Wait. A Mac user sends jpgs and the Windows machine magically coverts them to GIFs and corrupts them and thats a Mac problem? I've worked in a Mac/Windows world for 17 years and have never seen that.
Yep. I was just thinking the other day that the affinity for "upgrading" computers is slowly dying off. Upgrading used to be important when computers cost $2500. Apple makes it easy to updgrade the RAM and add external peripherals. In the end, thats what consumers need.
I'm not sure what is wrong with the iMacs? 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz, 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, lots of ram and drive space, NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT How is this not a mid level machine? I use a $3000 MacPro at work but have a 20" iMac at home.