Quote:Originally Posted by splinterize But arent mobile i5 only dual core?
What does that have to do with anything? All the iMacs features desktop CPUs, not mobile ones.
Quote:Originally Posted by Bit_reaper Kand might be exaggerating a bit but lets face it, a $2200 machine is not your typical family computer and if you are looking to do any kind of serious work a PC build for that purpose is much...
Quote:Originally Posted by Kand So what you're saying is..
You're paying $2200 for a Facebook machine that would melt if you do any actual work on it.
Are you seriously THAT narrow minded?
Quote:Originally Posted by SoloCamo Wait, but he's still right. In all those cases, they are spending more money for more performance, not less.
Tri/quad sli does indeed give increased performance, just like a better airflow case,...
Quote:Originally Posted by seg//fault I like the idea of the iMac. It's about as powerful as one of those ridiculous beefy "gaming laptops" and it comes with a nice big screen for people with bad eyesight (such as myself ).
What I...
The iMac uses desktop CPUs. The latest generation features 3570/3770s, if I remember correctly.
Edit: Appears as they use desktop CPUs, but the S-series.
Quote:Originally Posted by Robilar Not just the loss of the cd-rom drive but also hard drive storage. I bought my daughter the macbook pro over the air because I get get a laptop with both a decent sized hard drive and a dvd drive....