One thing you might be able to help me with - whether to go for the 20 inch or the 24 inch iMac. Ideally I would prefer the 24" but it is a bit big for my desktop. The question really is - does the screen image look better, or clearer. The resolution of the 20 inch is 1680 x 1050 and the 24 inch is 1920 x 1200.
Ive had both 20" and 24" IMACS side by side, even though apple dont say it, after callibrating both monitors the 24" is noticably sharper and slightly brighter. I have a feeling that the 24" uses the same IPS film as their Cinema Display, and that is the ultimate monitor. I would go 24 for this difference, but if your budget cant stretch then 20" is fine, but wont be as sharp. If buying, go Apple.com/uk call them up and see what they have in the refurbished area, these are just as good as buying brandnew as still come with same guarantees and is still direct from apple. Ive had a few refurbs from apple and when you recieve its like buying brandnew at a lot less price. If going New then haggle with the Apple seller they usually drop 50 quid off for you.
I just updated my graphic card but upon opening found that Apple had already installed the NVIDIA FX 5600 1.5gb thats a very powerful graphic card, way over for what Ill ever need it for.
Heres some crappy pics:
Here are my work monitors, 2 x 23" cinema display, at home I have 2 x 30" cinema display
This is my mac pro, I take this to work when need to edit stuff, otherwise stays at home
This is the graphic card Im going to sell, size of this thing is HUGE!! compared to the ATI 3870 that I swapped it with
Very nice system, the IMAC 24" is awesome to, especially with virtual PC you cant go wrong