I just went from XP to a Mac Mini. Didn’t install any software to use my old (new really) monitor, keyboard, mouse. Didn’t even need the DSL 2wire software. Truly plug and play.
Finding it more difficult however to return to Apple than I did going from Apple to XP. Really miss InfranView. iPhoto annoys me every time I open it. So does Preview. I don’t want to buy another bloated program either (already have two from my cameras). All I want is something quick and fast...the type of thing for which Apple is touted but doesn’t, far as I know, provide when it comes to photo editing.
Quick and fast? Try Preview, which has extremely powerful editing tools:
In addition, all images can be converted to a host of other image file types:
Add to that the ability to quickly annotate an image by adding an Arrow, a Rectangular Box, a Circle or an Oval, and Text. Preview can free-form crop any picture:
Preview can import images from any connected camera, iPhone, scanner, or it can grab a screen, a window, or a selected area of the screen. It can email any image using its integration with Apple's Mail app.
All of that is just in a system utility Apple originally designed to simply Preview images. iPhoto has tons more capability.
You need to quit being annoyed at iPhoto and start exporing its capabilities which you will find probably exceed those of IrfanView, especially in the latest version which incorporated many professional level tools from Apple's professional photography application Aperture. There is a reason why Apple is touted for handling photos.