Macromedia MX 2004 on Intel iMac?

Could someone please respond with any issues they have running Studio MX 2004 on the new iMacs. I have a small web design business and need to know whether its worth the switch. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
-Ron

I guess I should have been more clear when I said "switch". I am a PC user, but am pretty sick of spending a good portion of my time tweaking and fixing Windows faults. A good friend is a Mac owner, and I was thinking the new Intel's are a good place to jump into the Mac game. So, I guess there is no way to tell if Macromedia running on my PC now will be faster or slower on the new iMac.
Another reason for the switch is to streamline my workflow. The PC interface, though I've skinned and customized it to no end, is just severely clunky and well "unsmooth". I am hoping the iMac and OSX will help me focus while working, and remove a lot of the distraction when working with a PC. Am I living in a dreamworld, or is this close the mark?
-Ron

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Date/Time: 2006-03-11 16:21:34.878 -0600
OS Version: 10.4.5 (Build 8G1454)
Report Version: 4
Command: Flash
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1 LaunchCFMApp 0xb807b09e 0xb8000000 + 503966
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb808f402 0xb8000000 + 586754
3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80e46ca spinlockwrapper + 5140
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3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8129b8a CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 174048
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3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb809a2e6 0xb8000000 + 631526
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video issues on this site and haven't seen this – I might
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general.
Then again, what do I know? Because the more I'm thinking
about it the more I think I might have had this problem. But I
really can't remember. And sorry to say the solution was to not use
the import function to edit my videos.
You also might want to just see if it is the format of the
file you are importing. Perhaps a different source will work
better? I'm just grasping at straws here.
If you have many of these to do and a budget I suggest
getting a third party tool like Squeeze. Otherwise if you have some
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Microsoft Office 2004 (Word) unable to save files I have been running Office 2004 on my Intel iMac with Snow Leopard for some time and all of a sudden I cannot save a document. Word just stopped responding and I have to force quit. I can open Word and cr

Microsoft Office 2004 (Word) unable to save files
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I am seriously considering buying a new iMac Intel Core Duo. If i order before the end of january along with Microsoft office, i can get upto 50% off office.
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I am quite confused and really unsure what to do?
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Will i be able to upgrade to the new version for free?
.... I dont understand why apple are selling a version of office with the new iMacs if it is not even the proper software.
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Message was edited by: Eric S.

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Can anyone give me advice on the following:-
When I try to print from my wife's new intel iMac 20" to our HP Color LaserJet 2550L, it doesn't work and print center gives me the following error message ... "The process "hppostprocessing" terminated unexpectedly on signal 5" .
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Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.
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I believe you are correct when you mention the glitch between the new
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Intel iMacs

So this is the forum for Intel iMacs? Cool.
First, could someone explain (or link me to) more detailed pages about the Duo Core chip, Rosetta, and Universal? I've seen the APple pages, but they didn't seem to elaborate, or maybe I just couldn't find it.
And, I noticed the MacBook's iSight says "and twice the resolution" under it. Does the same go for the iMac?
Anyone order one yet? I'd love too, but just don't have the money.
Thanks,
Kyle-

You could look at the Intel Core Duo product page here:
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/coreduo/index.htm
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Good morning.
At Berkley we have just migrated to a G5 Xserve with Tiger server and upgraded all our workstations.
The workstations are running Tiger 10.4.7 and are a mix of Intel iMacs, Mac books, eMacs and iBooks.
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thanks to all of you!
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Hi guys. This is my 1st post over here and although i do not yet have my iMac, i will be ordering it once a refund is back in my account tomorrow/wednesday.
However this is my problem. I have Dreamweaver MX on my Windows PC as i run my own website.
I am now swiching to a 17" Intel iMac with 1gb RAM and 250gb Hard Drive after a lot of thinking as i think it will be a better system for my needs (and i am fed up of windows messing up on me).
I know not all apps are universal now and this is where 'Rosetta' comes into play. Does anyone know if Dreamweaver MX works under the new Intel version of the iMac? or will i have to wait for a universal one.
Macromedia have a free trial on the website for Apple computers so i can always check that out once my new iMac has come but i am just getting a little worried as i need Photoshop and Dreamweaver more than anything.
Thanks to anyone who can advise me.

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The students are not supposed to bring files from home, nor are they supposed to take files home. There are a few PC towers and PC laptops on site, all with anti-viral software. The students do not currently e-mail this files nor receive e-mailed files. For fun, I tried e-mailing one of the infected files to myself, and aol and gmail both blocked the transmission.
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What about liability ?   If one of these infected Word files found its way on a Windows PC would the school be liable ?   What is the worst case scenario of this virus on the Mac platform ?    On the Windows platform ?
MICROSOFT: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Vir us%3aW97M%2fThus.FP
WEB SCANS: http://r.virscan.org     http://www.virustotal.com
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No viruses that can attack OS X have so far been detected 'in the wild', i.e. in anything other than laboratory conditions.
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For Tiger: http://www.clamxav.com/download.php#tiger
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