Purplevision

I have waited all year for Apple to announce iMac's using Intel's core i7 processors...

A few months ago, I couldnt wait any longer so I bought a 24" iMac core2duo.

This past week Apple announced their 27" iMac with the 4-core Intel processors.

First I was blown away and then I fell into a quandary...

For years I have had a PC for games and a Mac for everything else.

For a long time, I had a laptop with an external monitor (also used for my PC).

Now I have an iMac with an external monitor and I am finding that I dont really like the arrangement. (That mac has the same CPU as my windows desktop - 2.66GHz dual core - but an inferior video card.)

With these new iMacs, I find that they are more powerful than my current PC (same video card with a better CPU).

Do I actually need a PC at all anymore?

Can I just have the single 27" iMac on my desk and forget about dual monitor setups? My game PC is only a year old but I am very tempted.

For $2K from Apple I get a 27" LED monitor, a 4 core CPU and the same ATI 4850 video card plus I get half my desk back....

The only real downside I see is that I have to reboot my iMac when I want to play a Windows game. I have gotten used to keeping my windows and apps open for weeks without a reboot. That will be an adjustment.

It is also possible that bootcamp will be a pain. With my PC it is easy to throw in a new drive and install an new OS, such as win7 or XP.

Another wrinkle with an iMac is that I have been interested in switching to a solid state hard drive because of their outstanding speed. iMac's only have room for a single drive which makes it a little harder since SSDs are small.

Let's see if it is still on my mind when the new Macs actually become available.