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New iMac arrived!

Tannerozzy

Tannerozzy

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Feb 2, 2008
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Hey everyone. I just wanted to say thanks for everyone's opinions here in the forums. After weeks of reading, I finally decided to get an iMac. It came last night and it's amaaazing! :D

24", 2.8, 500gb, 4gb, and nvidia

Couldn't be happier! No screen problems or anything.

My first mac was the air a few months ago, so I'm a little overwhelmed with all this power. What should I do first? :)

**only ploblem I'm having is this one https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/523743/ **
 
Tannerozzy said:
What should I do first? :)
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Congrats on the new machine! My iMac just left out today and will arrive sometime early next week.

I would fool around with the iSight camera and Photo Booth. Maybe make a fun personal movie of video and still captures with iMovie.

Another thing to really make you drool over it is to pop in a DVD, use the remote, sit back and watch a movie on that beautiful 24" monitor!

Just a couple easy freebie ideas to break in the new machine and have some fun with it...
 
candyman said:
Another thing to really make you drool over it is to pop in a DVD, use the remote, sit back and watch a movie on that beautiful 24" monitor!
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I say listen to some trippy songs and turn the iTunes visualizer on. You may just get lost in all the colors and motions for an hour or so ;)
 
Lucky you. Great box, I found it to be rather quick. The 800mhz DDR2 is nice as well.

I'm glad you are having a better out of the box experience then I have. Mine arrived with a dead DVD drive, then went away for a week to be repaired, came back with screen problems, now is in the process of a replacement being shipped. Lost time... little over two weeks!

I find the video rendering to be pretty quick. CrossOver for mac is a nice addition.
 
Oh, well I know all the basics. [photo booth, software update...]

I was wondering what I should do to test out the power of the machine?
Any great game demo's online? Things like that.
 
Tannerozzy said:
Oh, well I know all the basics. [photo booth, software update...]

I was wondering what I should do to test out the power of the machine?
Any great game demo's online? Things like that.
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If you have fast internet connection, go and watch apple movie trailers in HD quality :)
 
Try Crysis, however you'll have to install Windows (via BootCamp) first!
That's the first thing I'm gonna try when my new iMac finally arrives. :D

The game uses the processor, the video card and the RAM equally strong, so that would be a great test for the new machine.

There's even a free demo of the game available!

Enjoy your new iMac!!!
 
Post pictures? The more pics i see of other people's new iMacs, the more motivated i'm going to be to get mine!!! lol.
 
the iMac is a wonderful machine, although I only have the 20", it's still far enjoyable than my MB w/c has a far smaller screen. although, I prefer using the trackpad over the mouse anyday.:)

enjoy it and congratulations on your purchase.
 
candyman said:
Another thing to really make you drool over it is to pop in a DVD, use the remote, sit back and watch a movie on that beautiful 24" monitor!
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Exactly what I done when I got mine! Although mines only the 20'' :(

Congrats on the new Mac!:D
 
I'm at work, so I only have a picture from my phone. I'll put up more later though.

I must say though, you can look at 9829854 pictures of iMacs, but they never quite compare to how amazing it looks in your house.
 

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Tannerozzy said:
I'm at work, so I only have a picture from my phone. I'll put up more later though.

I must say though, you can look at 9829854 pictures of iMacs, but they never quite compare to how amazing it looks in your house.
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Thanks. Every single one i see makes me want my own just a little bit more. =]
 
The best desktop I have ever used. Quality is exceptional. Sold mine for MBP because of mobility issues.
 
bc008 said:
looks cool! is that a screensaver? if so what one?
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hey, actually it's the leopard first-time start-up video that goes through all universe flashing all the different languages and stuff

really cool. much more pleasant than turning on a pc for the first time.
 
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