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I need a powerful computer, that wont slow down and be great for editing, gaming, etc... iMac: 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x2GB 2TB Serial ATA Drive ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB or Mac Pro: One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 6GB (3x2GB) 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB One 18x SuperDrive |
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for multimedia use and editing, i would have to say iMac. |
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R U SERIOUSS? MAC PRO OFCOURSE. INTEL XEON FTW Also, please don't forget to vote - it really helps to select the best questions and answers |
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Go with the MacPro, because it holds more memory. |
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I would recommend the iMac. I have the 27" Quad Core i7 2.8GHZ myself and I am a Visual effects Artist and Compositor as well as an editor and graphics designer. I constantly have After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Maya and other apps all open at once. The screen is perfect for editing too. I do all this with just 4GB of RAM. With 8GB you could do more. I talk here from experience. I hope this helps. Thumbs up if it does. I would also say with the iMac you get a screen with it (an amazing one) at no extra cost. In fact it is cheaper than the Mac Pro. I also play many games on here such as Crysis (Windows Partition), Half Life, Call of Duty. All at full graphics (apart from crysis which is nearly full). |
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I'd say the IMac a Mac pro is really for those who do intensive video editing animation and stuff of that nature |
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If you have the money just go straight for the Mac Pro. Seriously, there is never too much power and you'll be able to do anything you want to do. On the other hand, the iMac is still going to be a great computer, and will do all of your editing, gaming, etc - just make sure you get the specs and look into everything. Sleep on this, what kind of games are you going to be playing? Make sure the hardware will match the games or otherwise you might be dissapointed. For photo editing if your going to be using Photoshop you should be good with even just basic specs, I edit on Photoshop with 3 GB's ram with no problem. Your choice. |
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I'd get the Mac Pro, but if you do that, keep in mind that it takes up more room because it's not an all-in-one computer, plus you'll have to buy the monitor seperate. |
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As stated above, Mac is not good for gaming, but you can always run bootcamp to solve that! From the systems you gave above: Go with the iMac. It's a all-in-one combo with more RAM and more HDD space. Xeon cores are really more server based, anyway. Same amount of threads on both chips. I'm sure the i7 in there is more than enough for what you want to do. It's 4 core running each at 2.8Ghz per core, plus there will be turbo boost, and hyper threading, which makes it seem like 8 cores. It's plenty--it's more than plenty! Personally, on a side note, if you're focused more on gaming, take that same amount of money and put it on a Windows-based PC. You'll see more advanced hardware and a more compatible OS for games, for the same price, if not a little cheaper. If it's the editing you're more interested in, stay on the path you're on! Mac is ideal for this. In this case, I'd go with the iMac. |
I'd recommend a Dell. Toshiba makes some grrrreat laptops too.
Dude, he wants a mac
@NoncDavid, are you retarded Dell and Toshiba A) are having lots of problems at the moment B) dell are ridiculously overpriced, as are Alienware C) toshiba build worse computers than ikea would
How is Dell ridiculously overpriced? I buy Dell all the time.