Electronics

[Nuttmeg]

Why don't you go to an Apple store and take a test drive?

[LTT1]

I knew I had seen someone here on the boards with MAC problems... however, from all I can gather... they are RELATIVELY free from defects... we have phones and an "air" (love it) but we probably need a reliable desktop. Not sure that a smaller one does everything reliably all of the time. I feel like we need a solid piece of equipment for our home b/c everything these days seems to be done by computer!

The Apple store seems to be right there with help when one needs it... so it will be a MAC. I hope they are still free from virus attacks without additional software needing updating and monitoring all of the time?

Thank you everyone for your input.

ETA: thanks, nugmeg3... we will do this!

Mustangshar... me too... I have a lot of faith in MAC... crossing fingers

[brii]

We only buy Apple products. They are more costly - but in the long run, they wind up saving you money (don't need to replace as often) and aggravation.

[LTT1]

I am pretty much convinced that the Apple people are very tops in creating products that work properly. It is frustrating to no end to try to "piece together" items that have ended up being wrong together (ghz, # of processors, etc). Apple seems to make those decisions for you.

[StylishLady]

We currently use a MAC Mini with OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8. About the size of a cigar box and does everything we need to do. Cost somewhere around $600 depending on how much memory you think you need.

[LTT1]

Thank you, Stylishlady. I don't know how much memory we need either... but I do know that the "C" drive on this school computer is 60% full. In addition to running a "Promethean Board" (and the software) I store Dropbox and pictures on it.

[Boehm Collector]

Apple without a doubt. I have PC's for my office and Apple products at home. The Apple products are of better quality; are more user friendly; great customer service.