Hi. I'm looking to buy a 21.5 inch iMac. The computer is mostly intended for Adode creative suite ( illustrator, indesign and photoshop). Bear in mind that this will not be complex work; just simple wedding invites, greetings cards, etc.
I have dismissed the cheapest option, which leaves me with the 3.6ghz i3 (4 core) or the 3.0ghz i5 (6 core) options. As I understand it, Adode doesn't make full use more than 4 cores and prefers a faster clock speed. If so, am I actually better off with the cheaper cpu?
Either way, I was tempted to spend on upgrading to 16 gb RAM as I heard Adobe is hungry on RAM.
Hoping someone can help (not tech savvy so please don't get technical on me). Thanks
Ps. Radeon 555x and 560x. Opinions?
I have dismissed the cheapest option, which leaves me with the 3.6ghz i3 (4 core) or the 3.0ghz i5 (6 core) options. As I understand it, Adode doesn't make full use more than 4 cores and prefers a faster clock speed. If so, am I actually better off with the cheaper cpu?
Either way, I was tempted to spend on upgrading to 16 gb RAM as I heard Adobe is hungry on RAM.
Hoping someone can help (not tech savvy so please don't get technical on me). Thanks
Ps. Radeon 555x and 560x. Opinions?