Ok, so a while ago my dad walked in and talked to me about computers. I told him if I were to get a new computer I'd want a mac, seeing as Vista sucks. He dropped the ball and said he wanted my computer and that I can get a mac for Christmas, he told me to look up what model I want and stuff.
And here I thought I'd get to wait til my computer died before I had to replace it.
Right now I have this awesome HP Media Center PC that never fails me aside from freezing Firefox, it can even download TV directly from a cable connection. It also has a DVD burner and everything! (which I've used to burn Doctor Who)
However, I never use some of its other more notable features and my dad will. That's one of the reasons he wants it. I have mixed feelings about this. While I'm elated to try out a mac... I love my current computer.
*I passionately make out with it every night. My girlfreind's totally cool with it.*
Can you recommend what I should get?
I need something fast, have lots of disk space, and is just plain reliable. Lots of memory so I can run multiple programs at once(something my Media Center does) A CD/DVD burner(for both TV and files) would be nice. I also need a compatible Windows emulator(that hopefully doesn't crash)... cause there's just some things I've grown accustomed to like these games that can't run on macs.
And is there something you can download to replace the SW Synth feature on a PC? I heard Macs don't have the sound cards for playing MIDIs in certain applications(like a game I'd be playing in the Windows emu).
Thanks!