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Which iMac for Adobe?
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<blockquote data-quote="DeliciousBagel" data-source="post: 1563004" data-attributes="member: 319407"><p>Hello all!</p><p></p><p>My family is in the market for a new iMac for use with the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere Pro. </p><p>The budget is preferably $2000 or less. </p><p></p><p>The original plan was to get a 21.5 inch late 2013 with the following specs:</p><p>3.1 GHz core i7 quad core (turbo to 3.9GHz)</p><p>16GB 1600Mhz RAM</p><p>Nvidia Geforce GT 750M 1GB VRAM</p><p>1TB 5400RPM Hard drive</p><p></p><p>total price (with usb superdrive): $1838</p><p></p><p>However, when looking at Premiere's System Requirements, Adobe calls for at least a 7200RPM hard drive. We cant really afford to purchase the flash storage. </p><p></p><p>So, We configured the next level up, a 27 inch late 2013 with the following specs:</p><p>3.2 GHz quad core i5 (turbo to 3.6 GHz)</p><p>16GB 1600MHz RAM</p><p>Nvidia Geforce GT 755M 1GB VRAM</p><p>1TB 7200RPM Hard drive</p><p></p><p>total price (with usb superdrive): $1958</p><p></p><p>So here is my question:</p><p>I like the idea of having a powerful core i7 in this machine. However, Adobe needs a 7200RPM drive in this machine, which you cant get until upgrading to the 27 inch. Flash storage is not really affordable. The 27 inch only has a core i5.</p><p></p><p>So I have to chose between an i7 and a 5400RPM hard drive, or a core i5 and 7200RPM hard drive. </p><p></p><p>Could somebody please explain the difference between the iMac core i5 and i7, and which iMac of the two listed would be a better video editing machine?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeliciousBagel, post: 1563004, member: 319407"] Hello all! My family is in the market for a new iMac for use with the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere Pro. The budget is preferably $2000 or less. The original plan was to get a 21.5 inch late 2013 with the following specs: 3.1 GHz core i7 quad core (turbo to 3.9GHz) 16GB 1600Mhz RAM Nvidia Geforce GT 750M 1GB VRAM 1TB 5400RPM Hard drive total price (with usb superdrive): $1838 However, when looking at Premiere's System Requirements, Adobe calls for at least a 7200RPM hard drive. We cant really afford to purchase the flash storage. So, We configured the next level up, a 27 inch late 2013 with the following specs: 3.2 GHz quad core i5 (turbo to 3.6 GHz) 16GB 1600MHz RAM Nvidia Geforce GT 755M 1GB VRAM 1TB 7200RPM Hard drive total price (with usb superdrive): $1958 So here is my question: I like the idea of having a powerful core i7 in this machine. However, Adobe needs a 7200RPM drive in this machine, which you cant get until upgrading to the 27 inch. Flash storage is not really affordable. The 27 inch only has a core i5. So I have to chose between an i7 and a 5400RPM hard drive, or a core i5 and 7200RPM hard drive. Could somebody please explain the difference between the iMac core i5 and i7, and which iMac of the two listed would be a better video editing machine? [/QUOTE]
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