If you already have a monitor and keyboard, maybe a Mac mini. I'm guessing based on the machines listed in your sig.
If no portability is needed -> iMac/Mac Pro
If your budget allows it, you could "start" with the top of the line iMac.
MP is expected to update soon, so does the iMac, yet, I'd say this will come later so, knowing that, it's up to you waiting or not and buying one machine or another depending on what you can/want afford.
If your budget allows it, you could "start" with the top of the line iMac.
MP is expected to update soon, so does the iMac, yet, I'd say this will come later so, knowing that, it's up to you waiting or not and buying one machine or another depending on what you can/want afford.
Certainly the top end iMac (i7) for the large display and processing power. However the crystal ball consensus is that the top end will change little in the next iMac rev, with only a small processor speed bump possible although better graphics likely. Probably most improvement would be in Aperture.
Funny, I haven't seen the term crystal ball consensus before.
The new iMac will have the very latest and greatest technology, hand selected and crafted by the the folks at Apple who know and understand our needs better than we ourselves do.
Two of the following are true about the new IMac:
- It will take longer than we want know or expect
- it will use a GPU and CPU that are approximately 1.5 generations old
- People will bitch
The new iMac will have the very latest and greatest technology, hand selected and crafted by the the folks at Apple who know and understand our needs better than we ourselves do.
Two of the following are true about the new IMac:
- It will take longer than we want know or expect
- it will use a GPU and CPU that are approximately 1.5 generations old
- People will bitch
Perhaps because I made it up. Nobody knows any more than a crystal ball, at least nobody that's talking! So any predictions about future products can't be any more than guesses based on available technology and Apple's past performance.
And yes, we can all agree that everyone will be disappointed!
I think you should purchase of an iMac or MacBook Pro. It need a Mac that has a FireWire port for your M-Audio 1814 interface that will be suit you .