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| Thread ID: 120551 | 2011-09-14 02:56:00 | Nearly ready to buy my new Mac | Beemer (6956) | Press F1 |
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| 1230840 | 2011-09-14 02:56:00 | Right, I've pretty much worked out what I want in the way of a new Mac but just want to ask a few dumb questions here as the guy in the store I went into didn't seem to be that helpful (so I won't be buying it from him!). I don't need the flashest Mac available, so I was looking at the 21.5 inch 2.5GHz and 2.7GHz models. The 2.5 has two 2GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, then it says it has AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB which means nothing to me. The 2.7 has two 2GB of memory, a 1TB hard drive and AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB - again, which means nothing to me. I'll be using Microsoft Office for Mac and installing Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium. I've only ever had Office, Photoshop and InDesign before, so I am not sure what the extra software load will need in terms of memory. Can someone please explain in plain English what the difference (aside from the size of the hard drive) between the two models I'm looking at is? Any suggestions as to where is the best place to buy from? I'm in Levin so don't have any dedicated Apple resellers nearby. I was thinking of buying directly from Apple, but would welcome any suggestions regarding who to buy from. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 1230841 | 2011-09-14 03:03:00 | I know this isn't the advice you're after... but have you looked at one of these? www.noelleeming.co.nz www.noelleeming.co.nz You're getting far better value for money with the hardware you get, plus it's a touch screen if you want it to be. and 24" vs 21.5" The difference between those two macs is the processor, hard drive and the graphics card. The dearer one is slightly more powerful. Either will handle what you want OK, but 500GB of storage isn't really a lot these days. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1230842 | 2011-09-14 03:06:00 | firstin.co.nz You missed the cheaper one =( If your not going to buy right now maybe from here: www.playtech.co.nz The $1799 one has more memory than both the models that you are looking at in the shop. Free shipping as well. As for your question: Basically the more expensive one will be slightly better performing at everything and you can store twice as much stuff on it. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1230843 | 2011-09-14 03:32:00 | Thanks wratterus, but have had PCs for years and really am sick to death of them! Plus, I have an iPad and iPod and like the idea of being able to sync them all. icow - never heard of FirstIn and not sure whether I'd be keen to go for 'recertified' models - sounds too much like they're reconditioned! Playtech looks good - again, never heard of them. You say the $1799 one has more memory than the two I am looking at - but both have two 2GB (4GB total) and one has a 500GB hard drive and the other 1TB so am I missing something? The 1TB one they have is the same price as the Apple store, but the 500GB one is $200 cheaper. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 1230844 | 2011-09-14 03:44:00 | Sorry I thought you meant only 2gb. Not 2x2gb. The $1799 one from playtech is identical to the $1999 on the apple store. Including the hard drive thing. I can vouch for playtech. I have brought from them took 2 days to get to my house and was free shipping. Excellent ordering system. If you really want the 1tb one you could buy the 500gb model. Get a 1tb drive for $90 and pay a local computer store to install it for $15. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1230845 | 2011-09-14 03:49:00 | Thanks - it looks a good deal. I was trying to get educational pricing as I'm lecturing part time at Massey, but Edtech will only invoice directly to Massey and I doubt they would allow me to do that. It would only save me $70 so $200 cheaper would be the better deal! Would I need to buy an Apple 1TB or are they just generic? With the Creative Suite software I'll be running, does anyone think it would be better to buy the 2.7GHz model instead? It's $500 dearer but I don't want to buy the cheaper one and then find six weeks later that I wish I'd got the other one. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 1230846 | 2011-09-14 03:52:00 | Generic. Because of the imacs thin build im not sure if it would use 2.5" or 3.5" drives. I can run the CS5 suite fine on my 2007 macbook with a 1.83ghz Core 2 Duo and 2gbs of ram (I was running it on 1gb for a long time). The i5 will be a lot better than my core 2 duo regardless of the ghz so you should be sweet with 2.5ghz. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1230847 | 2011-09-14 04:00:00 | Thanks, looks like Playtech might be the best place to buy from then. If I can save $200 straight up, that's not bad! | Beemer (6956) | ||
| 1230848 | 2011-09-14 04:51:00 | Hey Beemer, the imac's come standard with 4GB of ram not 2GB, make sure whatever shop you went too is not trying to get rid of previous model. Me personally would go for the i7 and not the i5. Oh and those two imac's will smoke those HP all in ones both on price and features. The imac from first in is a couple of generations old. Early 2009 by my research. Dont touch them...:2cents: EDIT, playtech imacs seem to be a previous generation model as well. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1230849 | 2011-09-14 04:53:00 | +1 i5 > i3 Touch screens are overrated. Playtech doesnt stock the i7 imacs and the most they will be quite expensive if they did. @ plod: I got that confused as well, he means 2x2gb. |
icow (15313) | ||
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