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Bought My First Apple Computer!!!

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svalentine

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Apr 29, 2007
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Tokyo, Japan
I thought I would put my $100.00 store credit from the iPhone to use, so here it is:

iMac, 24-inch, 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
Apple Keyboard (English) + Mac OS X
750GB Serial ATA Drive
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in Display
Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
Accessory kit
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac - Auto-enroll

Ships by: Sep 25 - Sep 27
Delivers by: Sep 27 - Oct 2
 
svalentine said:
I thought I would put my $100.00 store credit from the iPhone to use, so here it is:

iMac, 24-inch, 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
Apple Keyboard (English) + Mac OS X
750GB Serial ATA Drive
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in Display
Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
Accessory kit
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac - Auto-enroll

Ships by: Sep 25 - Sep 27
Delivers by: Sep 27 - Oct 2
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Wow that's almost the exactly same set-up I'm gonna get too. Except I'm ordering through the $1799 option and then upgrading to a 2.8 chip, so that I'm not paying for 2GB of RAM when I will be just taking out the 1GB that the $1799 option comes with for the 4GB I bought off of OWC. Can't wait to order mine though either!
 
WOW i'm impressed, $100 rebate and Apple's just got that back :D
$100 or 50 pounds... erm just spent that on gas today (weekly gas bill :mad: ~ bloody UK prices)
 
i was so impressed with steve jobs' effort to satisfy his customers that i went ahead and purchased my first mac too (imac and macbook). needless to say, i am very satisfied with my new purchases.
 
blackscooby said:
WOW i'm impressed, $100 rebate and Apple's just got that back :D
$100 or 50 pounds... erm just spent that on gas today (weekly gas bill :mad: ~ bloody UK prices)
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i spend about $35 every 3 weeks or so on gas, but gas in my area is pretty cheap, about 2.50/gal average.....so i guess that would be... about $.83 a liter
 
Welcome to the world of Macintosh! Get use to some strange things...the Apple key, No Blue Screens of Death, Lack of nasty viruses, No Daily updates to patch the OS..... :D
 
grafikat said:
Welcome to the world of Macintosh! Get use to some strange things...the Apple key, No Blue Screens of Death, Lack of nasty viruses, No Daily updates to patch the OS..... :D
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The  key is history. It's just the command key.
 
congrats on the new mac. I am on round 2 of mac ownership. Took a 3 version step into windows and exited at system 7.5. Now Im back and loving it. i dont ever see going back to windows again. You will enjoy it and be more productive. I already am.
 
peeaanuut said:
congrats on the new mac. I am on round 2 of mac ownership. Took a 3 version step into windows and exited at system 7.5. Now Im back and loving it. i dont ever see going back to windows again. You will enjoy it and be more productive. I already am.
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Once u go Mac u don't go back no matter how hard you try!:)
 
I just got my first mac as well, though I went with the 2.4ghz. No blurry screens, yellow tinting or any of the potential problems that I read about before making the switch from my unassuming (yet pretty reliable) laptop running XP. Gotta say that I am stoked to be learning the mac and loving the operating system, ease of use and aesthetics of this machine (pride of place in the lounge room currently!).

As a complete aside, thanks to all those who post in these forums. I read a great deal of the topics in here before making the swap and people's discussion around all the different topics made for great research material.
 
What? Why didn't you wait for Leopard? You're going to have to shell out another $100 anyways lol you just canceled out your rebate haha
 
I think, hope not

je1ani said:
What? Why didn't you wait for Leopard? You're going to have to shell out another $100 anyways lol you just canceled out your rebate haha
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I would suspect that buying a new iMac this close to release of the new OS would get you a free or cheep upgrade path.

Perhaps those with past experience could help us out.
 
why does everyone have to put down his purchase. Is it no longer enough to purchase a mac but now the way you purchase the mac is important too? People are assuming that everyone is going to upgrade or even have a need to upgrade to the new OS. Lets congratulate the OP for making the move to mac and let him/her decide if it was financially correct or not. The purchase was made so I am guessing that the OP is happy with their purchase. So congrats and enjoy!
 
The reason I bought the iMac before Leopard is bundled with it, is because I need a new computer now. I expect that Leopard should be discounted for me, but if not I don't mind spending $129 bucks for a full operating system, compared to several hundred for Windows Vista.

Also, I think for now 2GB of RAM should do me good, thats why I went that route. I know I have the 4GB 3rd party option out there for about $200 or less, still much cheaper then buying the upgrade through Apple. The only stupid thing I think I did was order it on the weekend, meaning not much work on it will be done yet. :p LOL I hope I get it this week! :)
 
Holding out

svalentine said:
The reason I bought the iMac before Leopard is bundled with it, is because I need a new computer now. I expect that Leopard should be discounted for me, but if not I don't mind spending $129 bucks for a full operating system, compared to several hundred for Windows Vista.

Also, I think for now 2GB of RAM should do me good, thats why I went that route. I know I have the 4GB 3rd party option out there for about $200 or less, still much cheaper then buying the upgrade through Apple. The only stupid thing I think I did was order it on the weekend, meaning not much work on it will be done yet. :p LOL I hope I get it this week! :)
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I think I am going to skip on the ram upgrade until 4gig chips come out in volume.
 
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