I'm planning on getting a 27" iMac soon and not sure what to get. I will be using it mainly for graphic design, web design, and music production. I plan on running either Adobe® CS5.5 Design Premium or Adobe® CS5.5 Web Premium AND Logic Studio regularly. Money is not too much of an issue but if the upgrade makes little difference, I would rather save the money. If it would be worth the money to upgrade I want to though. This is not my first Mac, I have a MBP but when I was buying it years ago I didn't look too much into the upgrade options and regret not upgrading and researching more before buying now.
The options are:
Processor
3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
Memory
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB
Hard Drive
1TB Serial ATA Drive
2TB Serial ATA Drive
256GB Solid State Drive
1TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
2TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
I'm not sure what the difference between the 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 and 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor options are. Would it be worth the upgrade? Other than that, so far I am planning on these options:
Memory
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
Should I upgrade to 16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB?
Hard Drive
2TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
Help! Thanks for reading all this and any input!
The options are:
Processor
3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
Memory
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB
Hard Drive
1TB Serial ATA Drive
2TB Serial ATA Drive
256GB Solid State Drive
1TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
2TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
I'm not sure what the difference between the 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 and 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor options are. Would it be worth the upgrade? Other than that, so far I am planning on these options:
Memory
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
Should I upgrade to 16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB?
Hard Drive
2TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
Help! Thanks for reading all this and any input!