Ok, I think these are my last questions:
How noisy do macs tend to be? My HP Media Center is pretty quiet, much quieter than the pc I had before it. I want to make sure I don't have something that makes me turn up my TV volume.
I think I heard you can burn an XP installation disk from an XP computer. That would really come in handy, because I don't want to spend money on a whole XP disk just for Parallels. Is it true, if so how can I do it?
I think I'll be more specific as far as speed goes. My current computer has an 820 Intel Pentium D processor t(I think that mark is a t). I'm leaning towards the iMac, is it as fast as that? The Mac Pro is way too expensive(so far as I know. My parents might astonish me and actually consider it), not even my current computer was that much.