# Mac buyin' advice **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 1, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873 "2008-06-01T03:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twdesignz06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@twdesignz06](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/twdesignz06)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/41 "2008-06-02T19:36:05Z")
With regards to the performance between a MBP and an iMac, they’ll essentially be the same, only that the iMac uses 3.5" hard drives, and the MBP of courses uses a 2.5" drive. Also, the motherboard on the iMac is essentially a notebook motherboard, so the only real difference would be hard drive speed/size. ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/42 "2008-06-02T19:58:53Z")
and RAM, Yo! ---
**Author:** ![doctor\_funk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@doctor\_funk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doctor_funk)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/43 "2008-06-03T00:38:25Z")
Ya Shane, get the 24". I always say if it’s just a little more expensive, spend the extra and buy the best. That way, if you decide to resell it in a few years, it will still retain a degree of value. That said, the 24" screen is far superior in quality to the 20" screen which is plagued with problems(Google is and you’ll see many many complaints) ---
**Author:** ![twdesignz06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@twdesignz06](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/twdesignz06)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/44 "2008-06-03T14:45:09Z")
> [@fasterthanlight™;2335037](#): > > and RAM, Yo! iMacs use notebook memory right? Is that what you were saying? @shane-c If you do graphic design/photography work, then you most definitely want the 24". TN panels are only 6-bit, meaning they only display something like 256,000 colors, whereas 8-bit panels like the 24" display 16.7 million colors. ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/45 "2008-06-03T14:48:53Z")
I’m not sure, but definitely do NOT buy RAM from Apple when buying your computer… just get the 1GB it comes with, and upgrade it yourself for like, a fraction of the cost, using [www.crucial.com](http://www.crucial.com) ---
**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/46 "2008-06-03T20:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=Templarian;2334869]It has 4 more inchs of screen room? I’m gonna wait till i work here for 2 more years before I ask my work to upgrade my two monitors into 1 30", right now my computer kind of stutters when i have more than 3 adobe products open ☹ so I use my laptop for the other apps.[/QUOTE] 4" more diagonally, which makes for a fair bit of area. I’ve personally have a white macbook, black macbook, and a 24" iMac. I love 'em all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![love\_police](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@love\_police](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/love_police)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873/47 "2008-06-04T01:36:40Z")
TAB has a good guide on buying macs on their community forum 🙂 [http://www.theappleblog/community/](http://www.theappleblog/community/) [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mac-buyin-advice/261873.md?page=2)