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Games will obviously be affected by the graphics card difference.Hi,
I am almost 99% sure I gonna get a new 1299.$ iMac...especially when you factor in all the other purchases I want like .Mac & maybe parallels & iWork...yet I was considering what the extra 200$ iMac a.k.a. 1599.$ model means in terms of usability in the future. Does the 256 meg video card mean anything if you aren't really a gamer (although I won't discount the possiblity of playing games esp. since I can run windows on this platform if I wanted)? I don't really care about the speed but, I just don't want to be saying to myself 2 years down the road that I should've bought the model that had more capability.
Did the last 20 inch iMac's have a bigger video card then 128meg?
Your opinion counts!
Thank-you.
Cheers, davidslegend
For most tasks, the two computers will feel almost identical because most programs are powered by the CPU.
The CPU is 400 Mhz faster in the higher model. I also don't think that will make a big difference unless you are running a lot of CPU intensive tasks. Considering that you had to ask the question in the first place, I will assume you are an average user, so this would not be the case.
That said, I ordered the 2.4 Ghz.