Dell XPS 8930 VS iMAC 27inch

[jlemberton42]

So I am getting into Photo and Video editing. I believe either computer will do well, but a price difference is about $600. What is everyones thoughts between the two.


XPS 8930 Base
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8700K 6-Core Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.7 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
Monitor
If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately
Memory
24GB Memory: 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 DRAM + 16GB Intel® Optane™ Memory
Chassis Options
XPS 8930, Special Edition Chassis (460W)
Hard Drive
1TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
COST- $1375 plus another 2-300 for a monitor

Or

iMac 27inch
Hardware
3.5GHz quad-core 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz
8GB 2400MHz DDR4
1TB Fusion Drive
Radeon Pro 575 with 4GB video memory
Magic Mouse 2
Magic Keyboard - US English
Accessory Kit

Cost $2200

 

[jcmarsh.13]

Go with the Mac. There is better communication it support for the specific things you will be doing on your computer. But...make sure you are comfortable actually working on one yourself. As far as the Dell goes I had an XPS 630i and drove it like I stole it for 10 years. Dell sucks a bit more lately but... I'll tell you my opinion on a prebuilt pc. Look at the Number of comments. If there's lots people love them. Good example? Look up q6600 quad core on Newegg.com there are over 3500 comments at my last count and an overwhelming majority of them have the word love in there somewhere. Then look up the e8500 and the e8600 processors. They seem similar but there was something about one that made people want to write about it. The other is just average I guess.. do your research so you don't buy a lemon. And check out opinion on the optanes as well. Could belike my 300.00 add on video card Dell got me to buy.. and the 90 lb stainless steel case that o still have but can't do anything with cause it's wired weird. To much glitz from Dell. The guts aren't worth what you pay.

 

[jcmarsh.13]

Iloved my XPS 630i to death. I forgot to mention that. Q6600 quad was a workhorse. 10 years... That's a long time to have a PC....