iMac 24 inch arrived - pics, stats.

[speakerwizard]

How is the display at a non-native resolution?

Hi, if ya mean just in general, lil blurry, not as crisp as native, however if ya mean in doom3, just fine.

might do a little more testtoday if i can be bothered, just got xp installed via bootcamp, however i dont seem to have the selector screen at start up!!
anyone help with that? bit of a pain to have to put in install disk to select where to boot from lol

 

[Allotriophagy]

Hi, if ya mean just in general, lil blurry, not as crisp as native, however if ya mean in doom3, just fine.

might do a little more testtoday if i can be bothered, just got xp installed via bootcamp, however i dont seem to have the selector screen at start up!!
anyone help with that? bit of a pain to have to put in install disk to select where to boot from lol

Hold down ALT when you power on.

 

[speakerwizard]

haha, yeah, i remembered just after i posted, thanks anyway. Doh lol

 

[speakerwizard]

maya installed

ok, so ive now got maya 7 installed and so far it seems really reponsive, loads up models fast, smooths pretty fast, not noticeably different from my powermac, i havnt tried and complex scenes or rendering yet, ill kepp you all posted. i just have to get myself an intel native final cut studio now.

 

[nagromme]

i just have to get myself an intel native final cut studio now.

There's an upgrade deal that ends sometime in December. Don't wait too long

 

[speakerwizard]

thanks nagromme, any way, i put the final settup picture on the flickr page (in 1st post) with windows running on second screen through paralles virtualisation, im a happy bunny, and i hoped you all enjoyed the first 2 days with my new imac, ill still be happy to benchmark anything requested (if i have it)

 

[RobTuck]

Totally unrelated, but ive just noticed in the Vista pic that you have the same guitar as me. Hehe. Rockin.

 

[nagromme]

thanks nagromme, any way, i put the final settup picture on the flickr page (in 1st post) with windows running on second screen through paralles virtualisation, im a happy bunny, and i hoped you all enjoyed the first 2 days with my new imac, ill still be happy to benchmark anything requested (if i have it)

Nice set up. Now try this game:

* Dredge up a USB PC keyboard (and maybe mouse) and add them to your Mac, sitting in front of the second display.

* Amaze your friends who now see two keyboards and think you have two computers. Move the mouse cursor from the Mac, through the air, onto the "PC"

* Get the two screens/keyboards as far apart as possible to enhance the illusion. Better yet, chuck an old tower on the floor too.

(There's actually network software that WILL do that with two separate computers, too.)

 

[ngm]

Many thanks speakerwizard, for the pictures, review and benchmarks... they're really useful!

I'm planning to order a iMac like yours but I'm a Battlefield 2 fan and I hadn't seen any benchmark of this game using the iMac 24".

It would be really nice if you can download the Battlefield 2 demo and test it on your machine with different settings and resolutions. Can you do it?

Thanks a lot,
ngm

P.S.: oh... I checked that you are from England and here in Europe we enjoy football a lot. Have you tried Pro Evolution Soccer 5 in you iMac? Well... I'm from Portugal! (hope you don't like soccer!)

 

[speakerwizard]

Battlefield 2 Test

ngm - i am downloading battlefield 2 at the moment, i dont think its universal?, was there a patch? anyway, ill try it as it is then update.

no, hate footbal haha

 

[ngm]

ngm - i am downloading battlefield 2 at the moment, i dont think its universal?, was there a patch? anyway, ill try it as it is then update.

no, hate footbal haha

Hello speakerwizard, I really appreciate your availability to evaluate the game in your iMac 24"... I think you'll be the first one doing that! Many thanks.

I think there's no universal version of Battlefield 2 so you have to run it under Windows using Boot Camp.

There's a 1.4 patch. You can download it here (official EA game website).

I believe that if BF2 runs well on your iMac 24" you'll keep it because it's a really nice game to play on your free time.

Concerning football... I hate playing real life football and I don't care about real life teams, players and scandals. But it's nice to play Pro Evolution Soccer 5 with some friends in from of the iMac. But I'm pretty sure that PES5 runs smoothly on iMac since it's not a very demanding game.

 

[Willis]

sweet pics and nice set up. i saw a powerbook and ibook, powermac and imac intel. you can never have too many macs

 

[dmw007]

you can never have too many macs

No, you most certainly can not have too many Macs.

 

[MvdM]

How's the quality of the screen? Any backlight leaking or unevenly lit areas?

 

[Karpfish]

No, you most certainly can not have too many Macs.

NOw i just need to convince my parents of this.

 

[dmw007]

NOw i just need to convince my parents of this.

The hard part....

 

[Davowade]

NOw i just need to convince my parents of this.

I had to convince the G/F, but no you can never have too many macs

 

[speakerwizard]

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=2910114&posted=1#post2910114

see this thread for the post 10.4.8 update for improved doom openGL results