latest and greatest imac or slightly less late and great imac?
It's looking like it's time to upgrade from my '08 22 inch Imac. Wondering what the real world differences are between the maxxed out mid 2011 (3.4 Ghz i7) and a brand new maxxed out imac, in terms of speed/power, etc.
I'll be using this mainly for video production related tasks - editing video, occasionally burning discs, motion graphics, animation (using Anime Studio), and a few others things.
The places I really see my current machine struggling are rendering times in FCP, or any program, "real time" playback in same (FCP, After Effects, Motion, Anime Studio). Probably related to the same inadequacies.
So given that many things on the Mid 2011s and newest Imacs are about the same/comparable, and then I could likely get a refurb mid 2011 for about $1000 less than a maxed late 2012, how much better in reality is a new one? What is the deal with the SSD/Fusion Drive/Flash storage--would they be useful to me and make a huge difference? Any other considerations?
I'm well aware of the missing FW800 and optical drive on the new one which is another reason an older one is somewhat appealing.