Then wait for a refresh lar.... the current lines of MBPs are already 6 months old... and you have to understand, Apple's playing a balance between Thinnovation and Power, so don't expect the MBPs to be as powerful as the iMac. They're both catered to different market segments.

at any given price point, of course desktop has better specs. not cheap to create tiny motherboard ;p

Educational discount for new Macbook White Unibody at Apple Online Store drops to RM3199 now , previously was RM3399 .

eh i never noticed the yellow tint. even if u notice it, still can calibrate right? also, programming need to have accurate colour? hehe

either way the iMac screen is IPS and personally i think that's the best value. looks a lot better than other run of the mill 21" inch monitor. plus u get a really nice mouse to boot.

of course, if u dun care abt a better screen, wireless keyboard n mouse, n dun mind a lower speed.. then the mac mini is for u. the price difference can fund something else

Hi all,

I was hoping that you can give me some opinions on whether the iMac will suit me. You see i have always been fascinated with the iMac and recently I need to get myself a desktop. My nature of work would include the usage of Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver and the normal usual ones like Microsoft Office. I also take photographs as a hobby but nothing fancy. Most of the people that I deal with use Windows platform however I really want to try using the iMac.

Any opinions? Thanks in advance.

u already made a decision. u come to lyn cause u wanna seek permission from us to reinforced ur decision... so what are u waiting for? go buy la

This post has been edited by Chartry: Jan 2 2010, 08:37 PM

go buy now!

and it's Adobe Dreamweaver now by the way heheh, where got macromedia anymore since u mentioned photography, ur photos will look damn good on the iMac's IPS display! Anyway I'd recommend adobe Lightroom to edit ur photos...much simpler to use, although PS has much more features.

the first few weeks might be hard for you if u're too used to windows, but juz read around the internet n have a look at the videos at apple.com website if u face any trouble. if still cant find, juz ask here.

faster go buy! haha

what if i buy the iMac but still uses Windows as the platform? Erm... is that not right?

you can, but you might as well buy a PC. dun be scared lah, OSX is very easy to use. dont even need to think how to 'maintain', 'protect' it n such

ok i shall try. Thanks again.

hey... between the two 21.5" imac, which one is a good buy? issit ok with the lower end of the 21.5" imac (rm4099)? or better pay another rm600 (compared to the higher end of 21.5" which is rm4999) to get the 27" imac (rm5599)? all r in student price... can we upgrade the graphic card ourself?

no you cannot upgrade the graphic card yourself. it doesnt use graphic 'cards' in the 1st place, juz the chips.

500GB vs 1TB hard drive only u can decide. 21" or 27" also u decide obviously the bigger the better, but it's a question of money

for the 21", just ask urself if u want/need the Radeon. what do you expect to do with the iMac? for most tasks the 9400M is already pretty good (most of the time i juz use the 9400M ). u'll juz need the Radeon for gaming and serious 3D stuff.

having said that, i'm not sure if the Radeons will work with OpenCL :S but this doesnt matter today

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Jan 3 2010, 10:55 PM

Hi , I'd like to confirm , the 9400M is shared RAM with the main memory ? And the ATi Radeon is dedicated RAM ? ( both on latest iMac 21.5" )
Thank you .

yeap!

Is it real ? Spec of Apple tablet ....

rumours are rumours my friend

Looks awesome. I am pretty sure they would cost a bomb!

I think cost an arms and legs?

should be about USD 1k

i am planning to get myself an imac, but i dunno whether to get a quad or duo core version.

Based on my research, core 2 duo is going to be replaced by i3 or i5 in the near future. So getting a quad core seems to be better, but the thing is, this mac will only be used in this few years time, and can the quad core being fully utilize within this period? since there is not much app utilize multicore.

so, i5 or core 2 duo?