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Why bother with Apple's desktops (as opposed to their notebooks)?
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<blockquote data-quote="yodoc" data-source="post: 1371026" data-attributes="member: 238421"><p>I purchased my first iMac in 2007 as a result of total exhaustion from trying to keep up with the spam, spyware, hack-attacks, and general deficiencies of the Windows XP operating system. I understand that Vista, 7 and 8 are no real improvements. The iMac was a dream come true, fast, safe, and reliable. Then last weekend it just suddenly upped and died on me -- without warning. Nothing I have been able to do has been able to get it to boot up, so it goes to the Genius Bar tomorrow. I am also thinking about walking away either with a Mac Mini on order or actually in hand. </p><p></p><p>I liked the fact that the iMac was an all-in-one. I had transported it home to my parent's house several times -- a 450 mile one-way trip -- and the nearly instant set-up, internal WiFi, and available of full-sized display and keyboard made it much more user-friendly than a laptop. Somehow, laptops and I have never seen eye-to-eye, and as I have no "mobile" computing needs per se, I've never bothered to own one. The Mac Mini will bring me back into the realm of cables and peripherals, mainly an external optical drive, but I like the fact that I'll be able to buy a nice big 23" LG or Samsung display for it and connect via HDMI. It comes with an HDMI to DVI adapter for use with DVI monitors as well, and I have plenty of them to choose from until I get the new display. </p><p></p><p>For a home computer user with no need for Windows-specific business applications, the iMac or the Mini would be a real blessing in terms of user-friendliness. There is a bit of a learning curve for new "switchers," but this forum will help with that, I'm sure. And if Windows apps must be used, you can use Boot Camp and create a Windows partition on the iMac or Mini and essentially have two computers in one box. Hope this helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yodoc, post: 1371026, member: 238421"] I purchased my first iMac in 2007 as a result of total exhaustion from trying to keep up with the spam, spyware, hack-attacks, and general deficiencies of the Windows XP operating system. I understand that Vista, 7 and 8 are no real improvements. The iMac was a dream come true, fast, safe, and reliable. Then last weekend it just suddenly upped and died on me -- without warning. Nothing I have been able to do has been able to get it to boot up, so it goes to the Genius Bar tomorrow. I am also thinking about walking away either with a Mac Mini on order or actually in hand. I liked the fact that the iMac was an all-in-one. I had transported it home to my parent's house several times -- a 450 mile one-way trip -- and the nearly instant set-up, internal WiFi, and available of full-sized display and keyboard made it much more user-friendly than a laptop. Somehow, laptops and I have never seen eye-to-eye, and as I have no "mobile" computing needs per se, I've never bothered to own one. The Mac Mini will bring me back into the realm of cables and peripherals, mainly an external optical drive, but I like the fact that I'll be able to buy a nice big 23" LG or Samsung display for it and connect via HDMI. It comes with an HDMI to DVI adapter for use with DVI monitors as well, and I have plenty of them to choose from until I get the new display. For a home computer user with no need for Windows-specific business applications, the iMac or the Mini would be a real blessing in terms of user-friendliness. There is a bit of a learning curve for new "switchers," but this forum will help with that, I'm sure. And if Windows apps must be used, you can use Boot Camp and create a Windows partition on the iMac or Mini and essentially have two computers in one box. Hope this helped. [/QUOTE]
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