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Sweej1
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Hello. I recently suffered PC meltdown and stumbled upon the iMAC section at my local Comp USA while shopping for new parts. After trying out the 24” and enduring a pretty good sales pitch I am considering purchasing one. I am looking for a great machine for video and photo editing. I don’t do any gaming on my computers. I have the following questions if someone could help me out. I apologize if any of this stuff has been on this forum in the past.
1. Is it worth installing windows on these systems, in terms of stability and compatability? The reason I would install it is because of my old external hard drives and all my software and files I would want to still have access too.
2. Is compatibility an issue with peripherals and files (jpeg, mp3, mpeg) made and played previously on a PC? Will both my USB HP printers still be as easy as simply plugging them in?
3. How would you bring over files on a PC hard drive to a mac?
4. I would likely also purchase an Adobe Suite including Acrobat and Photoshop as well as Microsoft Office basically because I love and know these programs and am unfamiliar with what Mac has to offer. Does anyone consider it a waste to purchase this additional software?
5. Does anyone feel it is necessary to upgrade to the 2.33 GHz processor, 2 Gb RAM and video card as you can do on the website or do those upgrades only yield subtle improvements that are not worth the price?
6. If you configure the system to be a dual boot system, are files that you manipulate and save in one OS available if you boot into the other OS (windows to tiger and vice versa)?
From what I've heard most people think they are going to want and use windows but end up never going back to it. I think that is it for now. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Mike
1. Is it worth installing windows on these systems, in terms of stability and compatability? The reason I would install it is because of my old external hard drives and all my software and files I would want to still have access too.
2. Is compatibility an issue with peripherals and files (jpeg, mp3, mpeg) made and played previously on a PC? Will both my USB HP printers still be as easy as simply plugging them in?
3. How would you bring over files on a PC hard drive to a mac?
4. I would likely also purchase an Adobe Suite including Acrobat and Photoshop as well as Microsoft Office basically because I love and know these programs and am unfamiliar with what Mac has to offer. Does anyone consider it a waste to purchase this additional software?
5. Does anyone feel it is necessary to upgrade to the 2.33 GHz processor, 2 Gb RAM and video card as you can do on the website or do those upgrades only yield subtle improvements that are not worth the price?
6. If you configure the system to be a dual boot system, are files that you manipulate and save in one OS available if you boot into the other OS (windows to tiger and vice versa)?
From what I've heard most people think they are going to want and use windows but end up never going back to it. I think that is it for now. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Mike