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<blockquote data-quote="runee" data-source="post: 919270" data-attributes="member: 124965"><p>Hi everybody,</p><p></p><p></p><p>Let me start off by saying I'm a windows user - I hope noone will throw hard stuff at me now ;-)</p><p></p><p>The thing is, I have been offered an iMac 24" at a VERY reasonable price. However, I don't have, at the moment, any intentions of switching my OS to Leopard... for me, this would be buying a really nice piece of hardware - but staying on the Windows platform (since I simply don't have the money to change all my software licenses, nor any inclination to teac my GF a new OS ;-)</p><p></p><p>I have searched around abit, and I can see it is entirely possible, and rather easy, to run Windows 7 on such an iMac. I do have some questions though, that I am having some problems to find answers to. I guess this is largely because Win7 has not been released yet and Bootcamp 3.0 is not officially supporting it yet. I hope someone here can give me some definitive answers (preferably, without suggestions or flames about reasons for and against one or the other - just looking for hard facts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p>I am hardpressed to find any model number for this iMac - but the specs are as follows:</p><p>+ Intel Core Duo 2 - 3.06GHz</p><p>+ 6 MB L2-buffer / 1066 MHz frontside-bus</p><p>+ NVIDIA GeForce GT 130</p><p>+ 4 GB 1.066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM</p><p>+ 1 TB HDD</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here goes:</p><p></p><p>- How's the performance? Since the Win7 will be running natively, and have exclusive access to the hardware, will it perform just as well as a similar equipped PC ?</p><p></p><p>- As far as I can tell, only driver issues I may come accross is sound support, which is solved easily - all other drivers will work and perform well ?</p><p></p><p>- Will the "PC" be supporting DirectX 10 fully ?</p><p></p><p>- How much Ram is on that GPU ?</p><p></p><p>- I do game alot besides my normal work (Photographer), how will this graphics adapter perform in 3D games, like Everquest and the likes ?</p><p></p><p>- I am assuming all my USB hardware will just work (Digitizers, keyboard etc.) Correct?</p><p></p><p>- I am assuming this iMac, once booted into Windows 7, will be a fullblooded PC in every imaginable way - except for looking just plain awesome of course <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Correct ?</p><p></p><p>- I am assuming I am cutting myself off from any hardware upgrades, like a better Graphics card or CPU in 1 year when it's too old from my taste - Correct ?</p><p></p><p>- Will this iMac be able to run Windows 7 64bit and obtain the advantages from that ?</p><p></p><p>- Any compability / performance issues in general I will/may stumble upon ?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope there's a few patient and tech savy guys inhere, that can answer my questions - thanks alot in advance!</p><p></p><p>/Rune</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runee, post: 919270, member: 124965"] Hi everybody, Let me start off by saying I'm a windows user - I hope noone will throw hard stuff at me now ;-) The thing is, I have been offered an iMac 24" at a VERY reasonable price. However, I don't have, at the moment, any intentions of switching my OS to Leopard... for me, this would be buying a really nice piece of hardware - but staying on the Windows platform (since I simply don't have the money to change all my software licenses, nor any inclination to teac my GF a new OS ;-) I have searched around abit, and I can see it is entirely possible, and rather easy, to run Windows 7 on such an iMac. I do have some questions though, that I am having some problems to find answers to. I guess this is largely because Win7 has not been released yet and Bootcamp 3.0 is not officially supporting it yet. I hope someone here can give me some definitive answers (preferably, without suggestions or flames about reasons for and against one or the other - just looking for hard facts ;) ) I am hardpressed to find any model number for this iMac - but the specs are as follows: + Intel Core Duo 2 - 3.06GHz + 6 MB L2-buffer / 1066 MHz frontside-bus + NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 + 4 GB 1.066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM + 1 TB HDD Here goes: - How's the performance? Since the Win7 will be running natively, and have exclusive access to the hardware, will it perform just as well as a similar equipped PC ? - As far as I can tell, only driver issues I may come accross is sound support, which is solved easily - all other drivers will work and perform well ? - Will the "PC" be supporting DirectX 10 fully ? - How much Ram is on that GPU ? - I do game alot besides my normal work (Photographer), how will this graphics adapter perform in 3D games, like Everquest and the likes ? - I am assuming all my USB hardware will just work (Digitizers, keyboard etc.) Correct? - I am assuming this iMac, once booted into Windows 7, will be a fullblooded PC in every imaginable way - except for looking just plain awesome of course ;) Correct ? - I am assuming I am cutting myself off from any hardware upgrades, like a better Graphics card or CPU in 1 year when it's too old from my taste - Correct ? - Will this iMac be able to run Windows 7 64bit and obtain the advantages from that ? - Any compability / performance issues in general I will/may stumble upon ? I hope there's a few patient and tech savy guys inhere, that can answer my questions - thanks alot in advance! /Rune [/QUOTE]
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