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[Black Sheep]

  Of course BE, how could I forget ??

[asbokid]

Maybe install OS X as a guest operating system in VirtualBox on your existing PC  to see if you like it?!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fxz7jVI9kQ[/youtube]

http://www.virtualbox.org/

cheers, a

EDIT:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Black Sheep]

Crikey asbo !! Where did you pull that from ?? 

I'll be honest, I'm not confident enough to attempt installing a new OS, even via a step-by-step guide. Having seen other EU's i-Macs, I think I'll be taking the leap pretty soon though. I'll just have to adapt to the new OS as I go.
I really appreciate the help and comments though. I was hoping to get feedback along these lines, even more-so what 7LM has given, a kinda 'likes' and 'dislikes (Pro's and cons).

All I need now is for someone to say they know a man who knocks them out for a monkey, and all's well !!! 

Cheers all.

[kitz]

[Black Sheep]

Ha ha ......... thanks for the candid reply, Kitz.

I can assure you, I'm not the type of man who actively seeks out 'status symbols'. I really do just like the look of the thing.

I seem to spend quite a lot of time on my PC (rightly or wrongly), and as such, can justify to myself spending the kind of cash being asked. I wont be photo-editing, or whatsits with music, just basically doing what I'm doing now. The consensus thus far indicates it's a quality bit of kit, although quite pricey. I dont mind paying through the nose for quality. 

[kitz]

[Black Sheep]

Why do I get the feeling you wont talk to me again, if I do purchase an i-Mac, Kitz !! 

[HPsauce]

Why do I get the feeling you wont talk to me again

Well, being honest, a big part of the problem is that, like oil and water, Mac's and PC's and more especially Mac and PC supporters, just don't mix.
So, in reality the chances of you getting an unbiased view, especially from people who don't know you or your needs and skills well, is minimal.

Obviously there are a few exceptions, but you might as well be sitting astride the "wall" the Israelis built in the West Bank and ask the people nearby for an unbiased opinion. 

[Black Sheep]

Ha ha ...... point taken. Looks like a trip down the M6 to Coventry, for me then. 

[kitz]

Why do I get the feeling you wont talk to me again, if I do purchase an i-Mac, Kitz !! 

Haha not at all..  As I said in my first post, I'd love one..  They do look good... I suppose with me budget is always going to sway things, and for me personally I couldn't justify the additional cost over a pc

If I do stop speaking to you it will only be cause I've gone green with envy.   


Pasts I am happy with my new pc though....  Just need about another six months to install everything I need on it 

[sheddyian]

Is now the wrong time to chip in and say that the computer I'm currently using I found next to a bin in the street. Honestly!

OK, it needed fixing, and I've bought a faster CPU and memory (from ebay) but it's still running 

Ian

[asbokid]

A man after my own heart!  Are you the same with cars?  Amazing what gems are being scrapped these days. And all because of some trivial problem - a billowing head gasket, exploded gearbox, Cat. C front-end write-off, faulty ABS or airbags, or all of the above?  Hard to resist such a bargain?!

There's a well-documented ebay phenomenon concerning SPARES OR REPAIR.  More of a mental disorder, perhaps, that afflicts only men.

List anything on ebay as FAULTY and suddenly it attracts dozens of male bidders, all keen to prove their expertise at fixing the unfixable. And the more broken it is, the more bids it gets!  Must be a primitive Alpha Male Ego thing!

cheers, a

[sevenlayermuddle]

List anything on ebay as FAULTY and suddenly it attracts dozens of male bidders, all keen to prove their expertise at fixing the unfixable. And the more broken it is, the more bids it gets!  Must be a primitive Alpha Male Ego thing!

cheers, a

Yes, I've witnessed that!

A few years ago I bid a few quid on what seemed to be a bricked Netgear media player (described as spares or repairs)  as I believed I knew how to unbrick it. 

Come the last few minutes of auction I logged on at work and watched anxiously, ready to place the killer last-minute bid.  But amazingly, a spiral of bids in the last couple of minutes left my bids cold, and quickly went to within a whisker of the price you could buy the thing for, brand new, from Amazon. 

[Black Sheep]

I'm hooked ........ it can do anything can an i-Mac. I love 'em. Now where's mi' cheque book. 

http://www.apple.com/uk/why-mac/

[kitz]

lmao...  go fer it BS.

Apple are very good at making things look sexi..  but they are also very good at marketing their products to make them look uber-sexi.

I think thats what hooked me in on both the ATV and the ipad.