Word On the Street, 24" IMac

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Lundberg02
Sep 26, 2006
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Any reports on this machine? Especially on eyestrain?

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Allen_Wicks
Sep 27, 2006
Max 3 GB RAM makes it a poor desktop graphics choice for the future IMO. Otherwise folks seem to love it.
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Phosphor
Sep 27, 2006
3GB would be PLENTY for MANY users.

Not everyone cranks out 500MB Photoshop files. In fact, I’d be willing to bet it’d be fine for 85% of all Photoshop users.
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Cindy
Sep 27, 2006
But why not go just a little further and get the Mac Pro? Then you don’t have to worry for a while. The 2.33 is just a couple of hundred more than the iMac 2.33 24".
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SteveV
Sep 27, 2006
And then you have to go get yourself a 24" monitor as well, it’s a lot more when you add all that up.
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Larryr544
Sep 27, 2006
The Imac comes with a 24" screen!
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Allen_Wicks
Sep 28, 2006
3GB would be PLENTY for MANY users. Not everyone cranks out 500MB Photoshop files. In fact, I’d be willing to bet it’d be fine for 85% of all Photoshop users.

Indeed 3 Gb is plenty for many users – today. But a box bought for future (2007, 2008, 2009…) Photoshop usage constrained to 3 GB of RAM, when PSCS2 already performs better with up to 8 GB of RAM, IMO will prove to be a much less effective purchase. My forecast is that Aperture, PSCS3/PSCS4, OS 10.5 and beyond will make RAM very desirable in the future of our new true 64-bit world.

IMO pros are invariably better off with pro boxes.
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Ram
Sep 28, 2006
Aperture already does not run on my maxed-out 2GB-of-RAM machine. 🙁
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Allen_Wicks
Sep 30, 2006
Aperture’s first major hardware limitation is the graphics card, then RAM. Quad G5s with the stock, not-upgradable 6600 graphics card are virtually useless for Aperture, while my max-graphics G4 Powerbook is actually usable ("adequate"). Best of course are MacIntel boxes with 2 GB or more of RAM.

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