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<blockquote data-quote="the8thark" data-source="post: 314673" data-attributes="member: 26315"><p>Hi beemo,</p><p></p><p>Well I read your post, and my 333Mhz aqua imac can do everything you need. And quite well too. I'm amazed at what is can do. But getting back to your post I'm having a similar dilemma myself but it's getting sorted out.</p><p></p><p>But I have to echo what everyone else has said here. If you love your old windows ways that much, get the imac (the high end 17" in the one I'm seriously looking at also), dual boot it, and use which ever OS you feel comfortable with.</p><p></p><p>And yeah I think too the extra screen real estate of the edges due to the wide screen factor is a huge plus. It makes having 2 apps or documents side by side fit nicely. On my current mac, that's a little hard to do.</p><p></p><p>And to answer your question are macs easy to use? I'd have to say yes, once you understand that the mac OS is based on drag and drop where windows on the whole isn't. And that the main thing you have to know. Yes having that test run, which you probably already have had is a good idea.</p><p></p><p>And on a personal note, I learned the mac OS back in the days of OS 5 and the old B&W screens. My first mac didn't even have a hard drive. But my point is I always found the windows system hard to use, sure I learnt it, and I can do it now, but I always found the Mac OS easier to learn. </p><p></p><p>My advice to you is test run some macs and make your choice, and use what ever OS you want to.</p><p></p><p>And if I rambled on way too much here, well I'm sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the8thark, post: 314673, member: 26315"] Hi beemo, Well I read your post, and my 333Mhz aqua imac can do everything you need. And quite well too. I'm amazed at what is can do. But getting back to your post I'm having a similar dilemma myself but it's getting sorted out. But I have to echo what everyone else has said here. If you love your old windows ways that much, get the imac (the high end 17" in the one I'm seriously looking at also), dual boot it, and use which ever OS you feel comfortable with. And yeah I think too the extra screen real estate of the edges due to the wide screen factor is a huge plus. It makes having 2 apps or documents side by side fit nicely. On my current mac, that's a little hard to do. And to answer your question are macs easy to use? I'd have to say yes, once you understand that the mac OS is based on drag and drop where windows on the whole isn't. And that the main thing you have to know. Yes having that test run, which you probably already have had is a good idea. And on a personal note, I learned the mac OS back in the days of OS 5 and the old B&W screens. My first mac didn't even have a hard drive. But my point is I always found the windows system hard to use, sure I learnt it, and I can do it now, but I always found the Mac OS easier to learn. My advice to you is test run some macs and make your choice, and use what ever OS you want to. And if I rambled on way too much here, well I'm sorry. [/QUOTE]
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