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Greetings everyone, thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.
I am an online business owner and do a fair amount of web design and utilize several different programs daily in my business.
Windows Vista has convinced me that I need a Mac because I just don't like the way MS is heading. I have several questions and will simply list them below. I did search around a bit here and found tons of good info, but my questions are more for the future switcher.
1. Will I still be able to use a basic USB trackball like this one?
2. Is the 7200 rpm hard drive upgrade worth it?
3. I understand that I can install Windows and run Windows programs. I have many older Windows apps that I know well and rely heavily upon. Is running windows on a Mac a real option? Does it run within the Mac OS and you simply switch back and forth or is it more complicated than that?
4. Hard glossy screen or not? Is the high res. ugrade worth it?
5. I currently am running a very fast Windows machine that is two years old, RAID configured drives, lots of ram, a great video card etc etc etc. I am not expecting a huge performance increase, but if I get the Mac Book Pro and soup it up with 4gb ram and the 7200 rpm hard drive, will it really be a screaming machine?
6. Can I use a typical keyboard or does it have to be a Mac keyboard. Also other I/O devices, monitors, speakers etc?
7. I rely heavily on Excel and since I know the keystrokes etc, moving to new software would likely slow me down considerably. I guess this goes back to the Windows app question above.
Thanks again folks for any help. I know many Mac owners are fanatical and I have just about had it with M$, Dell, HP and all the rest and their foolish ways.
Scott
I am an online business owner and do a fair amount of web design and utilize several different programs daily in my business.
Windows Vista has convinced me that I need a Mac because I just don't like the way MS is heading. I have several questions and will simply list them below. I did search around a bit here and found tons of good info, but my questions are more for the future switcher.
1. Will I still be able to use a basic USB trackball like this one?
2. Is the 7200 rpm hard drive upgrade worth it?
3. I understand that I can install Windows and run Windows programs. I have many older Windows apps that I know well and rely heavily upon. Is running windows on a Mac a real option? Does it run within the Mac OS and you simply switch back and forth or is it more complicated than that?
4. Hard glossy screen or not? Is the high res. ugrade worth it?
5. I currently am running a very fast Windows machine that is two years old, RAID configured drives, lots of ram, a great video card etc etc etc. I am not expecting a huge performance increase, but if I get the Mac Book Pro and soup it up with 4gb ram and the 7200 rpm hard drive, will it really be a screaming machine?
6. Can I use a typical keyboard or does it have to be a Mac keyboard. Also other I/O devices, monitors, speakers etc?
7. I rely heavily on Excel and since I know the keystrokes etc, moving to new software would likely slow me down considerably. I guess this goes back to the Windows app question above.
Thanks again folks for any help. I know many Mac owners are fanatical and I have just about had it with M$, Dell, HP and all the rest and their foolish ways.
Scott