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- 2012 iMac 27" i7 - iPAD 16gb - Mac mini G4 - ATV3
Okay, I am a PC user since the 80's and in IT since 1985 so I have no problem with buying a Windows PC, but an Apple on the other hand.... is very stressful!!
I currently have two Dell desktops that are about 6 years old, an IBM TP and an HP NC6220 both laptops and both at least 5 years old. I also have a Lenovo laptop that is about a year old. Only the TP and Lenovo are in use, the HP is a spare for work, it still has XP on it and I need it for an IPSEC VPN client for work. (I refuse to lug my work laptop home every night). So I get the most out of what I have, lol.
I want to buy an iMac that will last at least 5 years or longer and this is what I want to spec out for the iMac.
27" i7 3.4ghz
2TB drive with a 256gb SSD
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
4gb RAM (I'll add ram myself)
Parallels or VM Fusion - to run Windows 7
(I have a lot of Windows software that is high end and would bee too expensive to upgrade at this time).
It would be used for movie and photo editing, graphics (Corel & Adobe CS5)
MS Office Suite, and a bit of gaming (my daughter is a big game player so I know she will want to play some high end games on it.)
So would it be safe to say this would be a system I could count on for at least 5-6 years without needing to upgrade? I appreciate all and any opinions/recommendations.
Thanks. Joe
I currently have two Dell desktops that are about 6 years old, an IBM TP and an HP NC6220 both laptops and both at least 5 years old. I also have a Lenovo laptop that is about a year old. Only the TP and Lenovo are in use, the HP is a spare for work, it still has XP on it and I need it for an IPSEC VPN client for work. (I refuse to lug my work laptop home every night). So I get the most out of what I have, lol.
I want to buy an iMac that will last at least 5 years or longer and this is what I want to spec out for the iMac.
27" i7 3.4ghz
2TB drive with a 256gb SSD
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
4gb RAM (I'll add ram myself)
Parallels or VM Fusion - to run Windows 7
(I have a lot of Windows software that is high end and would bee too expensive to upgrade at this time).
It would be used for movie and photo editing, graphics (Corel & Adobe CS5)
MS Office Suite, and a bit of gaming (my daughter is a big game player so I know she will want to play some high end games on it.)
So would it be safe to say this would be a system I could count on for at least 5-6 years without needing to upgrade? I appreciate all and any opinions/recommendations.
Thanks. Joe