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Loaded question: low-end Mac...or high-end PC?
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1199793" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>I've been building PC's for a long time and for a long time have used Windows and then gave it up to completely run Linux and then about 2 years ago I got the iPhone and wanted to play around with a Mac so got a Mac Mini and then eventually was hooked enough to sell the Mac Mini and switch over to a 27" i7 iMac..</p><p></p><p>Now the choice of going with a PC or Mac first and foremost depends on what you are going to be doing with it. If you are going to be doing major photo/graphics processing, music processing or other things, than a beefer i7 based computer is going to be better suited, but if you are going to do some serious web surfing, emailing and listening to music, then the i3 iMac is going to be a champ at it..</p><p></p><p>Now the other part of the equation is indeed if you'll be running Windows on your PC or something else. If Windows, then the Mac is going to be better protected from Virus and so on and is generally more reliable over longer periods of time. </p><p></p><p>Third, Mac's generally tend to hold their value fairly well, so if you did somehow come across a larger chunk of money and want to upgrade to a new Mac, your existing Mac would still sell for a decent price and defray the cost of the new Mac a bit..a PC will definitely do that and will lose a large portion of it's value on day one.</p><p></p><p>Now you can always run Windows on a Mac, so if you wanted to run games or something, thats also a possibility..</p><p></p><p>So bottom line, tell us a bit about your computing habits and with what I've said, perhaps you can make up your mind to go PC or Mac..</p><p></p><p>Regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1199793, member: 110816"] I've been building PC's for a long time and for a long time have used Windows and then gave it up to completely run Linux and then about 2 years ago I got the iPhone and wanted to play around with a Mac so got a Mac Mini and then eventually was hooked enough to sell the Mac Mini and switch over to a 27" i7 iMac.. Now the choice of going with a PC or Mac first and foremost depends on what you are going to be doing with it. If you are going to be doing major photo/graphics processing, music processing or other things, than a beefer i7 based computer is going to be better suited, but if you are going to do some serious web surfing, emailing and listening to music, then the i3 iMac is going to be a champ at it.. Now the other part of the equation is indeed if you'll be running Windows on your PC or something else. If Windows, then the Mac is going to be better protected from Virus and so on and is generally more reliable over longer periods of time. Third, Mac's generally tend to hold their value fairly well, so if you did somehow come across a larger chunk of money and want to upgrade to a new Mac, your existing Mac would still sell for a decent price and defray the cost of the new Mac a bit..a PC will definitely do that and will lose a large portion of it's value on day one. Now you can always run Windows on a Mac, so if you wanted to run games or something, thats also a possibility.. So bottom line, tell us a bit about your computing habits and with what I've said, perhaps you can make up your mind to go PC or Mac.. Regards [/QUOTE]
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