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<blockquote data-quote="the8thark" data-source="post: 427716" data-attributes="member: 26315"><p>Well you said you want to play Sim City. Well for Sim City 4 which I have, the larger cities tend to slow down the game a little with my 1GB of ram. I have the higher end 17" imac C2D. I think upgrading to the 2GB ram, yes you need 2x 1 GB sticks as your mac will ship with 2x 512 MB sticks. And i think should make Sim City 4 run great. And I think the dedicated graphics card in the upper end 17" imac will make the game a little speedier too.</p><p></p><p>And for everything else you said the upper and lower end 17" imac will suit you fine. But I like everyone else above recommend to you the upper end imac. And I think you'll love it. I know I love mine. And just upgrade the ram later at some point. Upgrading imac ram is really easy.</p><p></p><p>And for me specs wise the only major noteworthy difference between the upper 17" and the 20" is the extra screen real estate. I think an external firewire drives are pretty good and cheap these days. And the 160 GB is enough for most people. I have heaps of stuff in mine and a XP partition and I barely use up 1/2 of it. I think buying later an external drive is the way to go and you can always use it later with time machine on 10.5 when it's released.</p><p></p><p>I would go down to your local apple store and checkout which screen you like more. If you're ok with the 17" one I say get that. But if the 20" one really grabs your fancy then go for that. It's not worth the money in my opinion. But it's up to you really.</p><p></p><p>And my last word. As altrady stated above. Don't get the lower end 17" imac. Even to save money. The other 17" one is really worth the extra money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the8thark, post: 427716, member: 26315"] Well you said you want to play Sim City. Well for Sim City 4 which I have, the larger cities tend to slow down the game a little with my 1GB of ram. I have the higher end 17" imac C2D. I think upgrading to the 2GB ram, yes you need 2x 1 GB sticks as your mac will ship with 2x 512 MB sticks. And i think should make Sim City 4 run great. And I think the dedicated graphics card in the upper end 17" imac will make the game a little speedier too. And for everything else you said the upper and lower end 17" imac will suit you fine. But I like everyone else above recommend to you the upper end imac. And I think you'll love it. I know I love mine. And just upgrade the ram later at some point. Upgrading imac ram is really easy. And for me specs wise the only major noteworthy difference between the upper 17" and the 20" is the extra screen real estate. I think an external firewire drives are pretty good and cheap these days. And the 160 GB is enough for most people. I have heaps of stuff in mine and a XP partition and I barely use up 1/2 of it. I think buying later an external drive is the way to go and you can always use it later with time machine on 10.5 when it's released. I would go down to your local apple store and checkout which screen you like more. If you're ok with the 17" one I say get that. But if the 20" one really grabs your fancy then go for that. It's not worth the money in my opinion. But it's up to you really. And my last word. As altrady stated above. Don't get the lower end 17" imac. Even to save money. The other 17" one is really worth the extra money. [/QUOTE]
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