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I am tired of just all the problems that windows brings and will be going to the apple store and buying an iMac. I need some help though.
I know this has probably been answered alot but I have searched and have only really found one thread asking this question.
Should I buy the iMac 2.0 or the 2.4. I don't play any games on the computer. What I do use it for is photos, watching dvds at times, browsing the net. At times I can be on AIM, the internet and messing with photos all at the same time. If I buy the 2.0 and get 2GB of RAM will this suffice for my needs and still run really smooth. Please any feedback will be great cause I really want to get a mac but just not sure which one to go with.
I'm going to be really annoying right now. I would say that you're choice isn't really between the 2.0 and the 2.4. I'd say it's between the 2.0 and 2.8.
Personally I think that for the difference in price, when compared with the 2.4, the 2.8 is worth the extra (more hard disk space, more ram and a faster processor). So the big question is the 2.0 or the 2.8.
So you've got the bigger hard disk, more ram, 1ghz (roughly) faster processor (in each core that is), the better graphics card, and the bigger and better screen. And that little list, combined with the fact you can't upgrade much later, made me go for the 2.8. I have no regrets and now don't know how I lived without the real estate that the 24" screen has given me (it's quite often full and I'm very grateful for spaces lol).
Most people will wonder how. Just think of what it's like when you've got itunes, your browser, amsn, streaming the news, email and maybe a word document. Well that's most of my spaces gone on this size screen.
Basically go with the best spec that you can afford to. By all means don't spend more than you can. But if you don't get the best you can now, then you'll be kicking yourself a year or so down the line.
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