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I suspect that part of the problem is the reliance

That's what it is. I've just gotten so used to it.

Load enough ROM??? This tells me a lot...

Do I sound that dumb? I guess ROM is read only memory. I meant the size of the internal hard drive, internal memory. I'm not good with the hardware or fixing Windows part of it. And I used to be a computer programmer, but that's a specialty and I didn't have to worry too much about the hardware side of it.

If you want to donate your iMac to a good cause... ;-)

Figured something like that was coming ;-). My granddaughter would love to have it. I'll tackle it this winter when I'm not so preoccupied with my other hobby and summer yard work.

You can install Windows XP or Vista in bootcamp on your iMac and then use your iMac as a PC

I think that is what the Fusion software is for and have heard bootcamp, not familiar with the mac terminology, think it's another interface. The bottom line is once I put Win XP on that thing, all the years of updates and patches, I don't dare run it without anti-virus software which, I guess I've reached my limit as to how much I can handle simultaneously. I just don't want to mess with it. At least now.

Which makes me think I should change to the mac version of Photoshop, give up my other apps or run them on a laptop or my pc as long as it works, and just forget about loading Windows on it. Much simpler, concentrate on the new features of the mac. So if I do that, I've wasted $79+ on Fusion. Plus I know I'm going to need the apple care contract for $199 for 3 years and have to purchase that before the first year is up.

Decisions. Decisions. I know they get hot on here about one vs. the other. The way I see it is each has their advantages and disadvantages. Kind of like the Nikon-Canon wars. Both are excellent products, and even though I went with Canon doesn't mean that I don't think Nikons aren't great as well. After all these years, you wonder if you bought into the right system because both are so good in their own way. Same with pc vs. mac although mac is inherently better I guess, but I still like the logic of the tree file structure of Windows. It did take me a couple years to get up to speed with some of the features of that, and I'm by no means an expert with any of it. Too much to learn. Take Photoshop. The learning curve is a lot harder than other graphics editors, I'll never tap the full power of it, it's not intuitive at all, but I finally decided I wanted to go with it rather than keep upgrading Paint Shop Pro, glad I did. If I want to do something more advanced, yes, I have to slow down, look it up, struggle with it until I get it. Otherwise I can do a lot with it without looking anything up, the way I like it.

Most of the new things I tackle, I just figure out how to run them somehow without spending a lot of time with help and/or looking/asking for answers.

You should contact Adobe directly and see if you can “cross-grade” your current Adobe products to the current Mac version. It is usually possible for a fee.

Fusion is a nifty program. For someone like me it is a license to fiddle. For someone like you, probably not going to be very useful. Bootcamp is the method by which Apple enables people to reboot their machine into Windows. It involves actually partitioning the drive and installing Windows on the partition. It is not an emulation environment and it literally turns your Mac into a Windows PC (the Mac OS can’t be accessed when booted into Windows). Kind of nifty if you’re waiting half a year before making the switch over to the Mac OS.

I would recommend getting some lessons at the nearest Apple Store. You should drop in and ask them some questions. Highly recommended. If you get somebody who just wants to sell you something go for a walk and come back later. Majority of Apple sales people are helpful and not hard sellers. Sales happen because people are happy with the service, so the philosophy goes.

Good luck.