Apple iMac system

[RAJni-Gandha]

I am currently planning to take the Apple iMac system, the iMac is coming along with the Intel Core 2 duo 3.06GHz processor. I am wondering what other chips is comparable on the system. According to my friends they are saying that Duo 2’s will be good for your system. But they don’t have the surety that the Apple version will counted this as. I am sure that most of the Intel chips are of multi threaded, I just want to know that is this is good for the iMac system or do you have idea for any other chip of the Intel because I am thinking of about the Quad-Cores or at least an i3 or i5. Any support related to this will be appreciated.

[Alexisus]

I have searched and originate that the Intel Core 2 Duo in the iMac 21.5" is the "E7600". Which is shown on the Chart in that section what I have predicted about the iMac? The said chart of about the "gaming" chips, it is pretty correct. So I will suggest you to that if you are thinking for a new model or upgrade of the iMac you must go to the Apple support, there you will get the exact solution for this.

[Nutty]

The Apple has made an iMac quad core i5 for approximately $1999, I just make a user a Mac or the desktop pc with i7 920 6G ddr3 2x 1terabit HDD for approximately $2200 and it charge something about $1200 in divisions. Back in the day when the PCs were got sucked then apple made its own hardware, apple was enhanced. Now Apple uses the accurate identical hardware as PCs and PCs don’t get suck no more, Apple is following. The Apple excise is ludicrous at this moment for the price of a Mac you want to have a 2 to 4x superior PC.

[Terrextre]

The Core2Duo is similar to a Core2Duo, though if I would undertaking into a speculation, the closest which I find is the Core i3, though the simply Core i series they have the i5 quad code and looking at the specification the most excellent one to take is the baseline with the comparison of iMac, though if you weren't so dead position against a Hackintosh, you could save rather a bit of money.

[AmdUser]

I got for the Intel i5 system:

1. CPU: Intel Core i5-750
2. MOTHERBOARD: ASUS P7P55 LX
3. MEMORY: G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB DDR3-1333
4. Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
5. OPTICAL DRIVE: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X
6. Monitor: ASUS Black 21.5"
7. OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

[Logan.M]

• Quad’s are not used as a large amount now, but in a year or two they could be used for the system, and being fixed on a dual core.
• Alienware plain and simple sucks they accuse a lot more than what is required as well.
• I would charge a lot more to buy parts from apple, their upgrade parts are ludicrous
• The build above would be mostly compatible with OSX, you might have to do some work around (look up the OSX86 project, you might be able to get Snow Leopard as well as Windows 7, just buy the retail disk from apple) though in my opinion, I don't see the point of getting any of the better iMac's as they all have the same CPU and you really don't need that much of a GPU

[Abhibhava]

I had just make a Mac pc with i7 920 6G ddr3 2x 1 TB HDD in parts. The PCs were in trouble to hold and apple made their own hardware, apple was improved. Now that Apple uses the accurate similar hardware as PCs. I think that this PC is a waste of wealth and the technology. If you trying for another PC’s it will be a huge deal as they have the exact the identical parts as the apple’s iMac with them. I suggest you to go for the assemble pc for your use.