IMAC 2.66 or 2.93?

[FSTR]

I plan to get a new Imac next month, but I am wondering if it would be worth it to spend an extra $300 on the 2.93 vs the 2.66.

 

[belvdr]

Knowing nothing about what you're wanting to do, it's impossible to say.

 

[FSTR]

Knowing nothing about what you're wanting to do, it's impossible to say.

Sorry, I will be using it to photo edit, running Aperture, Photoshop etc.

 

[Nugget]

Take the difference in price and spend it on RAM. That'll buy you a lot more than the marginal increase in CPU. Make sure you shop third-party vendors for the RAM, too. Apple usually has terrible pricing on RAM upgrades.

 

[zedsdead]

I would upgrade to the ATI Graphics Card first and more RAM as suggested above.

If you were video editing the performance would be worth it because of encoding, but I don't think you will really notice anything for what you are doing.

 

[razor-sex]

i am in the same situation i think i am going to got for the 2.93 because of the better graphics card and the bigger HD.

 

[razor-sex]

i am in the same situation i think i am going to got for the higher one because of the better graphics card and the bigger HD.

 

[AlexisV]

The difference is very small and won't be noticable in normal tasks. Sure, you might knock 4 mins off an hour's video encoding, but that's about it.

 

[myuserid08]

Buy a 2.93 refurb, better graphics card, bigger hard drive same price as a 2.66!