Should I change to IMAP from POP?

Hi all,
I have just purchased an older iMac which will now be my Mac at work. I will be keeping the Powerbook at home and want to be able to check the same mail boxes from there.
Is it best to change to IMAP accounts or keep them as POP?
I have had all my email accounts (5 addresses) POP for the last 5 years, but I still go into the ISP server and delete as needed. Now that I have a second machine I see it starting to get difficult to manage it manually.
I am a graphic designer so do get largish attachments often.
What is the best way I should be managing my accounts now that I have a home and work machine that I want to be able to read and write from? I have given it a go to read about POP or IMAP but haven't found a good resource that explains what would suite me best.
Thanks for any help.
Petter.

The easiest way to manage email accounts across multiple computers or locations is to use IMAP. Here's a good site to start learning about the differences between POP and IMAP and the advantages of the latter.

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