My Fiancee is a composer, and she makes good use of Garage band on her aging MacBook. I'd like to get her a Mac desktop as a graduation present, but the price/value is killing me.
The Mac Mini has a much more approachable price, but we'd be using a standard display, and that will lack some of the "wow" that we'd get out of the iMac. Also, if I have to spend $200 on peripherals, there goes the price difference.
She's a fan of Portal (2), and I would love her new computer to be as good at playing it as her old one (2.2 Ghz, C2 Duo, nVidia 9800).
Does anyone have experience with this?
The Mac Mini has a much more approachable price, but we'd be using a standard display, and that will lack some of the "wow" that we'd get out of the iMac. Also, if I have to spend $200 on peripherals, there goes the price difference.
She's a fan of Portal (2), and I would love her new computer to be as good at playing it as her old one (2.2 Ghz, C2 Duo, nVidia 9800).
Does anyone have experience with this?