- Jan 9, 2015
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So I'm trying to help a friend who does a lot of video editing with getting a new computer. He has an old iMac from 2008 I think. He seems pretty set on getting a Mac, which I disagree with because of just how much you could do with that same money for individual PC parts.
He wants the new iMac 5k which can be found here: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac-retina
It's $2,500 for 8gb of ram and a 4th gen i5 quad core with a 5k 27-inch screen (seems a bit overkill to me), as well as a R9 M290X 2gb GPU.
On the other hand, there's the iMac without the 5k screen. Found here: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac
It is also $2,500, but rather than an i5 it has a 4th gen quad core i7 with hyperthreading and a GTX 775M GPU with a 27 inch 1440p screen.
To me, with video editing in mind, it seems like a much better idea to go with the second choice because of the i7. He would probably upgrade to 16gb or 24gb of ram from the original 8gb, but not through Apple because of how overpriced they make it. Just pop two more DIMMs in there.
Thoughts, anybody? I don't know much about Macs, and I think he should let me build a PC for him, but whatever.. Please share what you think with me. Thanks!
He wants the new iMac 5k which can be found here: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac-retina
It's $2,500 for 8gb of ram and a 4th gen i5 quad core with a 5k 27-inch screen (seems a bit overkill to me), as well as a R9 M290X 2gb GPU.
On the other hand, there's the iMac without the 5k screen. Found here: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac
It is also $2,500, but rather than an i5 it has a 4th gen quad core i7 with hyperthreading and a GTX 775M GPU with a 27 inch 1440p screen.
To me, with video editing in mind, it seems like a much better idea to go with the second choice because of the i7. He would probably upgrade to 16gb or 24gb of ram from the original 8gb, but not through Apple because of how overpriced they make it. Just pop two more DIMMs in there.
Thoughts, anybody? I don't know much about Macs, and I think he should let me build a PC for him, but whatever.. Please share what you think with me. Thanks!
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