The Price for Leopard is what, $199.00 and Vista Home Premium is about $349.00. Usually Mac software is much less expensive, so for a cost effective, long term commitment stick with the iMac. Also, I being energy efficient like the iMac since it is smaller than a P.C. desktop and it takes less energy and resources to make. If you purchase PC desktop's you will be looking at a lot more inconvenience when fixing them too.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:45 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: iMac purchase justifications > > External security in connection to the INTERNET is THE Biggie!!!! > > I'm certain that you can find other 'Church Offices' in your area, > that are 'Wintel/Microsoft' operations. It shouldn't take much in the > way of conversation to expose 'Horror Stories'. > > Then there is always the 'If it ain't broke, Don't FIX it' line. > > Chuck D. > > On Sep 18, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Ramon Tate wrote: > >> >> Hi, all, >> As a long-time reader of this list, I know there are a number of you >> out there who tend multiple computer installations, including mixed >> Mac >> and MS-based PC ones. I would like some justifications/talking points >> to bolster my view that for a small (3-4 computer) church office, >> staying with our all-Mac installation is cost-effective as we are >> being >> pushed to replace them all with Windows systems. Currently, we have an >> old 700 MHz G3 (OS 10.3.9) iMac, a 1.25 GHz eMac (OS 10.3.9), and a >> 2-yr-old 1.5 GHz 15" Powerbook (OS 10.4.11), all on a CAT5e LAN via a >> 5-port switch, an 802.11g 4-port wireless router (running wrt >> firmware) >> and a Comcast-supplied cable modem. Most of what we do is word >> processing and document production for church programs, as well as the >> usual Internet connectivity things like email and web access. All >> systems have MS Office 2004 and Filemaker 7.1 - we use the latter >> for a >> variety of database functions such as purchase order tracking, etc. >> The >> eMac also has Virtual PC installed that is used to run an OLD Windows >> 98 calendar program that we like. >> >> My stance, being the one who set most of this up about 4-5 years ago, >> is that we (a) don't have anyone to watch over an office LAN all the >> time as needed for a Windows-based environment, (b) we couldn't afford >> it if we did and there is no one in the church who can do it gratis, >> (c) replacing all the Office and Filemaker software would be extremely >> expensive, and (d) the inevitable decline in security would result >> in a >> major breach in short order. I would much prefer to buy 3 new iMacs >> (will need another for a new staff member) and upgrade the >> Powerbook to >> Leopard, keeping all the existing software and/or upgrading as >> required >> (already have FM 9 ready to go). >> >> So, experts, what say you? >> (and thanks in advance for your sage advice) >> >> Ramon Tate >> Rockville, Maryland >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
