Bought the Snow Leopard disk to upgrade my G4, only to discover that because it's a PowerPC (not Intel-based) it cannot be done.... so, time to bite the bullet, and get something that isn't 10 years old - and I'm already experiencing sticker shock. It seems that an iMac will meet my needs; I'm NOT a gamer, but I do use Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, and some wretched Microsoft programs like Excel and Word (only to communicate with the lesser beings). Music is taking up a lot of space on my G4, along with photos galore. I'm not really interested in downloading movies, just the occasional YouTube moment.
My question is - do I really need to get more than 2.5 GhZ, and can I safely buy a refurbished machine? Are there any particular years that were more problematic than others? I've been poking around on various websites, and see machines for sale from 2009 - 2011. The iPad or a laptop isn't of interest. My other consideration is that I have an HP LaserJet 8100 printer, and it was more than a bit of a pain to get it to play nice with the G4 - will I be faced with additional issues when I get an iMac?
Any responses will be greatly appreciated - tried to make sure I was using appropriate sentence structure, and checked my spelling. Please keep in mind that I'm NOT a 'super-user', but I think I have enough knowledge (or can research it on the web) to keep myself out of trouble, but if the response is too technical, I'll be bugging you with stupid questions (not to me, but you might think so!!)
Thanks in advance!
My question is - do I really need to get more than 2.5 GhZ, and can I safely buy a refurbished machine? Are there any particular years that were more problematic than others? I've been poking around on various websites, and see machines for sale from 2009 - 2011. The iPad or a laptop isn't of interest. My other consideration is that I have an HP LaserJet 8100 printer, and it was more than a bit of a pain to get it to play nice with the G4 - will I be faced with additional issues when I get an iMac?
Any responses will be greatly appreciated - tried to make sure I was using appropriate sentence structure, and checked my spelling. Please keep in mind that I'm NOT a 'super-user', but I think I have enough knowledge (or can research it on the web) to keep myself out of trouble, but if the response is too technical, I'll be bugging you with stupid questions (not to me, but you might think so!!)
Thanks in advance!