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Ot-Ugrading a Mac-Ot

CoMoBGE
CoMoBGE Posts: 374
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With kids getting older in school I have to upgrade my old school Mac. The kids are just a little to young for laptops so I am doing an iMac. No matter which screen size I will do an i7 proc. And 16gb of ram. Is it worth the extra $600 for the 27" screen? Thanks for the input. 
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  • Bshults1
    Bshults1 Posts: 146
    If all the specs are the same and it's just for the kids, then probably not.  If you might be using it as a work station, you could always add an extra monitor later for much cheaper 
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  • 1move
    1move Posts: 516
    Well if we are talking Apples here... Hehe... Get it... 

    Anyway from what I just looked at you go from a 1080P screen to a 5k screen which is a substantial difference and yes to me worth $600. Adding a screen later defeats the purpose of having an all in one package. 
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  • Philicious
    Philicious Posts: 346
    I think so.
    Born and raised in NOLA. Now live in East TN.
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  • AVEngineer
    AVEngineer Posts: 120
    It's worth it. A larger screen is very helpful when you have multiple documents open at one time. Yes you can always add a second monitor but for home use could be overkill. 
    Medium BGE , iGrill2
    Virginia Beach, VA
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Are they doing photo or video processing?  Or just a computer?  If you are doing a lot of video work AND are shooting that video in 4k, then I would get their mega-monitor.  Otherwise, if it is regluar stuff like GoPro, or other cameras, then a regular monitor with a high refresh rate would be fine.

    Mine will be connected to the TV as my monitor.  I can see it from across the room and I can use my wireless keyboard and mouse to run everything I need.  Plus, using it as a media center is a big plus.

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  • NC_Egghead
    NC_Egghead Posts: 786
    You may want to check out the used market on iMacs. Macs refurb very well. I bought a 2011 model last winter, 2.7 Ghz quad core i5 w/ 16 G's of ram, 27" monitor. I also have another 24" monitor hooked up to it. I used to do quite a bit of image editing and have done some video editing as well. I've never been disappointed in its performance and payed about half over a new unit.
    Charlotte, NC

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