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I am in love with the new iMac computers October 21, 2009

Posted by gmbmfb in : design business , trackback

I am drooling over the new 27″ quad core iMac computer. Lusting might be a more appropriate word. But, I can’t justify it unless I start to take on a lot more contract work (which isn’t going to happen right now). I bought my current 24″ iMac about 2.5 years ago and it still runs fine. Although, admittedly it’s barely fast enough to run some of the current games out there on the market (Sims 3), and it’s not the greatest when I’ve got multiple design programs opened at once.

When I bought my current iMac, I had just started up this blog, I was still in debt, and I didn’t have the cash to pay for the computer. But I bought it anyway. Looking back on it, I still probably would have done it the same way. I was fresh out of college, and people were approaching me to take on design contracts. If I didn’t take those contracts, well that’s just lost money. I was using a crappy little laptop which couldn’t run any of the Adobe programs without freezing up, so I needed to upgrade ASAP. Did I need a $3,000+ computer? Probably not. But with programs requiring faster computers and with the pace of technology, I knew I needed to get a fully loaded computer in order to keep it around for at least 5 or 6 years. And at that time (March 2007), I had my computer and all the rest of my debt paid off in 2 months.

Obviously when I buy my next computer, it will be in cash. By the time I’ve saved up enough to buy exactly what I want ($2,500-$3,000), it’s going to be 2-3 years down the road – minimum. And that’s okay. Yes, it will probably be another iMac (unless a Macbook Pro seems like a better idea for portability – but you get more computer for less money with the iMac), and no I will not be going back to PC even though it’s cheaper.

In the meantime, I love my current computer. But I know that if I were to ever get serious with my design business (meaning take on more than a few thousand dollars worth of work per year), or if I start my own business as my full-time job, I’m going to have to upgrade. Especially if my computer isn’t set up to handle the next release of the Adobe Creative Suite (which is what I am fearing).


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