10-26-2011, 06:00 PM

Hi I am a new user here. I am thinking of getting a new iMac referbished from an apple store for about $1,300. My brother brought up that I should get a MacBook Pro. My question is for what I am going to use this for is a lot of video editing. So I really do not need to be portable. Which one is more powerful? I will be using the editor FinalCut Pro X. And I will be doing other things like photoshop and illustrator.

If I were to get a iMac, would that be more powerful for less money? or do you think that a MacBook Pro is about the same as an iMac.

Here is the iMac that I am thinking

21.5
Intel i7
8GB RAM
Standard video card.

10-26-2011, 06:37 PM

They are pretty much neck and neck. The MBP might have a slight edge depending on which MBP we are talking about. >_>"

I would get the iMac for screen real estate plus you can add more RAM.



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10-26-2011, 06:46 PM

if you don't need it to be portable then go for the iMac the bigger screen will be helpful when editing.

10-26-2011, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by SFBloodBrother

If I were to get a iMac, would that be more powerful for less money?

Generally speaking:

- If you're spending the same amount of money...you get more bang for your buck with a desktop.

- If you're getting exactly the same specs (or same benchmark numbers)...then the desktop should cost less than the same performance laptop.

- Nick

10-26-2011, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by CrimsonRequiem

They are pretty much neck and neck. The MBP might have a slight edge depending on which MBP we are talking about. >_>"

I would get the iMac for screen real estate plus you can add more RAM.



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Further Benchmarks.

Thank's for your help.