IMac Tech Specs vs. PC's

I'm a PC user thinking of buying an iMac. Does iMac require less memory and hard drive space than PC? The standard specs. for an iMac is 1GB memory and 250 GB HD. If it were a PC I would consider 2GB/320GB the standard (for me anyway). I realize that I can upgrade on an iMac, but is it necessary? Can I compare the specs of an iMac with that of a PC literally, or do they have very different requirements?

Bus speeds, *NOW*, all the same...
not the little yellow ones...
{quote:title=corelle wrote:}but is it necessary?{quote}
it all come down to *$$$*...
With all memory requirements being the same, Apple handpicks and configures all the components to run with absolute optimization on Apple’s own OS X operating system. There are virtually no bottlenecks or hardware components that aren’t taken advantage of to their utmost. What this means is with two similarly configured Mac and PC computers, the Mac will outperform the PC.
This is also true even when comparing Windows verses Windows on Mac vs PC similar configurations.
see charts here:
http://www.barefeats.com/macvpc.html
as for costs:
http://www.switchingtomac.com/wp/mac-vs-pc-part-5-hardware/
It's all up on the actual hardware inside a Mac, Apple uses leading technology in their computers, in many cases going above industry standard and on top of this they have the added advantage of being able to leveraging their own OS to run at peek optimization and performance...
Thanks.
den
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How do you think the screen on the 24" Imac compares to this HP 24" monitor?:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/display/display/1/storefronts/RY117AA%2523ABA

blair.harrington wrote:
Does anyone have the actual tech specs for the screen itself
in reference to the 24" Imac (response time, etc.)
The 24" ALU iMac's display panel is an *LG.Philips LM240WU2-SLB1*.
According to TFTcentral, it's an 8-bit S-IPS panel. For more specs see:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/panel_parts.htm
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Check the specs, but also check some [24'' ALU iMac screen photos.|http://picasaweb.google.com/TheLooby]
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[HP w2408|http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/display/display/1/storefronts/RY117AA%2523ABA]
I don't have a mfgr's part number, but it uses a 6-bit TN panel. Faster
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Are the CS5.5 tech specs too low?

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For example, CS5.5 programs support multithreading so there should be a significant difference between how the software performs on a quad-core computer compared with a Pentium 4 or even a dual-core processor. The other concern is that it is usual for designers to have multiple programs open at once, like Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. Surely a higher spec computer is needed to be able to work productively.
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Hi BDAqua,
Wow!, that sure was quick reply. So thanks for the info. Your answer confirmed what I had thought. I WAS going to ask my brother what, if anything, he was planning to do with his 'old' Mac Mini, and 'old' Apple TV, seeing as he has a new Apple TV, and a new 27" iMac, and does not appear to be using the 'old' ones at the moment.
I think perhaps, I may not bother, and just save up for either my own new Mac Mini or iMac (or a MUCH HIGHER SPEC Intel i7 /Win' 8 PC) when I have finished paying for my iPad 4 and iPhone 5. It was just an idea, since I am so sick of my Windows pc's seemingly needing full destructive recovery every three months or so, that it is doing my head in.
This is even though I check for and install the update for the Windows OS and Norton Internet Security every single day, and do a full scan with Norton Internet Security, and run Norton Utilities every couple of days, which has NEVER found anything that it has not already removed or quarantined, while PC is in use at other times.
I guess that is what happens when you (I mean I) try to get by with a 'cheap' PC instead of the one I should have bought.
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