Cant Decide between iMac or Macbook

[FerraraZ]

I'm a college student that is about to graduate and my main portable is starting to become my iPad (which I'm surprisingly happy with). Thing is I want to jump all into Mac. I want all my computing to be done on the Mac OS X I just cant decide what is the best avenue to do that with.

Only two concerns of what I'll be missing is:

1. Gaming (which I plan to alleviate with the purchase of an xbox)

2. Putting live streaming content of events that I watch on my computer to a large TV. I would stick my laptop on a big HDTV and stream content. I'm going to miss not being able to have those events.

Just any thoughts that you may have would help me make my decision. I feel like my money goes further with the iMac.

 

[TheWart]

I cam into here to say get an iMac+iPad, but it looks like you already have the iPad haha.

I say get the iMac, as I believe you can stream from a mac to an Xbox. In addition, isn't ESPN coming out with some sports streaming service for the xbox?

I was in your shoes a couple of years ago, and I got a macbook pro. While I love it, if I was in the same situation again, I would definitely get an iPad+iMac. If you don't need a laptop for your job, I think an iPad will cover your 'portability' needs.

 

[speg]

What wart said. I just replaced my MacBook with an iPad and love it. I will get an iMac next. Stream media to the console for tv viewing. Plus you'll get more computing power for when you need to do some "real" work.

 

[FerraraZ]

Its awesome you guys are able to offer perspective in a situation that I was in. I'm pretty decided on iMac now then. I guess my only question is if there is a product or way to send a ustream or justin.tv stream to my tv wirelessly. I would usually do this with my macbook and hdmi adapter but I want to go with the iMac.

 

[TheWart]

Its awesome you guys are able to offer perspective in a situation that I was in. I'm pretty decided on iMac now then. I guess my only question is if there is a product or way to send a ustream or justin.tv stream to my tv wirelessly. I would usually do this with my macbook and hdmi adapter but I want to go with the iMac.

hmm, I have never tried this and some quick googling doesn't yield anything for me.

I know Connect 360 allows you to stream videos and music to your Xbox for $30, but I don't know if that supports justin.tv or ustream.

 

[FerraraZ]

Yeah its not really going to be content that will rest on the iMac's hard drive. Maybe the newest rendition of Apple TV will have a solution for me or Google TV.

 

[speg]

Not sure how good the 360 is at browsing but I can view ustream with my PS3, might wanna check it out.

 

[VinylxScratches]

Twonkymedia Server might have this functionality. You can have it stream youtube clips.

PS. Rivet is much better than Connect360 for streaming from Macs.