Which one?

[Macs4u]

Hi,

About to buy a mac and have a bit of a dilemma.

My options are :

1: Second Hand 20" iMac (not the newest but the penryn one before
2: Brand New Mac Mini with a generic screen
3: Brand New 13" white Macbook

Will there be a major speed increase by having the imac?

Matt

 

[MacDawg]

It would be helpful to know what you will be using your Mac for...

Is portability an issue? Then the MacBook
Do you already have a nice monitor? Maybe the Mac Mini

What applications do you use?
What price differences are you looking at?

Are you a student? Graphic designer?
What will you be doing with your Mac

More info please

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[speakerwizard]

it will depend on what you do a lot, remember the imac has a full sized hard drive so will boot and load things and files faster, so probably better if you work with large files a lot, where as the others will have faster processors (depending on the models which you havnt listed) so calculations / rendering / encoding may be faster on them.

 

[Macs4u]

Hi,

Sorry should have been more specific.

I will be using it for general internet surfing, email, office, burning discs and will be doing photography with photoshop cs3 and lightroom 2.0

I wont be doing heavy photography but not overlight either.

Matt