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Kurtz
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Location: ples bilong me
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 Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:45 pm Post subject: i-mac configuring |
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I've been happy with my Apple laptop, but I'm damn sick of the small screen and small keypad so I want a "proper" computer.
I'm looking at the top end i-mac which is reasonably priced as stock but when you play around with the different options and add in the extra software and warranty, the price pretty much doubles.
I've got a fairly large music collection and about 3000 high res photos. I want to get into photography more so I want to perhaps add on photoshop and be able to play and download vids at a good speed.
Would you guys recommend increasing any of the specs on this?
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC511LL/A?mco=MTg1ODA4MDM |
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sammyjojo
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Location: Hapcheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: i-mac configuring |
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| Kurtz wrote: |
I've been happy with my Apple laptop, but I'm damn sick of the small screen and small keypad so I want a "proper" computer.
I'm looking at the top end i-mac which is reasonably priced as stock but when you play around with the different options and add in the extra software and warranty, the price pretty much doubles.
I've got a fairly large music collection and about 3000 high res photos. I want to get into photography more so I want to perhaps add on photoshop and be able to play and download vids at a good speed.
Would you guys recommend increasing any of the specs on this?
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC511LL/A?mco=MTg1ODA4MDM |
You don't really need the highest end iMac. If your main requirements are Photoshop and downloading and playing videos at a good speed, then the cheapest iMac will do that for you. Why do you need a quad-core machine?
From what I can tell it seems like you would like a bigger screen then a laptop (the 20" or 27" is bigger).
you need good storage since you mentioned having lots of photos and probably will doing lots of downloading so focus on the hard drive if you want to upgrade something.
The last thing I would look into the RAM, 4GB is more then good enough for most people, but if you find that you like leaving lots of programs open and like to work with RAM hungry programs at the same time, get 8GB. |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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OK, thanks for that. I'm not too familiar with the hard drive terminology. A solid state drive or a serial ATA drive, I have no real idea there.
27 inch screen is a must.
I trust I can send over everthing (including software even though I don't have the actual CD's anymore) over to the new computer from my old one.
Package looks to be around 3 grand, not too bad. |
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sammyjojo
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Location: Hapcheon, South Korea
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| Kurtz wrote: |
OK, thanks for that. I'm not too familiar with the hard drive terminology. A solid state drive or a serial ATA drive, I have no real idea there.
27 inch screen is a must.
I trust I can send over everthing (including software even though I don't have the actual CD's anymore) over to the new computer from my old one.
Package looks to be around 3 grand, not too bad. |
You don't need a solid state drive, your paying more faster access and less space, since you're more concerned with having lots of space I would suggest going with the serial ATA drive.
Mac's have a migration assistant that should transfer most things, but I'm not 100% sure since I've never used it myself. |
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