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<blockquote data-quote="Malcy" data-source="post: 173418">Well, I braved the crowds at my local PCWorld today and had a look at the Macs. They had a 1.42 Mini and 17&quot; and 20&quot; iMacs.As far as the screens go, I was pleasantly surprised by the 17&quot; which has a higher res than my 19&quot; monitor, I could happily live with it.Performance wise, I was restricted to playing around with the built in apps and there appeared to be little difference. The Mini was slower of course, but would be fine for wp and surfing. I took along some jpeg and a raw image to try out iPhoto but the manager wouldn't let me, 'we had someone load a jpeg and it corrupted the whole hard disk' :dummy: Their sale prices were exactly the same as Apples standard off the shelf price - what a bargain!The 17&quot; iMac will cost £845 ($1461) after the educational discount (I am a teacher) and they are doing 6 months interest free, it works out to about £140 a month and I can reduce the cost substantially by ebaying my existing screen and pc (I have a laptop, so can do Windows stuff if necessary).Looks like a winner.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />p.s. I didn't like the mighty mouse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malcy, post: 173418"] Well, I braved the crowds at my local PCWorld today and had a look at the Macs. They had a 1.42 Mini and 17" and 20" iMacs. As far as the screens go, I was pleasantly surprised by the 17" which has a higher res than my 19" monitor, I could happily live with it. Performance wise, I was restricted to playing around with the built in apps and there appeared to be little difference. The Mini was slower of course, but would be fine for wp and surfing. I took along some jpeg and a raw image to try out iPhoto but the manager wouldn't let me, 'we had someone load a jpeg and it corrupted the whole hard disk' :dummy: Their sale prices were exactly the same as Apples standard off the shelf price - what a bargain! The 17" iMac will cost £845 ($1461) after the educational discount (I am a teacher) and they are doing 6 months interest free, it works out to about £140 a month and I can reduce the cost substantially by ebaying my existing screen and pc (I have a laptop, so can do Windows stuff if necessary). Looks like a winner. :) p.s. I didn't like the mighty mouse. [/QUOTE]

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