It was time - my wife told me she could not bear an ugly computer in the living room, so rather than searching for a tiny corner to shield me from prying eyes I chose a piece that would look clean and tidy enough for the living room. I've bought an iMac.
When I think of a complete solution, Desktops must have additional camera, and firewire for extracting the video of the miniDV cassettes, speakers.
Laptops have it all (almost) there are few "but"s, smaller keyboard and screen. The iMac fits my needs including a better OS (IMO) AND a slick look out of the box which really fits the primal need to show off my new gadget.
So when I am being asked "What for?", "You already have enough computers at home!", I have only one answer – I like it, it's fun, and fun is valuable.
A nice surprise I had was that the virtual machine that I use with Ubuntu also works on the Mac! It's a free for personal use, VirtualBox (by Sun Microsystems) .
A good friend of mine (Ze'ev) told me about the "Guest Additions" which enables smooth integration; switching between vm window and back is as simple as clicking on the requested window.
I am happy with my purchase, and if you are in the neighborhood, come on over - I've got a new gadget.
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