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21.5" iMac vs 27" iMac Choices - thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="sparty5389" data-source="post: 1237270" data-attributes="member: 135292"><p>Hello!</p><p></p><p>I'm a recent college graduate looking to upgrade from using my 2007 Santa Rosa MBP to a new 2011 iMac. I'm looking to use the new machine for browsing, email, word processing, iPhoto (perhaps Aperture in the future) and Handbrake encodes prior to traveling with the iPad. </p><p></p><p>I'm debating between a 21.5" with significant changes to the base hardware and a 27" with only the upper-level graphic chip. What would you do if you were me? Or would one of the base specifications be your choice?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the input! ;D</p><p></p><p>21.5" iMac Specifications ($1939 w/Education Pricing)</p><p>2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5</p><p>4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB</p><p>1TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive</p><p>AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512MB GDDR5</p><p></p><p>27" iMac Specifications ($1989 w/Education Pricing)</p><p>3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5</p><p>4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB</p><p>1TB Serial ATA Drive</p><p>AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sparty5389, post: 1237270, member: 135292"] Hello! I'm a recent college graduate looking to upgrade from using my 2007 Santa Rosa MBP to a new 2011 iMac. I'm looking to use the new machine for browsing, email, word processing, iPhoto (perhaps Aperture in the future) and Handbrake encodes prior to traveling with the iPad. I'm debating between a 21.5" with significant changes to the base hardware and a 27" with only the upper-level graphic chip. What would you do if you were me? Or would one of the base specifications be your choice? Thanks for the input! ;D 21.5" iMac Specifications ($1939 w/Education Pricing) 2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB 1TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512MB GDDR5 27" iMac Specifications ($1989 w/Education Pricing) 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB 1TB Serial ATA Drive AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5 [/QUOTE]
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