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<blockquote data-quote="didymus" data-source="post: 870962" data-attributes="member: 98293"><p><strong>Picking an iMac</strong></p><p></p><p>Can't comment on all of this but, briefly, you are unlikely to notice much difference processor speed between 2.66 and 2.93 and not a lot between 2.66 and anything higher - most applications will be optimised to run and the speed of the most commonly used processor and that will probably be 2.66, because most people can't afford to pay for more.</p><p></p><p>On the video card - only of much relevance if you are heavily into gaming, then you need the highest spec card you can get.</p><p></p><p>Memory - currently I think the iMac 2.66 comes with 4 gig and is upgradeable to 8</p><p></p><p>Parallels is not the only virtual machine software - I checked out both this and VM Fusion and eventually went with the latter - and have not been disappointed. In my view it knocks out Parallels.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps a little <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="didymus, post: 870962, member: 98293"] [b]Picking an iMac[/b] Can't comment on all of this but, briefly, you are unlikely to notice much difference processor speed between 2.66 and 2.93 and not a lot between 2.66 and anything higher - most applications will be optimised to run and the speed of the most commonly used processor and that will probably be 2.66, because most people can't afford to pay for more. On the video card - only of much relevance if you are heavily into gaming, then you need the highest spec card you can get. Memory - currently I think the iMac 2.66 comes with 4 gig and is upgradeable to 8 Parallels is not the only virtual machine software - I checked out both this and VM Fusion and eventually went with the latter - and have not been disappointed. In my view it knocks out Parallels. Hope this helps a little :-) [/QUOTE]
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