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    iMac 27 i3 ... using for a primary PC??

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by princealyy, Jul 13, 2011.

  1. princealyy

    princealyy Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey Guys ... so here is what I am wondering ... I currently have a decked out PC at work, however last year when we were buying new macs for our graphics people, we ended up getting one too many iMac 27's it is the i3 model....w/ 8gb ram (kicking myself for not ordering the quad core)

    Here is the deal, I can get this in my office, but I need a PC... but still want to use the MAC for other than office uses... is Parallels reliable enough for my use?? I am very intensive in some of my PC applications.. and my concern is being able to remote login into the PC side of it...

    Any ideas???

    Thanks in advance (btw before I get flak... I did read all the stickies, but I felt my case was a bit specialized)
     
    princealyy, Jul 13, 2011
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    directeuphorium Notebook Evangelist

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    should be fine. If you can game in parallels (you can) you can do just about anything. Just a matter of how much Ram & video memory you give each machine.

    Plus there is the bootcamp option
     
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  3. princealyy

    princealyy Notebook Evangelist

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    Ya i guess I am being paranoid since I manage our erp from my office amd really don't want to have a problem once I get on the Mac ....

    I have too many screens in my office amd just want to get rid of the
    PC completely if I get the iMac ... Just wish I had gotten the i5 or the quad ... But live and learn right??
     
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  4. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    You can also run remote desktop on the Mac to connect to a Windows box. At work we have hundreds of VMs that we can connect to if we need to for some reason. Don't know if you have those kinds of options.
     
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  5. princealyy

    princealyy Notebook Evangelist

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    We can do that... but I feel like it is not as responsive... and I need to work with the PC daily... since it is our primary operating system.... hopefully I will figure out a way to make this work ... Thanks
     
    princealyy, Jul 14, 2011
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    Of course using a remote access would not give you the crisp feel as compared to running it on your machine natively but when all else fails, that would be a viable option.

    Parallels would be just fine as well but you have to spend some cash in order to run it, which I think is totally worth it as you can migrate to higher versions when updates roll out.

    Boot camp is not that stable in my opinion. I even run into trouble trying to boot the windows os, to begin with. So unless you are willing to shut it down every single time you are not successful in accessing it, this would be fine.
     
    chesterg, Jul 17, 2011
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