Ordered on Nov 12th got a prepared for shipment update today now the waiting begins for a tracking number.
May I ask which 27 inch you ordered?
Ordered on Nov 12th got a prepared for shipment update today now the waiting begins for a tracking number.
I'm having the same problem as solman: trying to figure out how much power I need in a new iMac.
I'm not a power user, but I really want the applications I do use to be slick. I also want to be able to have them all open at once if need be. Like solman I won't be gaming, and I'm primarily thinking of browsing (let's call it power browsing - lots of pages open at once; lots of images and videos on those pages), iTunes, Open Office, HD video, and a bit of video and photo editing. The one processor intensive thing I would like to do is real-time transcoding of video while it streams to my TV. No idea how much power I'd need for that. I know I can probably get by with 4GB of RAM and a 3.06 GHz processor, but I'm sick of watching Safari choke on GIF animations, shutting down applications or closing windows because I'm doing too much multitasking, and dealing with stuttery HD videos on my current machine. With a new iMac, I'd like to spring for the best I can get in terms of performance. If I'll notice 8GB of RAM or a faster processor it's probably worth getting - but if I truly won't notice the upgrades I'll be glad to save the cash.
So would I need an immediate 8GB Ram upgrade, or would it be totally superfluous? And how much CPU power do I really need? I'd assumed an i5 or i7 would be excessive, but having read a few threads in here I'm not so sure.
Apologies if this is considered thread hijacking! I figured it was on topic, but if I should have started a new thread please let me know.
8gigs
Zero swap file, always with reserve memory. That with the iCore processor and you're good to go. You will not choke this machine up.
Go for the i5. It's todays technology, why pay for c2d when better technology is available?
Go for the i5. It's todays technology, why pay for c2d when better technology is available?