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Apple Computing Products:
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which Mac should I buy? tower or iMac?
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<blockquote data-quote="Spike88" data-source="post: 999095" data-attributes="member: 139037"><p>.</p><p></p><p>For your needs of "<em>I'm a graphic designer and run apps like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, etc. some of my PS files are 2gb in size, so, pretty big. I don't do video editing or audio, but I might get into it in the future, but mildly if at all.",</em> it sounds like the new iMac i7 27" with 2 x 4 Gigs RAM, with 1TB HD and graphics card with 512 Megs RAM, and 1 x Firewire 800 external HD (for critical data backups) should do the trick just fine. Add in a 1300VA Backup UPS unit for electrical power stability and it would be even better. This iMac H/W bundle seems to be the 1st choice pick for many graphic designers. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps...</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spike88, post: 999095, member: 139037"] . For your needs of "[I]I'm a graphic designer and run apps like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, etc. some of my PS files are 2gb in size, so, pretty big. I don't do video editing or audio, but I might get into it in the future, but mildly if at all.",[/I] it sounds like the new iMac i7 27" with 2 x 4 Gigs RAM, with 1TB HD and graphics card with 512 Megs RAM, and 1 x Firewire 800 external HD (for critical data backups) should do the trick just fine. Add in a 1300VA Backup UPS unit for electrical power stability and it would be even better. This iMac H/W bundle seems to be the 1st choice pick for many graphic designers. Hope this helps... . [/QUOTE]
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