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Need some advice purchasing my second iMac for video editing
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1307432" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>I'm not an expert and others will quickly chime in with their more erudite offerings.</p><p></p><p>However I make similar demands of my Mac (except gaming which I have never practised).</p><p></p><p>From what you tell us, I'd say the i7 is worth the extra. As you probably know better than I, CPU determines the speed at which you do things and RAM determines how much activity you can undertake at the same time.</p><p></p><p>In your case speed is paramount and the new Sandybridge i7 quad processors are astonishing.</p><p></p><p>These days, it is generally accepted, especially with Lion, that you need a minimum of 8 GB of RAM; but it is vastly cheaper to install this yourself and dead easy to do so. Apple charges way OTT.</p><p></p><p>As regards SSD — You get BOTH the SSD and an IHD which can be 1 or 2 TB according to need and your pocket. I have an SSD and keep my personal folder and all Apps on it; but have my iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie libraries on my Int HD.</p><p></p><p>But if I had to compromise because of cost, I'd dispense with SSD (despite its being blisteringly fast), get the best graphics card and the i7 processor.</p><p></p><p>That's what I would do in your situation; but there will be lots of others who will see things differently.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1307432, member: 83420"] Hi I'm not an expert and others will quickly chime in with their more erudite offerings. However I make similar demands of my Mac (except gaming which I have never practised). From what you tell us, I'd say the i7 is worth the extra. As you probably know better than I, CPU determines the speed at which you do things and RAM determines how much activity you can undertake at the same time. In your case speed is paramount and the new Sandybridge i7 quad processors are astonishing. These days, it is generally accepted, especially with Lion, that you need a minimum of 8 GB of RAM; but it is vastly cheaper to install this yourself and dead easy to do so. Apple charges way OTT. As regards SSD — You get BOTH the SSD and an IHD which can be 1 or 2 TB according to need and your pocket. I have an SSD and keep my personal folder and all Apps on it; but have my iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie libraries on my Int HD. But if I had to compromise because of cost, I'd dispense with SSD (despite its being blisteringly fast), get the best graphics card and the i7 processor. That's what I would do in your situation; but there will be lots of others who will see things differently. Hope this helps. Ian [/QUOTE]
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