| Not much of a Gamer but did just convert after about 15 years and went with the IMac Core Duo...........Greatest. Purchase. Ever......I too had the same concerns regarding my software purchases. I sucked it up and bought the Office Student Teacher edition and am quite pleased with it (125 bucks on Amazon) and as far as the other software (Photoshop etc.) I was able to "locate it" through various avenues which I cannot disclose here in these forums. Frontpage you will never use again once you familiarize yourself with iWeb and Dreamweaver(again "locate it"), because you realize how truly feeble it is. My one caveat would be if you plan to Install Virtual PC is to use it only when absolutely necessary for your gaming purposes and don't use it for anything that can be done with OS X itself. Oh....and make sure you get at least 1 GB of RAM. I originally had 512mb and even with the 667 mhz bus speed i wasn't satisfied with the speed of photo editing etc. |