iMac: Mid 2009 Quad Core i5 2.66 vs Mid 2010 Core i3 3.06?
As I see the new Speedmark 6.5 test scores come out, I''m taken back somewhat.
I'm buying an iMac for my office which is used for internet, email, heavy excel and word. I like to get 4 to 5 years out of my computer so I'm switching to an iMac. That being said I'm buying a refurbished unit, but am wondering if it's worth the extra 4-500 bucks to upgrade from the 3.06 Core i3 to the 2.66 Quad-core i5??
Thanks in advance
I'm buying an iMac for my office which is used for internet, email, heavy excel and word. I like to get 4 to 5 years out of my computer so I'm switching to an iMac. That being said I'm buying a refurbished unit, but am wondering if it's worth the extra 4-500 bucks to upgrade from the 3.06 Core i3 to the 2.66 Quad-core i5??
Thanks in advance
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You don't mention any sort of media editing or gaming, which is what the more expensive machine would really be faster with.
I don't know what you ought to do, but I think I'd get the less expensive one and put that extra money towards a laptop or iPad or something.
I'll probably manually upgrade the ram to 8gb, but the 4-core advantage probably won't be as big of a deal as the lack of TurboBoost. We'll see what kind of budget I get from the company.
I'm buying an iMac for my office which is used for internet, email, heavy excel and word .... am wondering if it's worth the extra 4-500 bucks to upgrade from the 3.06 Core i3 to the 2.66 Quad-core i5??
the upgrade is not worthwhile given your primarily usage of the iMac.
assuming we're talking about the desktop i5, single-threaded apps will only run on a single active core (the other three cores will be down-clocked close to 0GHz). even though the remaining core will be overclocked to 3.2GHz maximum that won't help you read email faster or download content from the Internet any faster / better than a top-end i3.
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I believe I'm gonna try to squeeze the 27" Core i3 3.2 GHz into the budget, if not I'll just drop down to a 21.5" Core i3 3.06.