Vegan702
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I at one time was a geek, even worked for the Fed. Gov. as a IT Specialist/Network Admin. However, after I left that position I got out of the computer business and never really kept up with the changes in technology, etc. So now I am in the market for a new computer, maybe even a Mac. I know squat about Macs, never even touched one. The last Apple computer I played with was a Apple IIc in school. Anyways, I will be replacing a laptop that I use docked that is a Dell with a Intel Pentium M 1.73ghz, 794mhz and 2gb Ram. I don't use any programs that are processor intensive, but I do have a lot of programs open at one time. I will have multiple IE windows open, a pretty memory intensive data entry program and a few other smaller programs, probably about 5-8 total programs running at once if you count the multiple instances of IE that are open.
So are there any recommendations at what I should be looking for? I have been debating getting a Mac mini and running parallels as I do have 1 program that only runs on Windows and it is my main work program. Another thought was I see where multiple people have hacked the Mac OS and you can run them on PCs now getting double the speed for half the cost of a comparable Mac without any issues. This may be a course I could go down if it made sense. I am pretty much fed up with pc's, so I am looking for a reason to go to a Mac. If it is too much time to invest in learning a Mac then I will stick with a pc though.
So are there any recommendations at what I should be looking for? I have been debating getting a Mac mini and running parallels as I do have 1 program that only runs on Windows and it is my main work program. Another thought was I see where multiple people have hacked the Mac OS and you can run them on PCs now getting double the speed for half the cost of a comparable Mac without any issues. This may be a course I could go down if it made sense. I am pretty much fed up with pc's, so I am looking for a reason to go to a Mac. If it is too much time to invest in learning a Mac then I will stick with a pc though.