Hello people.
I'm considering taking the plunge into the world of Mac after 20+ years of PC ownership, I've just had enough of having to defrag and reformat every year or so and Windows Vista was the final nail in the coffin. Plus, I'd like an all in one to cut down on cable clutter and most of the PCs I've found are touch screens as well which doesn't interest me
We've currently got an iPad and iPod Touch in the house so might as well go the whole hog. Anyway, I've got a few questions - I've had a quick search before asking and couldn't see too much on them at a glance so bear with me
1. I know the specs on the Mac are lower than an equivalent priced PC, does that result in the OS being less of a resource hog so that performance is similar to a PC?
2. I'm looking at just the bog standard 21" iMac with the intention of doing some lightweight photo editing and a bit of gaming when I can find Mac games. Will the bottom of the range iMac be sufficient or is it worth pushing the boat and moving up the range a bit - I don't want the larger screen so I'm guessing there's not much I can do to it.
3. Stupid question alert: none of my other iDevices support Flash because Steve Jobs think it's the devil, but does Safari on the iMac play Flash or is it necessary to use FF or Chrome?
4. I see there's a new OS about to be launched, is it worth waiting to buy a mac until then or just get it and upgrade it myself especially as it won't cost anything. is upgrading an easy process or is it somewhat akin to trying to do it with Windows?
5. Is iTunes as clunky a program in Mac format as it is in Windows? I only ask because it's a real resource hog on our PC at the moment and given it's the only real way to manage our iDevices I'd hope it would work a bit better
One more.......how long can I expect it take to get my head round an iMac. I'm computer literate. I'm not expecting to pick it up overnight, but is a couple of weeks reasonable?
Thanks for having a look at these and I'm sorry if these have been asked before, but it's quite a big outlay on something that I might not get along with so I'm just covering myself.
Any input would be much appreciated
I'm considering taking the plunge into the world of Mac after 20+ years of PC ownership, I've just had enough of having to defrag and reformat every year or so and Windows Vista was the final nail in the coffin. Plus, I'd like an all in one to cut down on cable clutter and most of the PCs I've found are touch screens as well which doesn't interest me
We've currently got an iPad and iPod Touch in the house so might as well go the whole hog. Anyway, I've got a few questions - I've had a quick search before asking and couldn't see too much on them at a glance so bear with me
1. I know the specs on the Mac are lower than an equivalent priced PC, does that result in the OS being less of a resource hog so that performance is similar to a PC?
2. I'm looking at just the bog standard 21" iMac with the intention of doing some lightweight photo editing and a bit of gaming when I can find Mac games. Will the bottom of the range iMac be sufficient or is it worth pushing the boat and moving up the range a bit - I don't want the larger screen so I'm guessing there's not much I can do to it.
3. Stupid question alert: none of my other iDevices support Flash because Steve Jobs think it's the devil, but does Safari on the iMac play Flash or is it necessary to use FF or Chrome?
4. I see there's a new OS about to be launched, is it worth waiting to buy a mac until then or just get it and upgrade it myself especially as it won't cost anything. is upgrading an easy process or is it somewhat akin to trying to do it with Windows?
5. Is iTunes as clunky a program in Mac format as it is in Windows? I only ask because it's a real resource hog on our PC at the moment and given it's the only real way to manage our iDevices I'd hope it would work a bit better
One more.......how long can I expect it take to get my head round an iMac. I'm computer literate. I'm not expecting to pick it up overnight, but is a couple of weeks reasonable?
Thanks for having a look at these and I'm sorry if these have been asked before, but it's quite a big outlay on something that I might not get along with so I'm just covering myself.
Any input would be much appreciated