Originally Posted by SamHouston
must be a lemon, we gots a 20" imac and it's been hassle free except for a short episode with Parallels, which we decided sucked and don't use now. Thought it'd be neato to run Windows in a window for our shipping software while remaining OSX for all other things, but Parallels fux chit up, and switching from OSX to XP takes about 4 secs less with bootcamp as it does with parallels. So we run XP for shipping and game playing, OSX for everything else = virii free computing.
whatever you do, be sure to ditch that one button mouse with the grippy side buttons, as a former PC lifer person I have never been able to come to terms with mac mice and trying to use them deteriorates a bodies quality of life. I need 2-3 buttons and a wheel, sure it ain't as pretty but it works.
Make the imac work and you'll be better off for it, comparably it is hassle free computating, and prettier, quieter et al
Yes..the mouse will be going ASAP. I will agree it is prettier and quieter.....hassle free computing? I would disagree. I have pulled my hair out on several occasions due to XP problems but I always could sort em easy enuf and I have had this XP piece of crap in the shop for going on 5 years now and it still works. Anyone know where Steve Jobs lives? I have a big eye-poking stick for him.