Would you sell your 15" MBP for a i7 27" iMac?

I just did exactly what you're thinkin' about. I had a one year old MacBook Pro 15" 2.2 ghz that pretty much never left the house. I wanted a horsepower upgrade and the new Mac Mini just wasn't enough and the new iMac looked pretty tempting.

Ultimately I ended up getting the new 27" stock model with the 3.06 core duo. Blows the MacBook away and the new screen is awesome. I also have my 27" Samsung connected to it for dual 27" goodness. One thing that prompted the jump for me was the dealer offered me a grand to trade in my MacBook Pro. I forgot that's one big advantage on the Mac side of the fence is that the re-sell market is pretty lucrative so that may help your decision.

I upgraded my new iMac to 8GB ram (not from Apple though) and only paid $95 Cdn for that. Also installed Win7 64 bit this morning and tried my Mass Effect game just to test and it works just fine. I'm actually quite surprised as I'm playing it at 2560x1440. Had to do some fussing with the drivers as Apple doesn't support Win7 just yet but got it all working.

Anyhoo, I don't think you'll be dissapointed and I bought a Netbook quite a while back now and that's been my only road warrior. It's just too convenient on the road and I don't think I could ever travel again with a full size notebook. Good luck!

James

Originally Posted by joudbren

I also have my 27" Samsung connected to it for dual 27" goodness.

What a totally rediculous setup! Here's the big question: What's the samsung and how does it look next to a 27" LED backlit IPS? What differences do you notice? etc etc. Great opportunity for comparison!

Also I hear you about the RAM, I looked on apples website and it's about $1000 to get 8 gigs, rediculous...

Get the 27" iMac and then go pick up a netbook that runs OSX well. Best of both worlds

Originally Posted by budafied

Get the 27" iMac and then go pick up a netbook that runs OSX well. Best of both worlds

10.6.2 kills Atom support. Also, Hackintosh endorsements are against the rules.

Originally Posted by Terpfen

10.6.2 kills Atom support. Also, Hackintosh endorsements are against the rules.

Ah. Well in that case just get a netbook and run Win7 (or XP/Linux) on it...lol

Originally Posted by Terpfen

10.6.2 kills Atom support. Also, Hackintosh endorsements are against the rules.

I don't believe it's against the rules to suggest it. I believe you can't suggest how to obtain or use it. I can be wrong.

Getting back to the OP, get the 27"

Originally Posted by persisting1

I don't believe it's against the rules to suggest it. I believe you can't suggest how to obtain or use it. I can be wrong.

KaosDG is going to have to clarify, but I'm sure that all Hackintosh discussion is against the rules, which would include recommending them as usable computers.

We have been recommending them around here for quite awhile, we just can't talk about how to go about getting one setup. For that, we simple point people to the OSx86/Insanely Mac forums.

apple did ask for it when they went to over to intel...I want my G6!

If your doing most of your computing @ home, I would say sell the MBP and go for the iMac. Also I read the other day Apple has re-enabled atom support in the latest 10.6.2.

[QUOTE=joeshmoe;1034852312]Here's the big question: What's the samsung and how does it look next to a 27" LED backlit IPS? What differences do you notice? etc etc. Great opportunity for comparison!QUOTE]

hate to quote myself but I'm really curious. Anything to say about this?

Originally Posted by I3roknI3ottle

If your doing most of your computing @ home, I would say sell the MBP and go for the iMac. Also I read the other day Apple has re-enabled atom support in the latest 10.6.2.

For the record, the official 10.6.2 release, 10C540 does *not* include Atom support, the hackintoshers are going to have to find another way to do this as 'vanilla' will no longer be an option.

I've been teasing myself about this option as well, but ebaying turns up that the $1999 MBP I paid for 4-5 months back now only goes for $1100-$1300. I'm very happy with it as is, definitely not going to shell out the rest of the money + tax for it.

Plus taking it to the bathroom is... priceless. I'm pooping and foruming right now! Multi-tasking is king

Y'know, some things are better left unsaid.

Originally Posted by Mr. Wolf

Y'know, some things are better left unsaid.

Oops, should I edit the price part out?

Originally Posted by Tylerdurdened

Oops, should I edit the price part out?

Nahhh, people talk about taking their toys to the crapper all the time. You should see how many in the Mobile Phone forum proudly post from their thrones.

Someone here hasn't seen the Seinfeld 'took the bookstore book to the bathroom to read instead of buying it while i was there' episode.

Originally Posted by 0ptional

Someone here hasn't seen the Seinfeld 'took the bookstore book to the bathroom to read instead of buying it while i was there' episode.

LOL I saw that!

[QUOTE=joeshmoe;1034885260]

Originally Posted by joeshmoe

Here's the big question: What's the samsung and how does it look next to a 27" LED backlit IPS? What differences do you notice? etc etc. Great opportunity for comparison!QUOTE]

hate to quote myself but I'm really curious. Anything to say about this?

Hi! Apologies for the delay getting back to everyone, I've been crazy busy. To answer your question, the Sammy looks pretty cool next to the iMac! However....

The iMac screen annihilates the Samsung both in colour accuracy and clarity. I thought my Samsung was pretty good for my photo editing and I use a Spyder2 calibrator to profile my screens. I finally got around to profiling the iMac on the weekend and OMG! It blew the Samsung out of the water! Just goes to show that ignorance is bliss I guess because now the Samsung pales in comparison.

I still use both monitors connected but my photo editing is now 100% restricted to the Apple screen. The IPS technology is fantastic and combined with the LED backlighting you just can't go wrong. I'm still not too keen on the glossy display but I'm getting used to it and I have no serious reflections in my location so I can deal with it.

I have noticed a little eyestrain though but mostly from the tiny text on the screen due to the 2460x1440 resolution. I can easily change font sizes in Safari and such but text in menu items, etc., is still pretty tiny and my eyes ain't what they used to be. Sigh.... Wasn't an issue with the Sammy as even though the monitor is the same size the resolution is 1920x1200 so text was bigger. Hope that helps and cheers!

James

good comparison. Sounds like a sweet screen. What are the perks of glossy displays? they just look sleeker or what? Sorry to hear about the text sizes, that's what universal access is for! haha. I'd be curious how it would do if you played some games on it.