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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1636784">The i7 is a more advanced (and usually quad-core) processor so choosing that one will help &quot;future-proof&quot; the machine. More cores = more better. Since you need your iMac to last approximately **double** the normal useful life-cycle*, there's no real option to skimp on this aspect (or RAM, which was unaddressed here but can be upgraded later in the 5K iMac). Get the i7.*just to clarify, many people can use Macs for many years beyond the average, but generally about 4-5 years in one starts to feel, depending on one's usage and how it changes over time plus web technologies and how THEY change over time, that a newer mac with newer tech on board will keep up better. Lighter-duty users feel this pressure more slowly than heavy-duty users, of course. But it is super-hard to predict what changes will come to the Internet, to connector standards, to video standards, to storage standards and to software requirements in the year 2023. It could be just like now only amped up a bit, or they could get a breakthrough in quantum computing next year that renders all of our machines hopelessly old-fashioned in five years' time. It's a gamble, so the only thing you can do is try and future-proof as much as possible, and that means the best processor available, which is the i7.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1636784"] The i7 is a more advanced (and usually quad-core) processor so choosing that one will help "future-proof" the machine. More cores = more better. Since you need your iMac to last approximately **double** the normal useful life-cycle*, there's no real option to skimp on this aspect (or RAM, which was unaddressed here but can be upgraded later in the 5K iMac). Get the i7. *just to clarify, many people can use Macs for many years beyond the average, but generally about 4-5 years in one starts to feel, depending on one's usage and how it changes over time plus web technologies and how THEY change over time, that a newer mac with newer tech on board will keep up better. Lighter-duty users feel this pressure more slowly than heavy-duty users, of course. But it is super-hard to predict what changes will come to the Internet, to connector standards, to video standards, to storage standards and to software requirements in the year 2023. It could be just like now only amped up a bit, or they could get a breakthrough in quantum computing next year that renders all of our machines hopelessly old-fashioned in five years' time. It's a gamble, so the only thing you can do is try and future-proof as much as possible, and that means the best processor available, which is the i7. [/QUOTE]

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