The new 24" iMac's have my mouth salivating. I already have a 21" widescreen lcd so a dual monitor solution would be sweet. I've configured an iMac and Mac Pro with similar pricing and now to make a decision:
24" imac $2384:
# 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
# 1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
# 500GB Serial ATA Drive
# NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB SDRAM
# SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
# Apple Wireless Keyboard & wireless Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X (US English)
# 24-inch widescreen LCD
# AirPort Extreme
# Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Mac Pro $2374:
* Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
* One 16x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - U.S. English
* Mac OS X - U.S. English
I want a rig for gaming (dual boot WinXP) as well as something to use for alot of RAW and Photoshop work and home movie editing. Obviously the Mac Pro is more powerful and expandable, but the new imac is no slacker either and dual screens is pretty sweet (though more limited in expandability).
Am I really crazy to even consider the imac based on nearly identical prices?
24" imac $2384:
# 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
# 1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
# 500GB Serial ATA Drive
# NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB SDRAM
# SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
# Apple Wireless Keyboard & wireless Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X (US English)
# 24-inch widescreen LCD
# AirPort Extreme
# Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Mac Pro $2374:
* Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
* One 16x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - U.S. English
* Mac OS X - U.S. English
I want a rig for gaming (dual boot WinXP) as well as something to use for alot of RAW and Photoshop work and home movie editing. Obviously the Mac Pro is more powerful and expandable, but the new imac is no slacker either and dual screens is pretty sweet (though more limited in expandability).
Am I really crazy to even consider the imac based on nearly identical prices?