This new iMac I've bought last week is one of the best purchases of my life.
It's changed every aspect of my computing, picture taking, and home working experience. I have a TV in my office because of the waiting time with my old PC. I'd have to wait and wait for everything to process, web pages to appear, simple scrolling through emails became an exercise in patience, etc. I'd scream and yell and bang my desk sometimes it was so slow. Dell Dimension 4400 w/ 20 gig, 512 mg of ram, for 7 long years.
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The new iMac has been simply marvelous. Everything is instantaneous. I've never experienced anything like it. It's lightning fast. Strangely enough, the slowest web page I use is this MacRumors forum. It takes more than a second or two for forum pages to open up, but it's not a problem for me.
I have had none of the problems that others have posted. Granted, I'm a web surfer, emailer, photo downloader, Word doc writer, and Excel spreadsheet person. That's it. No DVD's, no games, no video editing, photoshopping, etc. Buying this iMac was definitely not overkill for me. Having 2 screens or more open on 1 monitor is an experience I've never had before. It's incredibly wondrous to me. I'm soooo happy with my purchase I could just scream. This keyboard is even more amazing than it felt at the store. Now that I've typed on it for a week, I feel like an expert typist compared to my old 7 year old Dell P.O.S. Logitech keyboard.
I'm just starting to get used to things that baffled me a week ago, like having to hit the fn key AND the delete key to delete a previously typed letter (not fun, but I deal with it), and attaching a pic to emails is finally a breeze once I figured out where my pics are stored. They really should have 1 keyboard key which deletes the previous letter, but I'll live.
I've never been able to scroll down a webpage so fast in my life. One flick of the finger and it whirls by like a lightning bolt. How did I live like that for so long with my old machine? The wait for this machine was worth it. I ordered the 24" iMac but it took over 2 weeks to get here when they told me it would be just a couple of days. Then the new one came out so I never took delivery of the 24". Some websites I'm finding out are simply slow, like "bulk uploading" on Photobucket.com. It was 10X slower though, before my iMac.
The 2 finger swiping back to the original webpage I was on, 4 clicks before is a great tool. This saves me so much time.
The new mouse is an unbelievably great design. The factory settings suck so I switched everything to the fastest setting, and now it's awesome. I thought it was too heavy, sharp and cumbersome at first, but now with some time under my belt for the learning curve it's terrific.
The screen is NOT too big, though my family thinks differently.
I also changed the screen resolution to 1920 X 1080. This works better for my eyes than the default resolution.
I have a pretty large desk, for me, and it fits perfectly in the furthest corner, as far away from me as I could get it. My daughter showed me how to use Photo Booth. I've never had a web cam before. What a treat! I love taking pics on it, goofing around with my family using the black and white and sepia tones.
And the iPhoto confounds me as to how they thought up something so cool at Apple. I love the way it makes our old picture albums come alive on this big 27" screen with that snapshot mode and music. I'm in love with this iMac experience so far. So does my stepdaughter
So, for all you unfortunates out these that are having problems with your new machine, I feel for you. I think you're in the minority, at least I hope you are. For me, it's been a wonderful experience. I have the base model, base everything. It's more than enough for me.
If any of you are on the fence about buying one, jump on in. The water's great over here. I'm sure I'm one of thousands of people that have nothing to complain about because our machines run great. We don't post negative stuff here because we're happy campers. Don't let the #'s trick you, I'm sure there's more of us, than people w/problems, regardless what statistics and polls you read on here.
In any case, thank you Macrumors forum readers and posters. Without you guys this past month since I found you, I wouldn't have jumped in on the 5th day they came out and bought one. I was going back and forth for months, laptop or desktop. Real glad I bought this desktop beast instead of little laptop. Now, I'm hooked on Mac. I want a cute little 13" MacBook Pro to go along with it, one day. One I could just stick in my briefcase and take it along with my on the fly. I'm saving for that day, but don't really have any pressing need right now. I do all my work at home at my desk and I'm fine with that. My chair is comfortable, my room and view of the woods is beautiful, and my TV is always on, blasting out various CNN or E Entertainment new shows while I work. I hope this machine lasts me 10 + years as I never want to part with it.
All is well over here.
