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iMac or MacBook Pro

BlackEdelweiss · 2012-12-02 13:57:03

Which is the better computer,a 2011 macbook pro 13'' i5 2.3GHz 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD or a 2012 21.5" iMac Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) I was going to trade in my iMac as I am going to emigrate soon and it would reduce my…

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02-12-2012 2:57pm

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BlackEdelweiss

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Which is the better computer,a 2011 macbook pro 13'' i5 2.3GHz 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD

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a 2012 21.5" iMac Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)

I was going to trade in my iMac as I am going to emigrate soon and it would reduce my shipping space. I was thinking of buying a laptop as I need windows based software for work but I could do the boot camp thing and install windows. The software I need to run is quite heavy on processor power if that is a consideration.
Somebody offered me a trade for the macbook, is it a good deal?

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#2 02-12-2012 3:11pm
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Apart from graphics and screen size, they are more or less evenly matched. Running CPU intensive software on a laptop does introduce a thermal issue though.

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