Hello All,
Am in quite the dilemma here. Your wisdoms would be much appreciated and could potentially, significantly affect my bank account lol.
CURRENT SETUP:
iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015
Processor 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel core i5
Memory 24GB 1867 MHz DDR3 (upgraded myself in 2020)
Startup Mac SSD (swapped out myself in 2020)
NEWLY ACQUIRED:
Mac Mini
Processor M2 Pro (12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
Memory 32GB unified memory
Startup 1TB SSD
My uses are primarily for editing my photography and drone footage. All Hobby.
I love my iMac BUT seeing as it's now 2023, my machine is teetering on 8 years strong and i was tantalized by the mini.
I was beginning to notice some significant lag when sifting through all my RAW images and pulled the trigger on the mini.
Not wanting to lose the beautiful 5K display, I found LunaDispaly. I can see its convince but I simply am not able to enjoy this new computer with the lag from LunaDisplay, even hardwired by way of ethernet. I am getting closer and closer to just saying F it and get the Studio Display (am open to others but ya just can't beat the beauty and aesthetic of Apple products). But Im not sure what to do with this beautiful iMac.
There really is nothing wrong with my iMac i just felt it was time to upgrade. Seeing as how this isn't working out as i hoped, using the iMac as a display only, what should I do? Return the Mini and wait till the iMac really dies (or apple comes out with a new iMac) OR, pull the trigger on a new display, probably Studio, and have the iMac collect dust. Not sure if I made a foolish choice trying to future proof myself
Am in quite the dilemma here. Your wisdoms would be much appreciated and could potentially, significantly affect my bank account lol.
CURRENT SETUP:
iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015
Processor 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel core i5
Memory 24GB 1867 MHz DDR3 (upgraded myself in 2020)
Startup Mac SSD (swapped out myself in 2020)
NEWLY ACQUIRED:
Mac Mini
Processor M2 Pro (12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
Memory 32GB unified memory
Startup 1TB SSD
My uses are primarily for editing my photography and drone footage. All Hobby.
I love my iMac BUT seeing as it's now 2023, my machine is teetering on 8 years strong and i was tantalized by the mini.
I was beginning to notice some significant lag when sifting through all my RAW images and pulled the trigger on the mini.
Not wanting to lose the beautiful 5K display, I found LunaDispaly. I can see its convince but I simply am not able to enjoy this new computer with the lag from LunaDisplay, even hardwired by way of ethernet. I am getting closer and closer to just saying F it and get the Studio Display (am open to others but ya just can't beat the beauty and aesthetic of Apple products). But Im not sure what to do with this beautiful iMac.
There really is nothing wrong with my iMac i just felt it was time to upgrade. Seeing as how this isn't working out as i hoped, using the iMac as a display only, what should I do? Return the Mini and wait till the iMac really dies (or apple comes out with a new iMac) OR, pull the trigger on a new display, probably Studio, and have the iMac collect dust. Not sure if I made a foolish choice trying to future proof myself