Because the iMac renders colors much better than Windows PC. The iMac is also much easier to use for graphics than Windows PC. It is also more reliable and has far less crashes than Windows.
Yes, with the built in application Garage Band.
The 27" iMac is excellent for graphic design. The ultimate would be the Mac Pro paired with a 27" LED Mac Monitor.
iMac's can be used for anything a regular Windows PC can be used for and much more. You can edit your movies on professional software such as iMac, sort out your photos with iPhoto, sync your music library with iTunes, create websites with iWeb or browse the internet with Safari. There are many other things you can do as well.
TextEdit is located in your Applications folder. Open Applications and it is located there. You can also access it from Finder.
Graphic artists and photographers use the Mac. It renders true colors much better than a Windows PC.
An IMac desktop is generally a better option for someone in graphic design due to the differing options of computer programs and speed. A person's personal preference and comfort using certain operating systems is what is most important.
They are two incomparable things. The surface is a tablet and the iMac is a desktop. Plus, they are at two completely different price ranges. The iMac is more than double the price of the surface. It depends on your budget and what you are going to use the device for. iMac is for processor intensive tasks: gaming, graphic design, video editing, etc. Surface: word processing, casual apps, simple stuff.
No, you can only get that discount on a new iMac not a refurbished iMac.
The original iMac was the G3 which came out in (1998). It was followed by the G4 (2002), then the G5 (2004), then the Intel iMac plastic version (2006). The 5th iMac was the aluminum iMac which came out in (August 2007), followed by the iMac Aluminum Unibody (2009). The newest iMac is simply called 2012 iMac and it came out on November 30, 2012.
There is no "iMac Air".
To change your home address, edit your card in Address Book.Click on the Apple icon at top > System Preferences > Accounts > (Your Account) > Address Book Card > (find Edit or Unlock at bottom left) Fill in your new address > Close.
An iMac is a computer, but a computer is not necessarily an iMac, so they are not the same thing.