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What iMac Specs Do I Need?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shennaniah" data-source="post: 1151572" data-attributes="member: 181669"><p>s2odin:</p><p>Okay, gotcha on the GPU. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And yeah, looks like I don't need more than 4 threads. I keep my number of open apps more or less to a minimum. I was aghast when I saw that some people have like 10 heavy apps (plus another 10 "lighter" ones) running at once. :O</p><p></p><p><em>"It's natively a quad core so things that run well with quad cores will run a little bit better. Other than that they are almost the same. The Quad has all 4 core/threads available at all times. The dual only has the 2 cores available at all times until the hyper-threading kicks in."</em></p><p>Yeah, I kinda figured as much. But just to check- HT will kick in by itself when it can or needs to, right? It's not something that I'd have to configure or toggle on and off?</p><p></p><p>How will a dual i5 hold up compared to a quad i5, a few years from now?</p><p></p><p>Pigoo3:</p><p><em>If the lowest end i3 iMac would be a much better performing computer than your MacBook...then anything with more performance than that would be "taking advantage". Getting a "better" (not "Best") iMac with the "i5"...may be stretching things a bit...but when you start talking even "better" computers than the "i5" is definitely "taking advantage".</em></p><p></p><p>EXACTLY what I needed to hear, THANK YOU! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> That's basically what I've been wanting to know all along. But it has also definitely been helpful to learn all the details.</p><p>I do want to stretch things a little. I just needed to know which specs that bit of stretching would take me up to.</p><p></p><p>Yup, for sure there'll be many a computer after this one. And I'm likely to upgrade again after about 5 years. It's just that I want these 5 years to be REALLY GOOD ones. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So here's a summary of things so far: 5670 GPU ftw. i7 is too much. i3 is enough. So I'll get an i5- To quad or not to quad? (I'm leaning towards the dual, since quad doesn't seem like much of an improvement.)</p><p></p><p><u>Last chance to speak up for the i5 Quad!</u> Anyone?</p><p></p><p>If I sound hyper, it's because I'm excited that I'm finally getting somewhere with this decision-making. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shennaniah, post: 1151572, member: 181669"] s2odin: Okay, gotcha on the GPU. :) And yeah, looks like I don't need more than 4 threads. I keep my number of open apps more or less to a minimum. I was aghast when I saw that some people have like 10 heavy apps (plus another 10 "lighter" ones) running at once. :O [I]"It's natively a quad core so things that run well with quad cores will run a little bit better. Other than that they are almost the same. The Quad has all 4 core/threads available at all times. The dual only has the 2 cores available at all times until the hyper-threading kicks in."[/I] Yeah, I kinda figured as much. But just to check- HT will kick in by itself when it can or needs to, right? It's not something that I'd have to configure or toggle on and off? How will a dual i5 hold up compared to a quad i5, a few years from now? Pigoo3: [I]If the lowest end i3 iMac would be a much better performing computer than your MacBook...then anything with more performance than that would be "taking advantage". Getting a "better" (not "Best") iMac with the "i5"...may be stretching things a bit...but when you start talking even "better" computers than the "i5" is definitely "taking advantage".[/I] EXACTLY what I needed to hear, THANK YOU! :D That's basically what I've been wanting to know all along. But it has also definitely been helpful to learn all the details. I do want to stretch things a little. I just needed to know which specs that bit of stretching would take me up to. Yup, for sure there'll be many a computer after this one. And I'm likely to upgrade again after about 5 years. It's just that I want these 5 years to be REALLY GOOD ones. :) So here's a summary of things so far: 5670 GPU ftw. i7 is too much. i3 is enough. So I'll get an i5- To quad or not to quad? (I'm leaning towards the dual, since quad doesn't seem like much of an improvement.) [U]Last chance to speak up for the i5 Quad![/U] Anyone? If I sound hyper, it's because I'm excited that I'm finally getting somewhere with this decision-making. ;) [/QUOTE]
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