Hi Guys,
So i currently have a 13" aluminium macbook running snow leopard that i purchased about a year ago. i have this as a desktop setup on a griffin elevator stands with keyboard & mouse.
The problem is the screen is a little small and realistically i am finding that i can only use one application per window comfortably without using expose every other second!!
The new imacs are out and i have never had an imac, i had a mac mini and moved onto the macbook. i really really fancy a 27" base model imac, the trouble is i am having trouble justifying the £1378 that i would have to pay via finance. i know it will be worth the money but im just not sure.
The other option is to get a 20 something inch (probably 24") decent quality external monitor display and continue using the macbook, this would cost approximatley £250 for the monitor + i would probably max out the ram in my macbook from 2 to 4gb so about £70 for that plus i would get a magic mouse......just because!!! so all in all i am looking at about £376 for that option.
The question i ask is which one should i go for, buy going for the external display option will i just regret not getting the imac? if you think i should go for a monitor can you recommed me a decent one not the ACD as that kind of defeats the object!!!
The other thing is that i only have a small corner desk so the 27" imac would fill that........but im not bothered!!!
The main uses of my current macbook are:
thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Chris
So i currently have a 13" aluminium macbook running snow leopard that i purchased about a year ago. i have this as a desktop setup on a griffin elevator stands with keyboard & mouse.
The problem is the screen is a little small and realistically i am finding that i can only use one application per window comfortably without using expose every other second!!
The new imacs are out and i have never had an imac, i had a mac mini and moved onto the macbook. i really really fancy a 27" base model imac, the trouble is i am having trouble justifying the £1378 that i would have to pay via finance. i know it will be worth the money but im just not sure.
The other option is to get a 20 something inch (probably 24") decent quality external monitor display and continue using the macbook, this would cost approximatley £250 for the monitor + i would probably max out the ram in my macbook from 2 to 4gb so about £70 for that plus i would get a magic mouse......just because!!! so all in all i am looking at about £376 for that option.
The question i ask is which one should i go for, buy going for the external display option will i just regret not getting the imac? if you think i should go for a monitor can you recommed me a decent one not the ACD as that kind of defeats the object!!!
The other thing is that i only have a small corner desk so the 27" imac would fill that........but im not bothered!!!
The main uses of my current macbook are:
- Surfing the web
- itunes
- iphoto
- imovie
- parallels for AutoCAD
- ichat
- home photo & video editing ( i like to dabble!!)
thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Chris