The iMac G5 17" 2Ghz machine will do everything your need for it to do, and more. It is ideally suited for the type of work you mention.
They are very user friendly, do "not do all of the stupid garbage that Windows PCs do" It will connect to th ecollege netowrk without a problem. Wireless and Bluetooth are already built-in to the system. This average Mac lasts for many years beyond the average Windows Machine.
To be really safe, take out the optional AppleCare extended warranty and help will just be a phone call away. In your chosen field though, I'm sure you will not be the only one at your college with a Mac.
Enjoy
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I have had a windows computer for as long as can remember at home. However, I am sick and tired of how it always crashes or freezes or how I always get stupid spyware and adware. I want to switch to a mac. However, I have only used Macs in school and they were emac G3's and I only used a Power G5 once. So my experience with using them is not that great. I am going to college in the fall for photography and digital imaging and I figured that a mac would be good for that.
But macs dont have as many games as Windows and I cant decide which mac to get. Originally I was going to get a Powerbook G4 15 inch but when I found out I did not need a laptop for school I started looking at the imac G5 17 inch which is cheaper and much more powerful. It would have 160gb hardrive, 1.5 gb of RAM, and a 2 ghz processor. Is that good enough for what I need to do? Again I plan on using photoshop on it, watching a lot of movies, using Final Cut, and playing whatever video games they make for macs. I guess my real quesiton is whether or not macs are user-friendly and are they very durable, will they last a long time and will they not do all of the stupid garbage that Windows PCs do. My main fear is that I will buy one and I will not know how to use it or it will crash or break on me or something. Thanks in advance!

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