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<blockquote data-quote="brentD300" data-source="post: 1013454" data-attributes="member: 146715">Hello;Currently I work on a 6 year old Dell PC and as soon as my tax refund gets deposited, I'll be heading to the local Apple store.&nbsp; I've got my eye on a 27&quot; iMac&nbsp; but I'm not sure which processor to get, i5 or the i7.&nbsp; I know the i7 is only 200 dollars more but there is no sense in spending the 200 if it doesn't help me.&nbsp; I'll be using the iMac to process photos.&nbsp; I'll be using lightroom, capture NX, silver efex and photomatix and will also be using capture to batch process my RAW files.&nbsp; Will the hyper-threading of the i7 be of any benefit or will I be fine with the i7?&nbsp; I've tried researching and found reports saying anything from the i5 being faster than a certain mac pro to it being slower than the core 2 duo based iMacs.&nbsp; Any help in this would be greatly appreciated!Thanks,Brent</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brentD300, post: 1013454, member: 146715"] Hello; Currently I work on a 6 year old Dell PC and as soon as my tax refund gets deposited, I'll be heading to the local Apple store. I've got my eye on a 27" iMac but I'm not sure which processor to get, i5 or the i7. I know the i7 is only 200 dollars more but there is no sense in spending the 200 if it doesn't help me. I'll be using the iMac to process photos. I'll be using lightroom, capture NX, silver efex and photomatix and will also be using capture to batch process my RAW files. Will the hyper-threading of the i7 be of any benefit or will I be fine with the i7? I've tried researching and found reports saying anything from the i5 being faster than a certain mac pro to it being slower than the core 2 duo based iMacs. Any help in this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Brent [/QUOTE]

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