Older MacPro or new imac?

Hi, I need a mac for use with adobe creative cloud (Mostly photoshop and illustrator). I have 2 options 1) a reconditioned Mac Pro 3.1 with 2x Xeon 2.8Ghz procs, 6Gb RAM, updated OS, 1TB HDD or 2) a new 21.5" imac (i5 2.7Ghz 8Gb RAM). Which is best?

check out www.macperformanceguide.com for ideas, he has a lot esp. about CS6 and above.
24-32GB RAM
Large and / or multiple SSDs for system, scratch, graphic catalogues (Aperture, Lightroom, iPhoto).
You can do well with a 2009 instead, or a maxed out iMac and Thunderbolt external storage.
I would skip the 2008. Too many quirks and behavioral issues possible for some, esp. used but any of 'em.
8 cores doesn't help CS6/CC but 4 of fastest processor cores does.

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hi,
please can anyone help with this:
on apple macpro page, under graphics i see a benchmark based on quake 4 of the nvidia GeForce 7300 GT(256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM), it results 35fps.
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I hope we can get some clarification on these graphical benchmarks because if these are true it makes my 2ghz Mac Pro obsolete before it's even started!
If you look at the sub-notes for the Doom 3/Quake 4 graphics test you'll note that for the iMac, the configuration nor resolution details are listed where they are for the Mac Pro. It's quite possible that Apple did these test differently. And, differently so on the Mac Pro to give the biggest difference to the ATi X1900XT and the Nvidia Quadro FX4500. Again, they way they did it on the iMac probably played into the strengths of the Nvidia 7300GT over the ATi X1600.
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We got internet access immediately through the bluetooth
(whose signal it is remains a mystery).
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I cannot get the
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messages.
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The first one that appears says that my
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I've tried
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A few suggestions
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Hi !
I was wondering if it were possible to connect an older imac to my new imac to use as a second monitor?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4469
Look this article over, the key is to connect either mini display port or thunderbolt and using CMD+F2, let me know if this helps or if it doesn't work out. I'll find another solution if this doesn't work Joel ^_^

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The specs seem to note that there is a video output - but I'm not seeing anything about video IN.
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that looks cool, and there is a free trial.
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