Moving from Windows to iMac
Hi All
I am travelling that well worn road of Windows to Mac and have a couple of specific questions, I would also like to invite any general advice from people who have undertaken the same journey. It's kind of obvious stuff; but this marks a monumental change having used Windows since the days of 3.1.
I'm aiming for a 27 inch iMac with the 3.4 Ghz i5 processor. I am aiming for a 5 year lifecycle out of the computer My main application is photography and while I have been dabbling in video it really is only an occaisional thing. I primarily use an Xbone for gaming, so have not played a PC game in a while - although would not rule out some Mac gaming.
With this in mind is it worth going for the 4Gb graphics card or will the 2Gb be sufficient? My current PC is so horribly dated it's very difficult to draw a comparson on this!
Secondly my plan is to go with stock 8Gb and upgrade this a later date. What I'm wondering here is if I can do a two stage upgrade ie is it possible to run 2 x 8Gb modules alongside the stock 4gb (giving 24gb) or will I just need to bite the bullet and go to 32Gb.
Finally I currently store my whole Lightroom library on a 2 TB external drive (which although I have never given it a second thought, I assume is formatted to NTFS).. Will the iMac recognise contents of the disk so I can just carry on as normal?
Be grateful for some guidance and any other advice that you may have.
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4