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I'm looking to replace my aged iMac with a shiny new one. My current iMac spec is 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU with 3GB RAM. This has been fine for years but now I'm finding it slow when using certain applications like Adobe Lightroom and MacFamily Tree (genealogy program but this is slow because the database file I have for it is nearly 9GB in size).
The two iMac's I'm currently considering are identical except for CPU and graphics card.
iMac 1:
2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB
iMac 2:
3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 1GB
Is it worth going for the 3.1GHz considering that this adds an additional £250 to the bill?
By comparison I also have a MacBook Pro laptop with a 2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 and this runs all the programs I have on the iMac very fast and I have no complaints at all but I do want to try and ensure that this iMac will last 4-5 years (like my current one has).
I don't play games on the Mac, I do some video editing but only occasionally and not HD (yet). I do a **** of a lot of Photo Editing using Photoshop and Lightroom and also Apples Aperture. I do a lot of normal 'office' type stuff and a bit of DTP. I also do some audio editing using programs like ProTools and Logic Pro. I do also use the iMac as a 'Media Center' for music and video.
With that in mind, am I actually going to see a significant performance difference between a 2.7GHz and 3.1Ghz CPU?
The two iMac's I'm currently considering are identical except for CPU and graphics card.
iMac 1:
2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB
iMac 2:
3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 1GB
Is it worth going for the 3.1GHz considering that this adds an additional £250 to the bill?
By comparison I also have a MacBook Pro laptop with a 2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 and this runs all the programs I have on the iMac very fast and I have no complaints at all but I do want to try and ensure that this iMac will last 4-5 years (like my current one has).
I don't play games on the Mac, I do some video editing but only occasionally and not HD (yet). I do a **** of a lot of Photo Editing using Photoshop and Lightroom and also Apples Aperture. I do a lot of normal 'office' type stuff and a bit of DTP. I also do some audio editing using programs like ProTools and Logic Pro. I do also use the iMac as a 'Media Center' for music and video.
With that in mind, am I actually going to see a significant performance difference between a 2.7GHz and 3.1Ghz CPU?