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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1506056" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums</p><p></p><p>The 27" iMac is a fine machine, but if the 21.5" isn't large enough for you then the Mac Mini is a wonderful option. If you were to buy the 27" iMac though, you will get one year of AppleCare (Apple's warranty program) to cover any defects. You can then extend this for 2 more years for not a whole lot of money before the first year expires and that will cover any issues with the iMac, short of abuse..</p><p></p><p>The latest Mac Mini is quite a powerful machine that rivals the iMac with their processor and memory, so that would be a good fit for your photography needs. The Mac Mini will connect up to any monitor without any problems. You might just have to the get the right adapter, since the Mac Mini will come with a mini-displayport and your monitor might have an HDMI or DisplayPort or some other connection..</p><p></p><p>The same goes for keyboard and mouse, you can use any USB keyboard/mouse..but using the Mac versions of keyboard/mouse will make it easier as far as CMD/OPTION keys are concerned..</p><p></p><p>OS X will indeed read contents of the NTFS driver without any problems and you can purchase <a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/" target="_blank">Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X software</a> to be able to have unfettered access to the drive if there is any chance you will want to connect that external drive to a Windows machine at some point.</p><p></p><p>OS X has no partition size limit on it's own partition type and it will read whatever sized partitions you have without any problems..</p><p></p><p>Connecting to the Internet is as simple as connecting a Ethernet cable or join a WiFi network and providing the necessary password, the rest is automatic.</p><p></p><p>You don't need any sort of anti-virus on OS X, but you can definitely run with AdBlock in your browser to avoid the annoying ads on the web. I do this (regardless of OS)..</p><p></p><p>You can, however, install <a href="http://www.clamxav.com/" target="_blank">ClamXav</a> on your machine for on-demand virus scanning if you think you've downloaded something from unreliable source..at the end of the day it does come down to being smart about what you download/install and whenever you're prompted for your admin password, ensure that you KNOW why you are being asked that and only provide it when appropriate..</p><p></p><p>Overall I think the Mac Mini might your best bang for the buck if you already have a monitor you like, keyboard and mouse..</p><p></p><p>Apple also gives you a 14-day return window, so grab the Mac Mini and play with it for that time and see if it works, if not, you can return it and try something else..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1506056, member: 110816"] Welcome to Mac-Forums The 27" iMac is a fine machine, but if the 21.5" isn't large enough for you then the Mac Mini is a wonderful option. If you were to buy the 27" iMac though, you will get one year of AppleCare (Apple's warranty program) to cover any defects. You can then extend this for 2 more years for not a whole lot of money before the first year expires and that will cover any issues with the iMac, short of abuse.. The latest Mac Mini is quite a powerful machine that rivals the iMac with their processor and memory, so that would be a good fit for your photography needs. The Mac Mini will connect up to any monitor without any problems. You might just have to the get the right adapter, since the Mac Mini will come with a mini-displayport and your monitor might have an HDMI or DisplayPort or some other connection.. The same goes for keyboard and mouse, you can use any USB keyboard/mouse..but using the Mac versions of keyboard/mouse will make it easier as far as CMD/OPTION keys are concerned.. OS X will indeed read contents of the NTFS driver without any problems and you can purchase [url=http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/]Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X software[/url] to be able to have unfettered access to the drive if there is any chance you will want to connect that external drive to a Windows machine at some point. OS X has no partition size limit on it's own partition type and it will read whatever sized partitions you have without any problems.. Connecting to the Internet is as simple as connecting a Ethernet cable or join a WiFi network and providing the necessary password, the rest is automatic. You don't need any sort of anti-virus on OS X, but you can definitely run with AdBlock in your browser to avoid the annoying ads on the web. I do this (regardless of OS).. You can, however, install [url=http://www.clamxav.com/]ClamXav[/url] on your machine for on-demand virus scanning if you think you've downloaded something from unreliable source..at the end of the day it does come down to being smart about what you download/install and whenever you're prompted for your admin password, ensure that you KNOW why you are being asked that and only provide it when appropriate.. Overall I think the Mac Mini might your best bang for the buck if you already have a monitor you like, keyboard and mouse.. Apple also gives you a 14-day return window, so grab the Mac Mini and play with it for that time and see if it works, if not, you can return it and try something else.. [/QUOTE]
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