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Help with picking a system, Macbook Pro vs. iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="AirBear" data-source="post: 1846727" data-attributes="member: 404250"><p>If you can believe the benchmarks on the comparison I did on everymac the i7 Mini I spec'd is 20-30% faster than the base model 27" iMac with i5 @3.0Ghz. iMac is $1799, Mini with i7, 16GB, 1TB SSD is $1699 from Apple. I could get by with a 512GB SSD, I'm only using 125GB right now but bigger is better. Mini RAM is a PITA to upgrade but 16GB should be plenty. For gaming, the base 27" iMac only has 4GB in it's GPU. I'd really need to upgrade to the 3.7Ghz iMac that has the Radeon 580X with 8GB. And the 580X is only comparable with a Nvidia 2060 to 2070. Suitable for most games at medium settings, but then very few of the games I'm familiar with have been ported over to the Mac.</p><p></p><p>Monitor: Yes, the 5k monitor would be nice. But I have the 32" ultra wide and the older 28" 4K that the 2018 Mini would be able to run at max res. </p><p></p><p>EDIT: I checked my purchase history and the monitor is actually 34": Samsung CF791 - 34" LED Curved QHD FreeSync Monitor - Gray. And I bought it for $911 less than 3 years ago, I thought it had been longer. </p><p></p><p>I'll try to attach a screenshot of the comparisons between the base model iMac and i7 Mac Mini.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]31324[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AirBear, post: 1846727, member: 404250"] If you can believe the benchmarks on the comparison I did on everymac the i7 Mini I spec'd is 20-30% faster than the base model 27" iMac with i5 @3.0Ghz. iMac is $1799, Mini with i7, 16GB, 1TB SSD is $1699 from Apple. I could get by with a 512GB SSD, I'm only using 125GB right now but bigger is better. Mini RAM is a PITA to upgrade but 16GB should be plenty. For gaming, the base 27" iMac only has 4GB in it's GPU. I'd really need to upgrade to the 3.7Ghz iMac that has the Radeon 580X with 8GB. And the 580X is only comparable with a Nvidia 2060 to 2070. Suitable for most games at medium settings, but then very few of the games I'm familiar with have been ported over to the Mac. Monitor: Yes, the 5k monitor would be nice. But I have the 32" ultra wide and the older 28" 4K that the 2018 Mini would be able to run at max res. EDIT: I checked my purchase history and the monitor is actually 34": Samsung CF791 - 34" LED Curved QHD FreeSync Monitor - Gray. And I bought it for $911 less than 3 years ago, I thought it had been longer. I'll try to attach a screenshot of the comparisons between the base model iMac and i7 Mac Mini. [ATTACH=FULL]31324[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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