Cheers,
Steve R
It's changed every aspect of my computing, picture taking, and home working experience. I have a TV in my office because of the waiting time with my old PC. I'd have to wait and wait for everything to process, web pages to appear, simple scrolling through emails became an exercise in patience, etc. I'd scream and yell and bang my desk sometimes it was so slow. Dell Dimension 4400 w/ 20 gig, 512 mg of ram, for 7 long years.
The new iMac has been simply marvelous. Everything is instantaneous. I've never experienced anything like it. It's lightning fast. Strangely enough, the slowest web page I use is this MacRumors forum. It takes more than a second or two for forum pages to open up, but it's not a problem for me.
I have had none of the problems that others have posted. Granted, I'm a web surfer, emailer, photo downloader, Word doc writer, and Excel spreadsheet person. That's it. No DVD's, no games, no video editing, photoshopping, etc. Buying this iMac was definitely not overkill for me. Having 2 screens or more open on 1 monitor is an experience I've never had before. It's incredibly wondrous to me. I'm soooo happy with my purchase I could just scream. This keyboard is even more amazing than it felt at the store. Now that I've typed on it for a week, I feel like an expert typist compared to my old 7 year old Dell P.O.S. Logitech keyboard.
I'm just starting to get used to things that baffled me a week ago, like having to hit the fn key AND the delete key to delete a previously typed letter (not fun, but I deal with it), and attaching a pic to emails is finally a breeze once I figured out where my pics are stored. They really should have 1 keyboard key which deletes the previous letter, but I'll live.
I've never been able to scroll down a webpage so fast in my life. One flick of the finger and it whirls by like a lightning bolt. How did I live like that for so long with my old machine? The wait for this machine was worth it. I ordered the 24" iMac but it took over 2 weeks to get here when they told me it would be just a couple of days. Then the new one came out so I never took delivery of the 24". Some websites I'm finding out are simply slow, like "bulk uploading" on Photobucket.com. It was 10X slower though, before my iMac.
The 2 finger swiping back to the original webpage I was on, 4 clicks before is a great tool. This saves me so much time.
The new mouse is an unbelievably great design. The factory settings suck so I switched everything to the fastest setting, and now it's awesome. I thought it was too heavy, sharp and cumbersome at first, but now with some time under my belt for the learning curve it's terrific.
The screen is NOT too big, though my family thinks differently.
I also changed the screen resolution to 1920 X 1080. This works better for my eyes than the default resolution.
I have a pretty large desk, for me, and it fits perfectly in the furthest corner, as far away from me as I could get it. My daughter showed me how to use Photo Booth. I've never had a web cam before. What a treat! I love taking pics on it, goofing around with my family using the black and white and sepia tones.
And the iPhoto confounds me as to how they thought up something so cool at Apple. I love the way it makes our old picture albums come alive on this big 27" screen with that snapshot mode and music. I'm in love with this iMac experience so far. So does my stepdaughter
So, for all you unfortunates out these that are having problems with your new machine, I feel for you. I think you're in the minority, at least I hope you are. For me, it's been a wonderful experience. I have the base model, base everything. It's more than enough for me.
If any of you are on the fence about buying one, jump on in. The water's great over here. I'm sure I'm one of thousands of people that have nothing to complain about because our machines run great. We don't post negative stuff here because we're happy campers. Don't let the #'s trick you, I'm sure there's more of us, than people w/problems, regardless what statistics and polls you read on here.
In any case, thank you Macrumors forum readers and posters. Without you guys this past month since I found you, I wouldn't have jumped in on the 5th day they came out and bought one. I was going back and forth for months, laptop or desktop. Real glad I bought this desktop beast instead of little laptop. Now, I'm hooked on Mac. I want a cute little 13" MacBook Pro to go along with it, one day. One I could just stick in my briefcase and take it along with my on the fly. I'm saving for that day, but don't really have any pressing need right now. I do all my work at home at my desk and I'm fine with that. My chair is comfortable, my room and view of the woods is beautiful, and my TV is always on, blasting out various CNN or E Entertainment new shows while I work. I hope this machine lasts me 10 + years as I never want to part with it.
All is well over here.
Cheers,
Steve R
