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Comments (11)First of all, I'm not a landscaping pro or any type of expert, just a homeowner who likes maps and plans. So I'm wondering about the actual usable amount of space in your front yard. I see a distance of 24'6" (maybe 24'8"?) from the front of the lot to the corner of the window on the right. Is the front property line the location of the curb? Will there be a sidewalk along the street in front of the house? Will it be right along the street, or will there be a parking strip (grass area) between the street and sidewalk? One of the lines in the front yard is labelled "ACHD easement." That's your county's Highway Division. It's 8' from the front property line, so it's 16'6" from the front of the house. My county doesn't allow trees -- or even tallish shrubs -- in the easement, so ask before you plant. The other line -- 12' from the property line, so only 12' 6" from the corner of the window on the right -- is the utility easement. That's another area where planting large shrubs or trees might be restricted, if power lines/pipes are underground. And hopefully they won't put any unsightly boxes in front of the house. But in any case, there may be significantly less space in front of the house where you're free to landscape as you wish, than you expect. Boise's snowfall averages only 19" per year, but you might want to ask the neighbors how much of the street snow will be dumped in your yard....See MoreiMac Computers
Comments (9)I'm not a pro, but here's my two cents..........I switched six years ago after twenty years with PC. For me, the change has been wonderful. My down-time dropped to zero instantly and has stayed there. No hardware or software troubles and no bugs from the beginning until now....and I'm up and running 24/7/365. Of course I've had to learn new programs and aps but at least the machine doesn't fight me all the time like my PC's always did. Thing just sits here and runs. In response to the "Macs are expensive" argument so often encountered, I would like to say this: I used to bring in computer-techs twice year, on average, to straighten out my PC stuff. Not having to do that anymore has essentially paid for the machine at this point...and those service-dollars spent don't include the annoyance and aggravation and lost work-time that accompanied the issues. Your hot-button appears to be your particular kind of work...which I am not familiar with. Since it's important to you, I would advise finding an Apple Store and taking some of your stuff on disk or flash-drive with you. All their machines will be there up and running all the time. Let them show you how the iMac would work with your stuff and you can decide based on your actual experience. I do have several professional friends who are compelled to work with programs that only run on Windows. Those folks run Windows on their Macs via parallels and run their proprietary programs that way. However, except for those programs, they leave Windows off and run everything else with the Mac's OS. As far as "learning curve", you'll be amazed at what you can do within hours. In my case, having no previous experience, I was surfing within 45 minutes of the box arriving at the door. I was comfortable within days; confident in a week; proficient in a couple of weeks. And I was absolutely paranoid in the beginning because of all my PC hassles over the years. My advice would be don't worry about the learning curve. I have little doubt things will flow very naturally for you. At this point, I have many family members and friends who have made the switch and they've all said the same thing about that....See More'snow leopard' install on iMac
Comments (9)Don't know much about what otherwise available, now. I've been using "Leopard's" built-in "Time Machine" with an external HD. All I had to do is one short forced back-up before the install to get the last few bits in there. Before that was available, I used manual back-up to the external HD from time-to-time. Seem to recall using carbon copy cloner or some such name, too. Know next to nothing about what available for PC's anymore. I can heap much praise on Apple's Time Machine feature. IMHO, every computer OS sold should have something like it built in. Really takes care of things....See MoreHow to sub an iMac for a TV
Comments (14)>>>So I assume that you still need to have the cable box right?The bad answer is, it depends on your cable service. For example, in the Atlanta area, Comcast used to distribute their channels in "clear QAM". Clear means that the signal is unencrypted, and QAM is the type of signal. Elegato tuners can receive clear QAM, so if your signal is clear QAM then you can hook up your coax cable directly to the Elegato unit, then to your iMac. With this setup, you can use Elegato channel service, change channels using your Mac, and also use your iMac as a DVR. However, Comcast recently switched over to encrypted QAM. This requires either an HD tuner (the big box) or the smaller unit, called a DTA. With a DTA, your coax goes first into the DTA, and from there to the Elegato tuner. With this arrangement, you need to use the cable channel changer, and your Elegato just stays switched to a single channel. Technically you can still use your iMac as a DVR, but not conveniently. Confused yet? Here are some resources: QAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_%28television%29 Elegato on QAM: http://support.elgato.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=8...See MoreLyban zone 4
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