iMac Intel Duo 20" Windows games

You really should get a second HD to run XP on alone. Unix and XP both want to be primary parbreastions. I don't know if the iMac has room for another HD in an iMac. If not, you will get pee poor performance from a USB or Firewire external drive.

This being said maybe you should think about building a PC and running OS X on it along with Windows. You can have it all in one case. There are guides that will tell you what kind of components are compatible with OS X and have full functionality. Some folk are running OS X on PCs and not having many problems. If you can get it to run well, you can put OS X on a cheaper PC that has a much faster processor than the Macs currently have. Here's a web site that has information on running OS X on a garden variety PC.

Another good solution is to buy a PC. You can get a very fast Dual Core PC for 700 to 1000 bucks. This would have a 2.8Ghz or faster Dual Core CPU.

I expect the performance to be identical because Macs are actually PCs now. Same memory, graphics cards and HDs.

John

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