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I'm thinking about replacing my PC and Laptop with an iMac and Mac Book and I have a load of questions (Some hardware if that's OK?)
I'll be replacing my 2.8 Ghz Pentium D, 2GB, nvidia 6600 Xp PC and 1.8 Ghz Celeron, 1GB Vista laptop, with a 20" 2.4 Ghz, 2GB iMac and 13" 2.2 Ghz 2GB MacBook.
I ultimately want all my video files and such to be stored on my iMac (external HDD maybe?) but to be able to pull them across to my macbook via my network easily and vice versa. I also want to be able to stream stuff to my PS3 and 360 from my iMac.
My first question, is that possible?
2) Hardware wise I'm right in thinking that the iMac and MacBook will be much faster than their PC counterparts.
3) I play games on my PC from time to time, what is the Graphics card in the iMac like?
4) I've been told that I can run windows on my iMac should I wish, what kind of performance hit would I get and when might I need to do this?
5) My PC is mainly used for : Internet, Outlook express, MSN, My Phone Explorer, Video editing (I'll be getting Final Cut), MS Office stuff. I assume the Mac has these (or replacment) programs, I guess my question is what can't I do on a Mac?
Is there anything else that might sway me to or from buying a Mac or anything I should know or is particulaly cool?
Sorry for the post being a bit all over the place.
I'll be replacing my 2.8 Ghz Pentium D, 2GB, nvidia 6600 Xp PC and 1.8 Ghz Celeron, 1GB Vista laptop, with a 20" 2.4 Ghz, 2GB iMac and 13" 2.2 Ghz 2GB MacBook.
I ultimately want all my video files and such to be stored on my iMac (external HDD maybe?) but to be able to pull them across to my macbook via my network easily and vice versa. I also want to be able to stream stuff to my PS3 and 360 from my iMac.
My first question, is that possible?
2) Hardware wise I'm right in thinking that the iMac and MacBook will be much faster than their PC counterparts.
3) I play games on my PC from time to time, what is the Graphics card in the iMac like?
4) I've been told that I can run windows on my iMac should I wish, what kind of performance hit would I get and when might I need to do this?
5) My PC is mainly used for : Internet, Outlook express, MSN, My Phone Explorer, Video editing (I'll be getting Final Cut), MS Office stuff. I assume the Mac has these (or replacment) programs, I guess my question is what can't I do on a Mac?
Is there anything else that might sway me to or from buying a Mac or anything I should know or is particulaly cool?
Sorry for the post being a bit all over the place.