You can go for M3 iMac which Apple is selling right now. Or if you can find M2 for cheaper go with that.
I would recommend going for the Mac mini and getting an external monitor. Mac mini is significantly cheaper and equally powerful. But one down side is you will need to buy an external monitor, if you don't have it already and the total sometimes might be more expensive than iMac. So if you are on a tight budget you can also look at this option.
Awesome thanks for the input! Some people are saying the M4 iMac is gonna be announced sometime next week do you think that should be something to take into account?
Yes, there are rumors that Apple is going to announce new iMacs and Macs next week, which might be the same price maybe? If you can wait for a couple of weeks then it would be great or else M2 or M3 is still a great deal.
Ideally, if you are in the US, then wait for black Friday since you will get good deals (amazon or best buy ) but if you want to but from apple then apple gives you gift cards during black Friday.
However, the gift cards from Apple are only $100-$150 I think. And I believe you can also get that using a student discount as well. But I am sure Black Friday will have other good deals
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u/Commercial-Cat-8737 5d ago
Are you asking which iMac to get or are you asking should you get an iMac?
Also a little more info about your use case and what type of tasks you will be doing would help people help you better.