evtonic3 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 My boss just gave me the luxury of buying whatever Mac I needed from the Apple Store-desktop iMac. When given this opportunity, should I get higher speed processor iMac or lower processor but more cores? I will be loading the machine with lots of apps (Designer, Photo and Publisher) then I will need to do some entry to novice video and motion editing. Would like peoples' feedback!! Also a RAM suggestion would be great! THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 More RAM. I went with more cores on my desktop and was happy. Save money on the number and speed of the cores and spend the difference on RAM. 32 to 64 GB of RAM. Did I mention RAM? evtonic3 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I would think all iMacs are quad core now (unless you opt for cheapest 21,5" model...) There is still some differences in processors (i5 and i7), some site might have test results... but I think any quad core is good enough. 16 GB RAM is minimum, and if some else is paying we can claim 32 GB is minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Fixx said: 32 GB is minimum. Only until the end of the year, the boss is paying for it. MORE RAM. Next year you will need i, save on some of the hardware and always get more RAM than you need now because you will need it later, I promise you. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Only until the end of the year, the boss is paying for it. MORE RAM. Next year you will need i, save on some of the hardware and always get more RAM than you need now because you will need it later, I promise you. Getting 64! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, evtonic3 said: Getting 64! Ah good. At last I will be able to sleep at night without worrying about it. [smiley-face emoticon] Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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