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Urg is correct.
I assumed you had to get a laptop.
I did my degree in Wales (Graphic Design) and because the travelling I had no choice. I did fine in with my laptop and it has way lower specs that anything you'll have now plus I was doing video editing on it too.
You'll pay a lot less for a more powerfull machine if you go the Desktop route - its also easier to upgrade and ends not to fuck up as much.
The I'd also try to as familarise your self with the Mac OS - if you intend to make a career in the Graphics field than 90% of the companies you will work for will you Apple gear. If you plan on going freelance than tis not such a problem.
That being said I work as a Designer and I use a PC but I could make the switch to Apple fairly quick.
As for the Graphics card - I'm not too familar with the latest specs on them - i have Nvidia Geforce graphics card.(and I used to play wow LOL) - but you just need to avoid a machine that has an on board Grpahics processor or shares the ram.
Also screen size - believe or not if you're working on large graphics - a laptop screen can get very cluttered and its a bit of a pain not seeing all the design at once (or a lot of it) - Hell I hate editing video on a single screen desktop never mind a Laptop....
Anyway best of luck and I'm sure you'll love it.
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