t3mur Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Please hurry. I will buy one soon and post pics! yey! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45915-which-should-i-get/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
maca1 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 well let's see.. 1,83Ghz Mac mini * looks damn sexy * doesn't take a lot of space * easy to move around * cheaper * does pretty much anything you want (apart from gaming) 2,16Ghz Imac * looks damn sexy too * takes up less space than the average pc * faster processor * and good enough for most games basically, what you need to ask yourself is what you want to do with the machine. If you want to do everything with a short range of gaming on the side. I'd go for the mac mini. I myself have one and it's a smooth lil thing. Does whatever I want to do whenever I want to do it. and it's cheaper than an Imac, so you can basically upgrade the RAM to 2GB and live happily for the rest of your computer days or until you get bored with it, which won't happen anytime soon. The down-side is that you need your own screen, keyboard & mouse and the integrated graphics chip(GMA 950) but you can get all that for a very cheap price now-a-days(not talking about a graphics card here). If money isn't a problem and you enjoy your gaming, than I'd go for the Imac. with a 2,16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo you'll notice the difference in speed no matter what you hear out there. plus you got a 4MB L2 cache which will come in handy when you're running multiple applications. plus it saves more energy than the Core Duo. But the main thing is, what will you be doing with it..and how much are you willing to spend? and one thing you should keep in mind is that more ram is always better..so whatever you chose, it would make a whole lot of difference boosting it up to 2GB RAM. with whatever you go, you got a good machine all around, it's a mac! lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45915-which-should-i-get/#findComment-328687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3mur Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Thanks for all that! I'm willing to spend aroun $2000, mac mini with 24" dell plazma display is going to cost me around $1850 with 1Gb ram and mouse with keyboards. and imac 24" with tax would be like $1145 I do alot of graphic design and will soon go into 3d such as Cinema 4D. I'm not into gaming that much, however graphics and the speed of the computer is my main concern. What i like in option 1 is, that i can always sell mini and keep the big display. + mac mini is much portable. and th emonitor can be tweaked as in twisted etc. and in the imac i basically get the "Full" mac package.. you kinda feel that you are using a mac more.. and i'd get the super drive with more hdd and graphics. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45915-which-should-i-get/#findComment-328955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 iMac. Much better due to being a full package with the 24 inch display and more powerful GPU. Sure you save a little (You posted $1145 and I think you meant $2145?) but you lose power. Core 2 Duo will take Leopard and use te 64 bit processing where are Core Duo will NOT. iMac all the way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45915-which-should-i-get/#findComment-329518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3mur Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 okey, the votes are in. I will go ahead and buy it today! after all the apple store on 5th ave is lik e3 blocks away from my house I will post the pictures VERY soon! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45915-which-should-i-get/#findComment-329925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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