Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, Basically, you give up expandability. The HD is hard to change when you run out of space. No expansion slots if you have some old H/W like SCSI cards or really fancy audio cards or .... No dual quad-cored CPUs to accelerate Photoshop. Supports external monitor via DVI. It has been said that the LCD is not as high quality as Apple's standalone monitors though that is just hearsay. Other than that, probably not much. Think of it as an oversized, desk- bound, vertical MacBook Pro with a detached keyboard. :) Regards, Spencer On Mar 12, 2008, at 3:05, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Since a lot of you out there are Mac folk, I thought I'd ask your > opinion on this. I am tempted to get one of the Mac desktops. I > always thought that I needed one of the Mac Pro models due to their > horsepower and memory expansion possibilities, but now I see an iMac > 2.8 Ghz 24" for a very reasonable price, several hundred Euros less > than a Mac Pro. Memory expandable to 16 GB, 500 GB hard disk, 8x > Superdrive etc. > > What do I really give up if I go for the iMac compared to a Mac Pro? > >