Ok so here's my situation.. please help!!! lol
I'm currently doing alot of graphic design (photoshop) and flash coding/design on an old dated pc.
I really want to upgrade, but i HATE windows. I was checking out the macbooks and the imacs today and decided, since leopard is completely awesome, i'd invest in a 24" imac. I've heard so much hype about them and how the majority of people in the industry use them for graphic design.
However, the price of the 2.4ghz Dual core imac is about 1250 with 2gb ram. Now if i compare that to a PC of the same price, i seem to be getting a MUCH more powerful bang per buck.
I'd love to get a mac, but i can't see why i'd pay so much money just for the operating system.
Can you all give me your reasons for picking the mac? Especially why it's so geared towards graphic design etc.
Here's the spec of the pc i was checking out (It costs 1099):
I'm currently doing alot of graphic design (photoshop) and flash coding/design on an old dated pc.
I really want to upgrade, but i HATE windows. I was checking out the macbooks and the imacs today and decided, since leopard is completely awesome, i'd invest in a 24" imac. I've heard so much hype about them and how the majority of people in the industry use them for graphic design.
However, the price of the 2.4ghz Dual core imac is about 1250 with 2gb ram. Now if i compare that to a PC of the same price, i seem to be getting a MUCH more powerful bang per buck.
I'd love to get a mac, but i can't see why i'd pay so much money just for the operating system.
Can you all give me your reasons for picking the mac? Especially why it's so geared towards graphic design etc.
Here's the spec of the pc i was checking out (It costs 1099):
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO 2.40GHz Quad Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 3.30GHz and beyond. (8/9 x 400MHz - 1600MHz FSB)
- Tuniq Tower 120 Pro Blue LED Intel approved cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- Abit IP35-Pro Intel P35 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Award winning Crucial 2GB PC2-8500 CAS5 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 1000MHz+) (Note when upgrading to 4GB overclock drops to 3.25GHz on CPU)
- 500GB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive
- NVIDIA 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- Pioneer 112DBK 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
- Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case
- OCZ 850W Next Generation Power Supply