I assume PC means Windoze operating system, or is Mac an option?
I get everything I want plus security via Macintosh system (Unix). I often post at Audiogon while watching auctions at Ebay, listening to Pandora Internet Radio, Searching All Music Guide and placing orders at Amazon UK and operate fine with I tunes open and syncing with my iPod. No issues here.
I run a PowerMac G5 quad 3GH with 8MB of RAM. Two hard drives (500GB and 350 GB) each with OS X Tiger and the old Macintosh OS9 system so I can run two programs I refuse to give up.
This system will open my Tiff pro photo files (32 MB or 64 MB at 8 or 16 bit color) and Photoshop corrections appear "real time" on my 30" HD display as the mouse moves over the area I'm working on. That takes a very powerful system, especially with some of the filters and tools in Photoshop.
This works wonderful for me and my son has a new HP and a custom built desktop machine (water cooled) that runs about as fast and is less money because it's Windows. He is a tech guy working for a contractor for the military, so he knows how to get the "bugs" out of his machine when they appear. Windows is plagued with this stuff, often a JPEG or even a MP3 file can contain an EXE file that infects your computer, slowing it down to a crawl due to spy ware and ad ware. Not everyone gets this stuff but with a Mac it's a VERY low occurrence rate by comparison.
Good luck in your search, two options that both work. The Mac is more bulletproof and less hassle but cost from two to four times as much. Depends on what you want, need and can justify.
I get everything I want plus security via Macintosh system (Unix). I often post at Audiogon while watching auctions at Ebay, listening to Pandora Internet Radio, Searching All Music Guide and placing orders at Amazon UK and operate fine with I tunes open and syncing with my iPod. No issues here.
I run a PowerMac G5 quad 3GH with 8MB of RAM. Two hard drives (500GB and 350 GB) each with OS X Tiger and the old Macintosh OS9 system so I can run two programs I refuse to give up.
This system will open my Tiff pro photo files (32 MB or 64 MB at 8 or 16 bit color) and Photoshop corrections appear "real time" on my 30" HD display as the mouse moves over the area I'm working on. That takes a very powerful system, especially with some of the filters and tools in Photoshop.
This works wonderful for me and my son has a new HP and a custom built desktop machine (water cooled) that runs about as fast and is less money because it's Windows. He is a tech guy working for a contractor for the military, so he knows how to get the "bugs" out of his machine when they appear. Windows is plagued with this stuff, often a JPEG or even a MP3 file can contain an EXE file that infects your computer, slowing it down to a crawl due to spy ware and ad ware. Not everyone gets this stuff but with a Mac it's a VERY low occurrence rate by comparison.
Good luck in your search, two options that both work. The Mac is more bulletproof and less hassle but cost from two to four times as much. Depends on what you want, need and can justify.