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Black Sheep:
After 8yrs of using my current desktop PC, we've (The wife and I) decided to purchase a newer, more modern PC.

During my day-to-day job, I see literally hundreds of different PC's, but the one that really caught my eye was the i-Mac. My wife likes the look of them and the fact that they are virtually 'wire-free', so the battle is almost won.  ;) :D

What I hoping to obtain from you guys in the know, is, are there any pitfalls to the i-Mac that I should know about ?? Also, where would be the best place to purchase one from ?? IE- Are there any kind of trade-price websites I could visit, etc ??? We would only want a brand new one.

Thanks in advance, for any and all help.  :)

GigabitEthernet:
It runs OS X rather than Windows so you will have to get used to a whole new operating system and it is quite different, although one gets used to it quickly.

Black Sheep:
I take your point about another OS, but what is the big difference between what I have now (Vista) and OS X ??? You'll have to forgive my naievity, but I'm not clued-up at all when it comes down to hardware/devices etc.

GigabitEthernet:

--- Quote from: Black Sheep on July 08, 2012, 04:27:57 PM ---I take your point about another OS, but what is the big difference between what I have now (Vista) and OS X ???
--- End quote ---

Quite a bit :). It looks very different, for example you don't have icons on the desktop, you have them in a folder, there is no start menu, and the applications are different to a PC so they will not run on a Mac.

Black Sheep:

--- Quote from: arobertson545 on July 08, 2012, 04:33:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Black Sheep on July 08, 2012, 04:27:57 PM ---I take your point about another OS, but what is the big difference between what I have now (Vista) and OS X ???
--- End quote ---

Quite a bit :). It looks very different, for example you don't have icons on the desktop, you have them in a folder, there is no start menu, and the applications are different to a PC so they will not run on a Mac.

--- End quote ---

OMG, what am I talking myself into here ???  :'(

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