You-all are talking puredee nonsensical flibbertyjibbet talk, now. The iMac is the high plateau of the art of the home computer--a Unix core with a fast but lovely graphic interface. Just for example, when I wanted to turn off the function of the CapsLock key, because I hate it when I keep hitting it, it took < 30 seconds. It set itself up and brought on board years of past work files and parameters and settings and did it all in a couple of hours. It would have take twice as long trying to do the same in a 586 Wintel environment, I suspect.

It has more computing power than I will ever need unless I suddenly become a graphic artist, which is not likely to happen, or a movie director.

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