We are thinking about replacing our 5yr old PPC iMac (G5 with inbuilt iSight, no less) with a new one. Currently drooling over a 27" job.
Looking at the Apple store, it seems you can have a serial HDD or an SSD or a combination. I think I understand why you might want both, but is it worth an extra £400-odd? I suppose you then don't have to have an external HDD for media storage, but you'll still need one for back up. And if you have two, how would TimeMachine work, 2 separate backups or some kind of integrated file? Are there other options? I see comment about RIAD servers (I think), would that be a more cost effective solution? I'm also unsure as to how much benefit we are actually going to derive from an i5 vs i7 processor. Most of what we do is relatively low power, though we are doing an increasing amount of photo-storage/editing. Skype is also becoming a more prominent part of our lives thanks to distant relatives and can be rather processor hungry we've noticed (not to mention the PPC version is still 2 compared to 5+ on my intel macbook). Am I right in thinking that maximising the RAM (prob via Crucial or similar) is just as important a consideration? Of course, if we do go for the 27", we'll also need a new desk. Thoughts/opinons appreciated. Regards Russell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
