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Mikesr
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Apr 25, 2018

Switching from PC to iMac ?

Gathering some input and thoughts on switching from being a PC user for 20 years. DW and I are already iPhone and iPad uses and have upgraded these devices a couple times because we outgrew the storage capacity of the older phone and tables. So we’re already familiar with Apple and both have iTunes accounts.
Some of the specific questions and concerns we have is with peripheral devices like printers, external hard drives and data files stored on flash drives and portable HDD’s. Will our PC data files (i.e. word documents and photos) work on an iMac?
We understand the iMac will be a chunk of change and we plan to spec it for RAM and processing speed to be higher then our current needs. Any input on that would be helpful. The iMac Pro is not in our budget. Hopefully keeping this under 2 grand.
Thank you for any input.

32 Replies

  • I have both and there is nothing better about the MAC vs Windows and like the other person said there is a frustrating learning curve that probably is not worth it.
  • Prepare for a huge/frustrating learning curve, going from long time experienced Windows users to "newby" Mac users. iPhone and iPad experience won't help much. They don't use the same OS as the Macs do.