Want to switch 100% to OS X


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I currently only have a Late 08 unibody 15" MBP, but I have simply fell in love with OS X and have now, after a year and a half, been able to transfer all of my work over to osx as well as hobby and entertainment.

I want a 27" iMac (i5 or i7 Quad) and am wanting to get either the most I can get for my current rig or maybe make a straight across trade. I don't know much of current used market values for windows based PC's and I realise mine is old but a little help would be fantastic.

First my PC:

CPU- C2Q 9550

RAM- 8GB DDR2-1000 (G.Skill)

GPU- 4890 1GB (XFX Brand, lifetime warranty)

Hard Drives- 2 x320GB Seagate`s in RAID 0 and 640GB x1 for cold storage and swap file

mobo- Gigabyte P45-UD3R

-Newish Burner

-Extensive Water Cooling, including a Dtek CPU Block, Swiftech GPU Block, Swiftech triple RAD, RES, pump as well as 9x120mm low rpm fans (Scythe &Yate Loon)

-Case is a Cooler Master 830 Brushed Aluminum, I have removed the side mesh panel and have installed a custom acrylic window

Monitor is actually an LCD TV (IPS Panel AFAIK)

model number= Samsung LN32A550

-32`inches

-1080p

-3 x HDMI

etc..

Misc parts include a Saitek Eclips keyboard (mint) and a Logitech G5 mouse

-Almost every part has a receipt.

So what do you guys think as far as putting her on craigslist for trade for a 27 inch imac

basically how much will i need to throw in to make a deal

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people I am willing to take a loss, I realize that custom PC's are this or etc.... I have been building them for years. I am at the point where I just want a sweet iMac so I can sit back and not worry about anything, so it will take 66% less space than my current rig (i live in small studio downtown vancouver) but what i need is more of a run down of my pc's worth up against an 27" iMac (its what I want). Could I ask for straight across (including my 1080p IPS monitor) or should I be selling privately first then shopping or what...Its very difficult to part out liquid cooled systems I have another in my bedroom.

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Why go out and buy a iMac 27 when all you really need is a Mac mini; this way you have the best of both worlds. Also, this gives you the chance to see if this is what you really want to do. Remember there are a great deal of games that are not supported on the Mac. Now I am a Mac user (iMac 24) but I still have a Windows machine for things that aren't supported on the Mac. Boot Camp is nice, however, you better ramp up the ram if you plan on using Boot Camp, or a VM.

You might be surprisee to find out you should have kept the PC in the long run.

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She wants an iMac. She wants to sell her PC. Why is it so hard for you people to understand that, and just answer her question?

OP, I wish I could help, but I have no idea how much a PC like that would go for, and PCs have very very low resale value. If anything, I'd suggest posting this at a few other sites, since this place seems to be populated by a bunch of immature brats.

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Why go out and buy a iMac 27 when all you really need is a Mac mini; this way you have the best of both worlds. Also, this gives you the chance to see if this is what you really want to do. Remember there are a great deal of games that are not supported on the Mac. Now I am a Mac user (iMac 24) but I still have a Windows machine for things that aren't supported on the Mac. Boot Camp is nice, however, you better ramp up the ram if you plan on using Boot Camp, or a VM.

You might be surprisee to find out you should have kept the PC in the long run.

thanks for the input and this is basically what I was looking for I guess, someone to bounce ideas off, and gauge if I really want what one. I do. But I am also willing to osx86 my rig, but...I dunno I live in a small studio, so a huge iMac would be priceless.

thanks for the opinions, I just put in my local classifieds including my 32" display for a straight up trade, I will see what happens...I hnestly have no more need for windows and even if I did theres boot camp or my liquid cooled C2D in my bedroom to crank :)

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She wants an iMac. She wants to sell her PC. Why is it so hard for you people to understand that, and just answer her question?

OP, I wish I could help, but I have no idea how much a PC like that would go for, and PCs have very very low resale value. If anything, I'd suggest posting this at a few other sites, since this place seems to be populated by a bunch of immature brats.

why ask such a stupid question? if she wants a mac then get it, if she wants to sell her pc then sell it. You expect people to make choices for you?

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thanks for the input and this is basically what I was looking for I guess, someone to bounce ideas off, and gauge if I really want what one. I do. But I am also willing to osx86 my rig, but...I dunno I live in a small studio, so a huge iMac would be priceless.

thanks for the opinions, I just put in my local classifieds including my 32" display for a straight up trade, I will see what happens...I hnestly have no more need for windows and even if I did theres boot camp or my liquid cooled C2D in my bedroom to crank :)

You best bet to make the money back is to break it down and sell it piece by piece. You should check on ebay and re-box everything if you can to almost new condition to get the best buy back.

