Is it worth buying 21 inch iMac or buy the 27 inch iMac?

please give some edvice

21 in iMac does not allow RAM upgrde later.   27 in lets you upgrade RAM later.
for 21 in you need to buy the amount of RAM you will need eventually.  That can drive the price of a 21 in up to a 27 in that has base-amounts of RAM but can be upgraded later for low cost.

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