Thinking to switch on a iMac , what's about noise?

Hi to all,
I'ma pc user that thinking to switch on a iMac Intel 17".
I just wondering about the noise (HD but mostly fan) of the iMac intel. Now I'm working on a Intel P4 Ht extreme and the CPU fan is very very noisy!
I mostly do intesinve vork on Photoshop CS so wondering if the fan of iMac 17" will be always on or if there's no problem with noise.
thanks a lot.

Hi to all,
I'ma pc user that thinking to switch on a iMac Intel
17".
Oh my Gawd, you will LOVE the Intel iMac but go for the 20" and get the additional 256 video ram. Well worth it and you get an amazing display/picture.
I just wondering about the noise (HD but mostly fan)
of the iMac intel. Now I'm working on a Intel P4 Ht
extreme and the CPU fan is very very noisy!
Noise? There is no noise. None. Nada. Zilch and I run my iMac 24/7. It is just on all the time, downloading files or making movies. This is my first iMac and I am so happy to have it. A most excellent machine!
I mostly do intesinve vork on Photoshop CS so
wondering if the fan of iMac 17" will be always on
or if there's no problem with noise.
thanks a lot.
You'll have to opt for Photoshop CS for OSX and again, there is no fan noise. The 20" Intel iMac is very quiet. Promise.
Hudson

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fi5hbone wrote:
1. I am using the Gmail app on the iPhone and it has the ability to save the frequently used email addresses that I send to in my browser and autocomplete them when I send it out in the iPhone Gmail app. Will BB10 be able to do this?
Email on BB10 is not browser-based. Rather, the on-device email app uses an algorythm to provide you with suggested recipients to emails you create, which you can select or ignore. The suggestions change over time based on your usage patterns. If you want one of the suggested recipients, a quick click on it populates the "to" field with that recipient. So, while it may operate differently than iPhone, it sounds like it indeed does what you desire.
fi5hbone wrote:
2. The ability send as different email addresses as all my work mail gets forwarded to my Gmail account. There are some workarounds that I came across on Crackberry.com and was wondering if anyone knows if the bugs have been worked around i.e. some mails don't come through because a secondary label has been assigned to them in Gmail.
When you forward, you can choose any "from" account that you have integrated to your BB10 device. If you simply reply, it is restricted to coming from the account into which it arrived on the BB10 device. I don't know if this is the "bug" you mention or not, but this is how it functions.
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I have a mid year 2007 24 inch iMac and will be purchasing a new 27 inch Retina iMac, what is the easiest way to transfer the data and files from my old machine to the new one?

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If I install Windows 7 on iMac (what we have done many times and it works very good) does windows support the fusion drive?

if I install Windows 7 on iMac (what we have done many times and it works very good) does windows support the fusion drive?

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Fusion Drive is created by software on OS X. On a computer with Fusion Drive, Windows is installed on the HDD, but when you install the Boot Camp drivers, you will be able to read Macintosh HD, so it looks like it supports Fusion Drive but only for read

I'm thinking of switching

after years of using a pc, i'm thinking of switching to a mac book.
my question: won't i have to buy all new software? ms office, games, etc.

You can use Boot Camp to run Windows on your new Mac, so that you can still use all your old software when you need it.
Your Windows software will not work when your computer is booted into OS X, but the fact that you can still run Windows means that you don't have to buy all new software all at once. You can, for example, make all your new software purchases Mac versions, so that over time you eventually replace all your old Windows software.

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