I have an old AMD Athlon XP 2200+ desktop running at 1.80 GHz, with 2GB RAM, ~120GB of HDD space, and a 15in LCD screen. Ancient, I know. Have had the computer for ~7yrs and it got me through college and most of grad school. It is about time for me to upgrade to something more powerful as workin on photo and video edits is getting almost impossible. I plan on passing it off to my little nephews as they will probably be able to enjoy it at their age.

I was thinking of getting the new quad core 27'' iMac. I have been reading that there are a few problems with them, but I am guessing it is the minority experiencing issues. I have an Apple laptop that I love and have had a good experience with, so do to compatibility of running programs was thinking of getting an Apple desktop. Hence the new iMac. Was thinking of spec'ing it out as:


2.8 GHz i7 CPU
8GB DDR3 Ram (will buy memory upgrade myself from 3rd party)
1TB HD
ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU


I was thinking of building my own desktop (PC or a Hackintosh) but when you include the price of a high quality IPS LED 27in monitor it seems like the Apple is the best way to go. The monitor itself would probably cost ~$1200-1300. With the educational discount it will run me ~$2100 which seems like a lot of money, but seems like a great bang for the buck. Especially since I will probably keep this computer for ~5yrs. What do you guys think? Wise move or no? I visited the local Apple store, and the computer is freakin amazing in person.

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Originally posted by palm whats there to think about? only downside imo is wireless mouse keyboard and the small keyboard without numpad. think environment, dont get stuff that requires changing batteries every month. i think u can select wired btw and with numpad. other than that its almost the perfect machine, if it was entirely black id get it myself. dont ever go hackintosh!

While black would be niced, that brushed aluminum look is sharp!

Any reason you recommend against the Hackintosh? I know it would probably cause more headaches that I would want to deal with, probably the reason I'm not that excited about building my own computer. I have been there and done that; to much drama getting all the correct drivers..etc.

I was told my someone that uses an Apple wireless keyboard that under typical use they get over 5-6 months use out of a set of batteries. That seems like a fair trade off. The iMac is fairly green as it is with the power management.

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1200-1300 for a 27" LED Monitor?

Black Friday had the Samsung LED 56" TV for 1599 - just sayin

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sure if your brain damaged let's go buy a 1k+ monitor for no reason when a 400 doller monitor will suit you just as fine and not break your back.

go core i7 /end thread. you have the specs lined out already so I assume you know what your doing. handle it.

i want a new laptop. dunno which is the best :/

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Posted by Omega_Blue that's it, fuck it i'm quitting ta forever. fuck if i'm gonna get trolled by fucking yukii. dammit!

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Originally posted by yukii i want a new laptop. dunno which is the best :/

budget?

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!

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Originally posted by palm rofl ur an idiot.

oh you want a piece of my cock as well?

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computer monitor /= LCD tv
niglet

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!

<> or !=

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!

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Originally posted by leph555 budget?

less than $800 probably.

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Posted by Omega_Blue that's it, fuck it i'm quitting ta forever. fuck if i'm gonna get trolled by fucking yukii. dammit!

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Originally posted by yukii less than $800 probably.

http://www.deals2buy.com/delldeals.htm

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!