Well…

After a lot of agonizing, I’ve finally decided to go for one of the new 20″ iMacs. It’ll kind of be the end of an era, and will be the first time I haven’t had a big-box PC in the house for about 14 years. I was all Amiga before that, so it doesn’t count

After quite a bit of research, I’ve come to the conclusion that going for an intel-based iMac, dual-booted with Windows and OS X will be, in the long run, a much better prospect than my current setup. I ordered it today from a supplier in Cardiff, and hopefully, they’ll have stock early next week, or even (if I’m lucky) tomorrow.

Am I sad to leave PCs behind? Well… I’ve got mixed feelings. In reality, I’m only going half-way, as although I won’t have a PC here, I’ll still have a Windows ‘box’ on my Mac (more of a Windows ‘panel’ I suppose..!). I dont think it’ll be in the near future that I leave the world of Bill as a permanently ‘past’ experience. Truth be told, the iMac I’m getting is actually more powerful than even my Dual 2.13 Ghz Core 2 Duo machine. It’s a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo, so a slght boost in that department over a machine that I havent really taxed since I upgraded it about 5 months ago.

I’m definitely going to be posting about my experiences getting everything up and running on my new setup. I’ve found that all the info on the web is very fragmented, and to gather some of it together would be a good idea. Keep posted!