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Question on purchase of iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1303483"><p>I have both Parallels and VMWare on my MBP. Some thoughts are that both emulate Windows (XP Pro) well. However, the emulation does drive the CPU pretty hard, which means the temperature on the chip goes up. Add to that you want to do graphics-intensive work and it's likely that the machine will run pretty warm. BootCamp, on the other hand, is running Windows natively, which you may find both faster and cooler. </p><p></p><p>On the issue of 5 years, my iMac 21" is now just over 3 years old, going strong. I expect to get a couple of more years out of it. It runs the business accounting software for my wife's company, so it does get used.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1303483"] I have both Parallels and VMWare on my MBP. Some thoughts are that both emulate Windows (XP Pro) well. However, the emulation does drive the CPU pretty hard, which means the temperature on the chip goes up. Add to that you want to do graphics-intensive work and it's likely that the machine will run pretty warm. BootCamp, on the other hand, is running Windows natively, which you may find both faster and cooler. On the issue of 5 years, my iMac 21" is now just over 3 years old, going strong. I expect to get a couple of more years out of it. It runs the business accounting software for my wife's company, so it does get used. [/QUOTE]
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