Qeustion about imac

You're seriously damaging my theory about the universal healthcare in Canada meaning people there are smarter.

Do you realize you could get a PC that will not only play WoW on full settings, as well as every other game on the market for about half that (taking into account the current currency exchange rates). And it would have more than one mouse button.

You're seriously damaging my theory about the universal healthcare in Canada meaning people there are smarter.

Do you realize you could get a PC that will not only play WoW on full settings, as well as every other game on the market for about half that (taking into account the current currency exchange rates). And it would have more than one mouse button.

WDT-BlackKat

Well I am not getting imac just for games, I am using it for Graphic Design and suchs TripleDDD4

I built my pc for the price of $1700, and my system destroys that for nearly less than $800. Macs are good for graphics true but that doesn't mean the PC sucks at it. In fact I would say my 8800GTX destroys your 2600 in graphics processing. I'm into graphic designing too and I have a tablet and everything and my PC is better than the macs they have at school.

[QUOTE="TripleDDD4"]Well I am not getting imac just for games, I am using it for Graphic Design and suchs silentsky

I built my pc for the price of $1700, and my system destroys that for nearly less than $800. Macs are good for graphics true but that doesn't mean the PC sucks at it. In fact I would say my 8800GTX destroys your 2600 in graphics processing. I'm into graphic designing too and I have a tablet and everything and my PC is better than the macs they have at school.

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[QUOTE="TripleDDD4"]Well I am not getting imac just for games, I am using it for Graphic Design and suchs yoyo462001

I built my pc for the price of $1700, and my system destroys that for nearly less than $800. Macs are good for graphics true but that doesn't mean the PC sucks at it. In fact I would say my 8800GTX destroys your 2600 in graphics processing. I'm into graphic designing too and I have a tablet and everything and my PC is better than the macs they have at school.

It is fine, but if money isn't an issue then by all means go ahead and buy it. I'm just saying that price/perfomance ratio doesn't cut it for $2500. I just think SOME people just buy Macs purely for asthetic reasons and bragging to people they're so cool because they have a Mac. I think they look nice and all and work well as well but I prefer my PC because I know it's better and I have the ability to upgrade instead of buying a whole new unit when my system just doesn't cut it anymore (iMac CPU's are soldered to the board if people didn't know that).

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[QUOTE="TripleDDD4"]Well I am not getting imac just for games, I am using it for Graphic Design and suchs silentsky

I built my pc for the price of $1700, and my system destroys that for nearly less than $800. Macs are good for graphics true but that doesn't mean the PC sucks at it. In fact I would say my 8800GTX destroys your 2600 in graphics processing. I'm into graphic designing too and I have a tablet and everything and my PC is better than the macs they have at school.

It is fine, but if money isn't an issue then by all means go ahead and buy it. I'm just saying that price/perfomance ratio doesn't cut it for $2500. I just think SOME people just buy Macs purely for asthetic reasons and bragging to people they're so cool because they have a Mac. I think they look nice and all and work well as well but I prefer my PC because I know it's better and I have the ability to upgrade instead of buying a whole new unit when my system just doesn't cut it anymore (iMac CPU's are soldered to the board if people didn't know that).

[QUOTE="WDT-BlackKat"]

You're seriously damaging my theory about the universal healthcare in Canada meaning people there are smarter.

Do you realize you could get a PC that will not only play WoW on full settings, as well as every other game on the market for about half that (taking into account the current currency exchange rates). And it would have more than one mouse button.

yoyo462001

Last I checked you can get Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, etc. on PCs too. What does the operating system's UI have to do with those? The software looks (and essentially runs) exactly the same. The myth that Macs are better for graphics is just that. Don't remember when the same mythical properties were attributed to the Amiga? If you can believe such myths you better hide from the Scientologists for your assimilation is truly imminent.

I am paying aound 2400-2500 in CanadianTripleDDD4

ouch, my new pc with more power cost less than that in nzd

[QUOTE="WDT-BlackKat"]

You're seriously damaging my theory about the universal healthcare in Canada meaning people there are smarter.

Do you realize you could get a PC that will not only play WoW on full settings, as well as every other game on the market for about half that (taking into account the current currency exchange rates). And it would have more than one mouse button.

yoyo462001

true but last time i checked adobe program are on pc too and they are what are used for graphic design

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[QUOTE="TripleDDD4"]Well I am not getting imac just for games, I am using it for Graphic Design and suchs yoyo462001

I built my pc for the price of $1700, and my system destroys that for nearly less than $800. Macs are good for graphics true but that doesn't mean the PC sucks at it. In fact I would say my 8800GTX destroys your 2600 in graphics processing. I'm into graphic designing too and I have a tablet and everything and my PC is better than the macs they have at school.

software? what raphic design software is used that isn't on pc? its all adobe these days which is on pc

Now I am pretty confuse, either make my own computer or buy an imac...... o well look like I have to do more researchsTripleDDD4

Build it yourself. Seriously, its not as hard as you think and you'll save yourself a ton of money down the line.

For graphic design, many art classes highly encourage macs.. not sure why, considering both have support for the best apps. I will say this again though, because these same people keep saying the same thing and never counter my comments. Macs are stable-- many of the haters here have never owned one, or have used ones in their schools. Do you people realize how much school PCs suck too? Macs that are taken care of are the most reliable and stable machines... In the two years that I had a mac, it crashed only one time. I never lost a single document. I had windows on a partition, but I eventually deleted it because I just went to my gaming PC when I needed windows. Macs are not designed for gaming, but their hardware will run exactly the same as their PC equivalent in bootcamp that comes with the new OSX leopard.

Go to an apple store, try one out... If you like the operating system, and the money is not a big issue... you will like the system.

I've recently built a nice quad core for gaming. OCed to 3.2mhz, 8800gts 512, 4gb of ram, raptor HD etc etc. And for the past 2 years, I've been using a G5 (dual core mac) with 2gb or ram, at work.

I can honestly say my brand new PC is much much slower than this 2 year old G5 when working with graphic programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Quark Xpress etc. Somehow, macs just run these programs better, even when they're all open.

So I would say an iMac is a good choice since you don't seem to be a hardcore gamer and your purpose is for graphics design. Yes, it will play WoW without a problem. Newer games on the other hand, I can't comment.