My research skills need improvement. What say you IT gurus?
I'd like to replace my aging Dell with an energy efficient and silent desktop. Uses: stream music to Touch, internet, email, connect to office vmware system. Dell's optiplex 960 fits the quiet/energy efficient profile but is meant for IT departments, not homes with dummies like me.
I love the look and power efficiency of the apple stuff but never have used it and the office IT staff don't want to hassle the home/office connection. Since the software I use if windows based, it also seems like I would boot into windows (if that how it is still done) all the time for all my work and play (so why have an apple?). On the other hand, the mac mini looks nice since at this point all my music is stored on external drives (and I'm assuming apple stuff can read them via its windows interface).
What do you IT-savy folks think?
Thanks.
Phil