We have an IMac now. We were tired of crashing PC's that died in just a few years. It is FAST!!!!!! Very fast! Huge harddrive, I store all my digital pics on it. My husband hates the Mac though. He really misses PC's. He's used to all the software we had on our PC's, and has been unable to find something he likes as well for a Mac. Not sure about your contact list. I just re-typed all our email contacts into the Mac. So far, we've had the Mac less than a year, and I can recommend it highly (husband would say differently though. LOL.
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