Comments on: Apple Updates the iMac: Big Screen, Small Dollars

By: frd75

frd75 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:38:08 +0000

Nancy, If you are into serious photography, you will want to calibrate your monitor. I have no personal experience with the imac, but I have been told that screen brightness is way to high and almost impossible to adjust. I cannot use the imac because the glossy screen has yoo many reflections.

By: Vishal

Vishal — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:22:19 +0000

Is the 1499 imac good enough for editing avchd movies. Using either imovie or finalcut express.
In other words…do I need a better grapichs card with dedicated video memory, for my editing needs stated above…

By: Danh

Danh — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:57:33 +0000

@Nancy I would go with the 2.93. My MacBook Pro is a 2.4 and I do professional photography with CS4 and it works great. I think saving that extra cash between the 2.93 and 3.06 would be beneficial to invest in an external hard drive.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:37:09 +0000

Which iMac do I buy for professional photography, using Photoshop CS4, and also Dreamweaver. I am torn between the 2.93 & 3.06. Are there any benchmarks yet? With student discounts, I can get the 2.93 configured exactly like the 3.06 (other than the processsor) for $175 difference.

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Weekly App Store Picks: March 7, 2009 - TheAppleBlog — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:18:56 +0000

[...] We covered it all right here at TheAppleBlog and so there are dedicated articles for the new iMacs (I’ll be getting one!), new Mac minis, refreshed Airport Extreme and Time Capsule, plus [...]

By: Danh

Danh — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:57:12 +0000

Which firewire is faster? 400 or 800?

By: ecchi

ecchi — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:23:21 +0000

@frd75: Has firewire800 though, which is compatible with firewire400 devices. Just need a $5 cable.

By: frd75

frd75 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:04:26 +0000

Still no matte screen or fire wire 400 options. two killers for me.

By: Danh

Danh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:23:44 +0000

thanks @ecchi. It sounds like that upgrade to the Rradeon would put it along the lines of the MacBook Pro.

I’m not going to do any 3d rendering. I’m big on photoshop and professional photography… and hopefully have a good enough machine to play Diablo III and Starcraft 2.

By: ecchi

ecchi — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:47:03 +0000

Probably the iMac – provided you upgrade the GPU to the Radeon HD 4850; The CPU speed alone is 300-400 mhz higher, with more flexible power and heat consumption than the MBP. Now if the 4850 is “desktop-class” (and not a Mobile-version), than the iMac would easily out-class the 9600M GT(though Apple has traditionally used the mobile GPU’s in the iMacs). The GT130 is basically the 9600GT with a few tweaks. Some debate that its just a re-badge.