So I am in the market for a new desktop and I am trying to decide between the 24" iMac 2.4 and the 2.66 Mac Pro. The MP costs a good bit more $$ then an iMac, but it has a lot going for it. Especially in the ability to expand as needed (RAM, hard drives, etc...).
Costs aside, what I am looking for is advice from people that use their Mac's like I do - That is...
Ripping DVD's to MP4
Burning CD's
Playing an assortment of flash based games (not much 3d gaming though)
Ripping CD to MP3
Play with different OS's inside of VM's
Cataloging and touching up a TON of pictures
Looking at this objectively (and not emotionally - which always leads me to BIGGER IS BETTER! ) I think the iMac will be more then enough machine with 2-4 gig of RAM and a big ole firewire drive to store everything.
Am I overlooking anything??
I've been pouring over the tests done at Barefeats and other then questionable performance out of the Radeon 2600 Pro, they hadn't had anything bad to say about it...
How does XP or Vista run in Parallels or Boot Camp on the iMac? Anyone have a Vista performance rating handy?
(I know the iMac has the glossy screen - there's a ton of threads debating it already)
Thanks you guys!
Costs aside, what I am looking for is advice from people that use their Mac's like I do - That is...
Ripping DVD's to MP4
Burning CD's
Playing an assortment of flash based games (not much 3d gaming though)
Ripping CD to MP3
Play with different OS's inside of VM's
Cataloging and touching up a TON of pictures
Looking at this objectively (and not emotionally - which always leads me to BIGGER IS BETTER! ) I think the iMac will be more then enough machine with 2-4 gig of RAM and a big ole firewire drive to store everything.
Am I overlooking anything??
I've been pouring over the tests done at Barefeats and other then questionable performance out of the Radeon 2600 Pro, they hadn't had anything bad to say about it...
How does XP or Vista run in Parallels or Boot Camp on the iMac? Anyone have a Vista performance rating handy?
(I know the iMac has the glossy screen - there's a ton of threads debating it already)
Thanks you guys!