Should I upgrade to an I7 ?

[shenfrey]

Do I need one?

At the minute I am using a 27" Imac with a C2D processor, 4GB of ram and a 1TB HDD. Now first let me bullet point my MAIN uses from my Imac and then a quick follow up of why I use a mac. Hopefully this will give you enough information to beable to decide for me (Because clearly I am not big enough to choose for myself!) weather or not I need a new I7 Imac.

- Browsing the Web
- Visiting and contributing on forums
- Watching a TON of videos (Youtube, Video game websites, News sites, etc)
- Manageing photos (personal photos, friends, familys, good times. Nothing fancy)
- Typical mac stuff: I.E Using Dashboard, Word Processing, mangeing and listening to my music etc)

Now I use my mac for these things because I find it so easy to use first and foremost but also using OS X is such a clean, crisp and smooth experience for the most part. I use my Mac every single day of my life, it is my hub of not just my life but also my famlies and my closest friends. I will never stop using mac for these reasons and hopefully, this has given you an insight of just what a mac does to benefit my life.

Now the £1 000 000 question (I am english so I will use me sterling thanks ) SHOULD I upgrade? I don't feel the need to honestly, I never really complain about speed, but then again I haven't seen what these new macs offer me, is it more then just raw speed? Is it faster enough to warrant a purchase? Or should I just keep living my life with my imac I have already?

Thanks guys : )

 

[Tabudrummer]

I wouldn't suggest upgrading, you dont seem to need any more power than you have. It would be a waste of your money, what you have at the moment is more than adequate, save your money, or just put it to better use, haha.

 

[scoobydiesel]

I honestly see no reason for you to upgrade, Maybe add some ram? But really you dont game or edit photos/videos or anything along them lines? Then you should be fine. Maybe spend the money on a super comfy chair

 

[Badger^2]

I agree, no upgrade.

But throwing $100 at it for another 8 gigs of ram (12 total) cant hurt and its a fairly small investment.

 

[eljanitor]

I concur that you do not need to upgrade as well.

 

[dcmachead]

Wouldn't Upgrade

Based on what you've described, it doesn't sound like you'd see a noticeable difference in your user experience with an i7 processor.

My wife recently bought a MBP i7 2.3Ghz with 8GB of RAM and there's a DRAMATIC reduction in the time it takes to render HD video when compared to my 3 year old MBP with 2.4Ghz C2D with 4GB of RAM. For everything else, it's pretty much the same. The boot time on the i7s is a lot shorter, but I seldom boot the machine cold.

 

[ZeD X]

Pick up the i7, or stay with your actual config.

I think you should buy the new iMac when it will be released, with thunderbolt and stuff. Your config is not bad that cant wait for the new release.

 

[archer75]

I'd stay with what you have. For what you do on your machine I really don't see any type of upgrade benefiting you at all.