Can i use Adobe CS6 and Autodesk in iMac 21 inch?

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First, I'm a student.

I consider to buy a iMac these few week

I am confused to choose the suitable one

iMac 21" i read the specification, it showed 5400rpm, 512mb display

but the Adobe website said CS6 NEED 7200rpm and recommand 1gb display

Unfortunate, 21" is my limited

and i think Fusion Drive can solve it or not?

how can i change display card with a iMac?

Please help me.

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Posted on Jun 2, 2013 8:05 AM

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Hello Vincent,

You can't change the Video card in the 21" iMac at all, & on the 27" you can only opt for a better Video at time of ordering.

Fusion drive will overcome muxh of the 7200 RPM requirement.

For CS6 Photoshop...

Mac OS

Multicore Intel processor (64-bit processors only)
Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7 (64-bit application only)
1GB of RAM
2GB of available hard-disk space for the files; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and minimum 512MB of VRAM (Recommended - 1 GB)
DVD-ROM drive

Other Adobe Apps may have different requirements, but PShop should do OK...

If getting the 21.5", I'd recommend the 16 GB RAM upgrade at order time, you cannot upgrade ot later.

Looks like AutoCad 2013 will work on it...

System Requirements for AutoCAD 2013 for Mac

Apple® Mac OS® X v10.8.0 or later (Mountain Lion), OS X v10.7.2 or later (Lion), or OS X v10.6.8 or later (Snow Leopard) with 64-bit Intel processor
Apple® Mac® Pro 4.1 or later; MacBook® Pro 5.1 or later (MacBook Pro 6.1 or later recommended); iMac® 8.1 or later (iMac 11.1 or later recommended); Mac® mini 3.1 or later (Mac mini 4.1 or later recommended); MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook® 5.1 or later (MacBook 7.1 or later recommended)
3 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
2.5 GB free disk space for download and installation (3 GB recommended)
All graphics cards on supported hardware
1,280 x 800 display with true color (1,600 x 1,200 recommended)
All Mac OS X supported language operating systems
Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft-compliant mouse.
Mac OS X-compliant printer

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)

Pentium 4 or Athlon processor, 3 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
4 GB RAM or more
6 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card

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