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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 354489" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>1. For starters, there isn't an exact release date for Leopard. Some were saying March 31, but now rumors have moved the date to sometime in May while there are others who claimed June during the WWDC conference. So if you decide to wait, you may end up waiting 3 months. Plus, there's really nothing Leopard offers that's so compelling that you should wait 3 months for. I suggest buying this "bad m effer now" :black:</p><p></p><p>2. Every piece of software is susceptible to errors when updating, but overall, the process is rather smooth on a Mac. </p><p></p><p>3. When it comes to monitors, I personally say you should get the biggest size you can afford. This is doubly true for iMacs where you can't upgrade just the screen. So I would much rather have a 24" iMac and not fully utilize the screen right away then finally have a use for it 2-3 months later and hate myself for buying the 20" when I had no problem affording the 24". Plus, the 24" one looks absolutely gorgeous!!</p><p></p><p>4. There's currently no way to hook up a Mac to a Xbox360 as the latter requires the Zune or Windows Media Player 11 software to share music and videos. </p><p></p><p>5. Yes, the iMac has the dual layer DVD burner.</p><p></p><p>6. The iMac comes with a mini-DVI port. So if your LCD offers a VGA or DVI connector, then yes, you can hook up the LCD to your iMac.</p><p></p><p>7. Yes, you can hookup any external hard drive to a Mac using USB or Firewire. However, you should keep in mind that OS X cannot write to a NTFS partition, only read from it. So if your external hard drive is formatted with NTFS, you won't be able to write files to it from your Mac. If you need to use the drive with both Windows and a Mac, I suggest formatting it to the FAT32 file format for best compatibility. </p><p></p><p>8. Microsoft provides a version of Office for the Mac. So you can create a Powerpoint presentation on your Mac and it'll open exactly how you intended it to look on the Windows version of Powerpoint. </p><p></p><p>While it may seem you have a lot of questions, we also have lots of answers. Feel free to ask some more. We'll be more than happy to help you find your way to the light side <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 354489, member: 23444"] 1. For starters, there isn't an exact release date for Leopard. Some were saying March 31, but now rumors have moved the date to sometime in May while there are others who claimed June during the WWDC conference. So if you decide to wait, you may end up waiting 3 months. Plus, there's really nothing Leopard offers that's so compelling that you should wait 3 months for. I suggest buying this "bad m effer now" :black: 2. Every piece of software is susceptible to errors when updating, but overall, the process is rather smooth on a Mac. 3. When it comes to monitors, I personally say you should get the biggest size you can afford. This is doubly true for iMacs where you can't upgrade just the screen. So I would much rather have a 24" iMac and not fully utilize the screen right away then finally have a use for it 2-3 months later and hate myself for buying the 20" when I had no problem affording the 24". Plus, the 24" one looks absolutely gorgeous!! 4. There's currently no way to hook up a Mac to a Xbox360 as the latter requires the Zune or Windows Media Player 11 software to share music and videos. 5. Yes, the iMac has the dual layer DVD burner. 6. The iMac comes with a mini-DVI port. So if your LCD offers a VGA or DVI connector, then yes, you can hook up the LCD to your iMac. 7. Yes, you can hookup any external hard drive to a Mac using USB or Firewire. However, you should keep in mind that OS X cannot write to a NTFS partition, only read from it. So if your external hard drive is formatted with NTFS, you won't be able to write files to it from your Mac. If you need to use the drive with both Windows and a Mac, I suggest formatting it to the FAT32 file format for best compatibility. 8. Microsoft provides a version of Office for the Mac. So you can create a Powerpoint presentation on your Mac and it'll open exactly how you intended it to look on the Windows version of Powerpoint. While it may seem you have a lot of questions, we also have lots of answers. Feel free to ask some more. We'll be more than happy to help you find your way to the light side ;) [/QUOTE]
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