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Alright, so I am in the market to buy my first gaming computer, however, for work (and also personal preference) I need a Mac. My idea is, to buy the 21.5 inch iMac, with a Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB.
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What I would like to do is use the iMac as my daily computer, and boot into Bootcamp for gaming, and use Parallels for other tasks that I need a PC for.
My questions are:
Mac Compatible Graphics Cards
Am I crazy, or is this reasonable?
Is the 4GB graphics card going to get me by for awhile? I know that graphics card are a hassle and expensive to upgrade for an iMac, so I want to make sure my gaming interests are safe for awhile.
I am not too familiar with Bootcamp and Parallels. I've read that Parallels can boot into your Bootcamp partition, however, I don't exactly know what this means. Does this mean that if I can open the same desktop, files, organization, etc. that I have in Bootcamp? So just a quicker, less powerful way to access my PC side of my computer?
Would a Hackintosh really be easier and more convenient? I know absolutely nothing about the process and such, so I'd be relying on internet guides.