I have a Mac mini from two years ago and a 24" Imac purchased in November.Why would you own a Mac and not use it at all? How old is it? I'm not doubting your veracity, just questioning your reasoning. I may buy it from you.
Seems like anyone who has to care at all about money would be putting a 24" iMac on the block rather than watching Moore's Law gradually sap its value. Unless of course Snow Leopard might make it more useful to you . . .
“Seems like anyone who has to care at all about money would be putting a 24” iMac on the block rather than watching Moore’s Law gradually sap its value.”
No can do. It is owned by a giant organization that makes it more expensive and difficult to dispose of a computer than to leave it idle.
I also have to rescue the occasional Mac user who has file compatibility problems. Those usually occur during the first two months of a semester. Once I teach them to make their Mac files PC-friendly, I don’t need it as often.
Note: I do use it to play Christmas songs during December.
I’m not bad-mouthing Mac. I just don’t find it superior in any way I can measure in my line of work. The glowing reviews I read here did not translate into added utility and in fact, the Mac created compatibility issues that made it less useful to me. So... It’s a pretty file translating computer in my office.
I’ve been trying to give away the Mini (within the department) for a year. Nobody wants it.