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why ask such a stupid question? if she wants a mac then get it, if she wants to sell her pc then sell it. You expect people to make choices for you?

Since your reading comprehension seems abysmally low, she's wanting to know about how much she should try to sell her PC for.

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You would probably get around $850.00 up to $1000.00 for both the TV and PC. It's used, and not currently all that fast. It would be FAR more difficult to sell the TV with the PC. Selling the PC alone, I would guess around $550.00 to $600.00.

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I build PC's myself, and it's getting more difficult to sell anything older that is higher-end. I once could sell my higher end PC every year, and it would pay for a good chunk of the newer PC. Those days seem to be gone. Now everything is more disposable, and upgrading involves more, so many people are sticking with what they have longer. Also, people around here are not spending like they once did. You could put it for higher for a couple of weeks, then drop the price till it sells. I always look at the Intel/Nvidia/Ati roadmap and see when the next big thing is due, and make sure it's sold at that point.

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If you're considering doing a hackint0sh, then read up on the forums at www.insanelymac.com. All of the info and kexts (drivers) you'll need to get it working on your system will be there. The gigabyte boards seem to have a very high compatibility rate, so you probably won't have too many issues getting it installed.

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Well if I can hackintosh this old rig that would be great! Unfortunately I am a complete noob in that regard and wouldnt even know where to begin :s

With the specs of your current system I would definitely recommend going hackintosh instead of trading it for a real iMac. My current desktop has very similar specs to yours, and I have Snow Leopard running flawlessly, with the vanilla kernel and no custom kext. The installation was amazingly very simple. First, I bought Snow Leopard from Apple. Second, I used Tonymacx86's P55 Boot CD to boot from my retail Snow Leopard disc and install it. Finally, I followed the rest of Tonymacx86's, rather detailed, instructions on how to make it bootable. After that, everything else just worked. If you are looking for information, the OSx86 Project is definitely the place to go when it comes to anything hackintosh.

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just search Hackintosh you could save thousands of dollars with just using your PC as your iMac

Thousands of $$ is a bit of a stretch. However, you would save money as you have compatible parts (Don't have to buy a new computer). I used to run OSx86 on my laptop for about a year and a half I loved it and is the reason I switched. But I grew tired of the minor issues. Such as, when the computer goes to sleep, not being able to upgrade (10.5.x) easily, and random application issues. So, I went and purchased a mac mini and I love it.

Now, given that you have a core2duo, and you do have highly compatible parts. The osx86 route is a decent choice. Just keep in mind what I said.

On another note, as the previous poster stated, I would also try to part the system out if you can. And save the desk/work space!

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She wants an iMac. She wants to sell her PC. Why is it so hard for you people to understand that, and just answer her question?

OP, I wish I could help, but I have no idea how much a PC like that would go for, and PCs have very very low resale value. If anything, I'd suggest posting this at a few other sites, since this place seems to be populated by a bunch of immature brats.

If you really don't like the thought that not everyone loves Apple, you can always go to the Macrumours forums where there is plenty of Windows bashing for you to enjoy ;)

Personally I think hackintoshing is more trouble than it is worth, it's great to give OSX a try and see if it is for you, but as a permanent solution, it is not really that desirable, it is always possible to run into stability problems, and have trouble with broken updates. Realistically I would say that you will probably be best selling your old rig off as a whole, rather than in its component parts, its probably the best way to make maximum cash from it.

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Why go out and buy a iMac 27 when all you really need is a Mac mini; this way you have the best of both worlds. Also, this gives you the chance to see if this is what you really want to do. Remember there are a great deal of games that are not supported on the Mac. Now I am a Mac user (iMac 24) but I still have a Windows machine for things that aren't supported on the Mac. Boot Camp is nice, however, you better ramp up the ram if you plan on using Boot Camp, or a VM.

You might be surprisee to find out you should have kept the PC in the long run.

I am pretty much in the same situation. Although I have (and love) my new iMac 21.5" (Late 09), I still keep around my much older Acer 17" laptop for those certain things that aren't Mac friendly. I believe that over time this problem will go away since more and more people are buying Macs, especially when the prices keep coming down.

The main programs I still use on my Windows PC are Access, OneNote, Visio, and Infopath, the Office programs that aren't made for Mac.

I'm hoping that we will see some of them come to the Mac side, but it's not a huge problem.

I'm glad that Outlook will be replacing Entourage in Office '11: Mac and that OneNote is likely to be added to the suite. 1 program at a time and before we know it every Office program will be cross-compatible!

And to all of you non-believers, there is Boot Camp, as previously mentioned, so don't be scared to run both at once! It's hard to get a virus when you don't browse the Internet (what I recommend; why use a browser on Windows if you have OS X too?). I obviously also recommend Anti-Virus software.

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