what desktop???

[chowiekid]

right iv been scouting the web today looking for a new pc.

im edging towards the sony all in one job 24" £1100 in pc world?

i need two 1 for the office and one for home, im using a vpn server so will be wanting to connect to my office computer from home.

i work in web sales i.e ebay/amazon and many of my own sites. i use dream weaver and adobe etc alot! but i have been told, not sure if its true that a mac will not connect through the vpn server if i was to have a pc at work and a mac at home is that right? id love a mac but its just to ott for work and i would only really want it at home leaving me with a sony at work.

is there any other desktops i should look at?

i currently use my laptop + dell screen. but its so much unpluging and sorting out when i leave, (if you saw my set up you would see what i mean, got a silly desk you plug your wires through)

so do i buy a 24" sony all in one for home and a 21" for the office over 2k in total!
or a mac 27" for home and a sony 21" for work? (if that works)

or any other ideas??? just really looking for what people think is the best desktop for me, i am pretty much budgetless within reason.
i dont want something silly/ or that will look dated next week?

Thanks for helping

 

[Adam.]

Who told you about the vpn's?

At work we run 49 different sites, both with a mix of macs and pc's. TBH, macs vpn easier than pc's. We rarely get any problems with them.

 

[chowiekid]

great it was someone who works for me


think ill get the 27" mac then and keep my set up at work for now

 

[chowiekid]

coming from a total novice POV with macs is it easy to apply windows too so i can use softwear such as turbo lister? wich only run via windows

 

[welshname]

and if you want to use windows occasionally get hold of VMware and a copy of windows. either that or bootcamp.

 

[chowiekid]

how much are they?

 

[Adam.]

Parallels is better from experience. Just run it in coherence.

 

[Mr Pants]

Get a 27" Mac and you'll be a hero. And yeah, for your silly Windows only scripts / applications / whatever, VMware or Parallels are both well rated. (You can boot into them on their own and run side by side with OSX).

 

[welshname]

http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

bootcamp comes with the OS iirc. i prefer vmware because i like to have both to hand. it just works better.

 

[chowiekid]

this one good?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/apple-imac-mc511-07478134-pdt.html

seen it in my local store for £1300

cheers for the help, looks like mac is the better way then buy a shitty dell comp for work and run it with my monitor

 

[welshname]

yeah mac is the way forward. vmware is a must though, you will miss some windows programs and you can just run them as if they were native in mac. its ACE!

 

[chowiekid]

ok ill pick up a mac on my way home i think and have sort it all later

thank you people
ill make sure i take a pic of my setup once done and add to the other apple page

 

[Adam.]

Some good deals on the iMacs on the apple refurb store!

 

[chowiekid]

ill have a gander, wouldnt mind new mind. makes me feel that lil more special getting one, never though id be able to afford one so would be a nice feeling to buy new

 

[Adam.]

ill have a gander, wouldnt mind new mind. makes me feel that lil more special getting one, never though id be able to afford one so would be a nice feeling to buy new

The ones from the apple refurb store carry the same warranty/support as a brand new one.

 

[chowiekid]

oooo that seems silly?

why dont every1 buy refurbed ones then

 

[chowiekid]

whats i3 i5 etc? im totaly new to mac minus ipad iphone etc

 

[welshname]

they are just intel processors. they are the same for windows machine

 

[chowiekid]

ok kly im a tit clearly

ill drop in to pc world on my way home and see what i think thank you people

cs is helpful for things like this

 

[Mark One]

Wouldn't a decent PC with a nice dual monitor setup be helpful? I'm a big fan of dual monitors for CAD work

 

[welshname]

Wouldn't a decent PC with a nice dual monitor setup be helpful? I'm a big fan of dual monitors for CAD work

when did he say CAD work???

and i use dual monitors for everything. only my hackintosh netbook runs 1 monitor.

 

[chowiekid]

yer but i guess the mac would be for home so thats sorted i just need to decide on a set up for work. So duel monitor might be a good move, :S

think a 2 macs is ott one at home and one at work so ill go down the route of dell at work, its basically used as a printing station and email thing so it dosnt need to be fancy and a mac at home for design etc + :S

always wanted a mac so to know its going to work is making me smile ALOT.

 

[welshname]

i find it nice to work with a pc during the day (know xp and sbs 2003 like the back of my hand) and then to have something different to come home to, i get frustrated when i get home from work, fire up a pc and am met with the same s**t problems i get all day long.

semi transparent grey screen of death is more asthetically pleasing than that of the BSOD.

 

[chowiekid]

thats a good point i spend a good 14 hours a day looking at ebay at least i can go from 24" home to a 27" lol

 

[Revels]

I use a crappy Dell laptop all day at work then I've got my 27" iMac at home. It's a joy to use.

But I'd rather have 2x 24"s or even a 27" and a 21.5" than one Mac and one Windows.

http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageSale/index.html that seems to be about the best Mac equivalent of Turbo Lister.

 

[chowiekid]

yer iv got the garage sale tbh its got better ratings that turbo but its what your use to i guess ill have both on the mac if i can get the windows side working quickly.

is it worth going for the i3 versions 27" or pay the extra for the i5? tbh the guy i spoke to on the phone didnt seem to know anything? cs is better help

 

[Revels]

It depends really. For what you're using it for, i3 will probably be fine. But there will be times you're editing, uploading, emails etc and you might wish for that extra pace. But by the time it gets to being slow, you're probably going to want to upgrade anyway.

i3 is certainly a lot better than the Core2Duo ones that were previously the 'bottom' of the range.

Basically..

i3 = Good spec.
i5 = Great spec.
i7 = I'm rich. I want the best spec.

 

[chowiekid]

so dont pay the extra for i5? how longs the warrenty on these?

 

[Revels]

It's a year but you can extend it to 3 years with AppleCare which is £139.00.

Do you know any students? You get a good discount if you can find one.

 

[chowiekid]

kl ill ask my mate thank you

bought a 27" will get pics later

 

[welshname]

that was fast. want to buy me one too for being helpful *crosses fingers*

 

[chowiekid]

Lol no but I'll show you pics later got fusion 3 too pretty good pc world

 

[welshname]

as in VMWare fusion 3...winner. you need a copy of windows aswell to use it. but you can get them from some illegal site although neither me nor cliosport condone that.

 

[chowiekid]

yer fusion 3

and i have a copy at work so thats all gravy just waiting for my dad to get home so i can use the shitty thing as i have no clue wat the codes are to our home network :-(

 

[welshname]

you wont be dissapointed.