2.4 vs. 2.8 GHZ for iMac?

PRE · #1 09-30-2007, 09:02 PM

Getting an iMac and I'm trying to decide betwwen 2.4 and 2.8 GHZ. The difference in price is $700. For someone who is just going to use this for personal use, is this necessary and/or worth it? Thanks

erbbysam · #2 09-30-2007, 11:13 PM

Usually this isn't worth it at all. Spend $700 on something on something more useful to you besides the small % of speed that it will add such a additional monitor, more ram, nicer hard drive, external harddrive etc.
... my opinion

a nonymous · #3 09-30-2007, 11:42 PM

Based on the info you have provided, I'd say that it def isn't necessary or worth it.

kerowo · #4 09-30-2007, 11:44 PM

You would be better off upgrading the graphics card than that small bump in processor speed. You may also want to wait for the Leopard release later this month as they might refresh the line again.

Beavis68 · #5 10-01-2007, 04:27 PM

I think you are misreading the website or a getting a bum deal somewhere, the processor it $250 more. For $500 more you get the 2.8Ghz extreme processor, an extra 1GB of RAM and a HD upgrade from 320GBto 500GB.

I think the performance difference will be pretty minimal between the two processors, but they aren't any good benchmarks out for those two that I know of. Comparing the 2.66 and 2.9 shows about a 10% improvement.

Just get 2GB of RAM and upgrade the HD if you think you need it.