So I've currently got a 4 yr old dell 4700, with a Pentium 4. Starting to slow down, and ready for something new. I use a mac at work, and love many of the abilities (the one I use is a PPC).
My job and schooling revolve around photo editing, possibly video editing and website design.
Originally thought of a Mac Pro, but was hearing it might just be overkill for someone buying their computer via student loans. So I started to look into the 27" i7 iMac. Though I must admit, after reading a few posts, I'm quite worried about buying one. I have had very few issues with my dell over the years, and many of the problems, I fixed on my own within a day or so. I can't afford to be without a computer for more than a day, it is literally my life (business and school).
So a first thing's first, what are your guys' thoughts on the situation?
Second question. I have all my editing software for windows....so I'm going to need to be able to use that on the new mac (if I get one, tomorrow possibly).
I've looked into the 3 options, and ironically enough, parallels has been getting the worst ratings.
I spoke to the guys in the mac store about using boot camp, but my install disk is service pack 2 (it's a dell install disk as well, media center. I've used it for 2 installs, it installs like XP should, then goes into the random additions), and they said I need SP3.
What do you think would be the best approach? I run lightroom, photoshop and dreamweaver. As well as plan to keep blackberry desktop on the windows side, it sucks on the Mac side.
My job and schooling revolve around photo editing, possibly video editing and website design.
Originally thought of a Mac Pro, but was hearing it might just be overkill for someone buying their computer via student loans. So I started to look into the 27" i7 iMac. Though I must admit, after reading a few posts, I'm quite worried about buying one. I have had very few issues with my dell over the years, and many of the problems, I fixed on my own within a day or so. I can't afford to be without a computer for more than a day, it is literally my life (business and school).
So a first thing's first, what are your guys' thoughts on the situation?
Second question. I have all my editing software for windows....so I'm going to need to be able to use that on the new mac (if I get one, tomorrow possibly).
I've looked into the 3 options, and ironically enough, parallels has been getting the worst ratings.
I spoke to the guys in the mac store about using boot camp, but my install disk is service pack 2 (it's a dell install disk as well, media center. I've used it for 2 installs, it installs like XP should, then goes into the random additions), and they said I need SP3.
What do you think would be the best approach? I run lightroom, photoshop and dreamweaver. As well as plan to keep blackberry desktop on the windows side, it sucks on the Mac side.
Gotta run it as windows software. What's the best way to do it that way?