Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present! (part 2)

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im not getting it, imac g5, better processor (i think), better design, ***LCD***, bigger screen, i don't understand the comparision between an emac, and imac g5 ,

Price. The iMac G5 was probably VERY expensive back then compared to a refurbished eMac. I also switched to the Mac around the same time period and only paid $799 for my eMac and the iMacs were quite a bit more than that.

And Ryan, good to see you get your iMac set up and glad to hear it doesn't have any issues. The 17" chin does look huge compared to the 20" and 24" models, but it doesn't look bad. I've always thought it made 'em look distinctive and different. Very cool, IMO.

EDIT: Ryan beat me in posting.

 

[ryannel2003]

Price. The iMac G5 was probably VERY expensive back then compared to a refurbished eMac. I also switched to the Mac around the same time period and only paid $799 for my eMac and the iMacs were quite a bit more than that.

And Ryan, good to see you get your iMac set up and glad to hear it doesn't have any issues. The 17" chin does look huge compared to the 20" and 24" models, but it doesn't look bad. I've always thought it made 'em look distinctive and different. Very cool, IMO.

EDIT: Ryan beat me in posting.

Yeah the eMac was $800, and the iMac G5 was $1300. The Mac mini was not out at the time (I switched in October 2004) and the eMac has a design that reminds me of the snow iMac G3 (i love the iMac G3 design!) but with a much better screen and specs. Plus, the iMac specs were not that great. You could get a SuperDrive eMac for $1000 at the time and the only difference was a worse gfx card and slower processor. I also used a G5 iMac, and the performance was ok. I believe OS X is much, much better optimized for the Intel platform. PowerPC was ok when it was around, but Intel is clearly superior.

Thanks! I loved my eMac, but this iMac is no question the best computer I have ever used in my entire life. I love it! I was worried that I was gonna have an issue with Leopard, or bad pixels or something, but I was relieved to boot it up this morning to find it was perfect. Popped in 3GB of RAM and it was ready to go. Plus, Leopard is amazing. The new features are worth the growing pains!

 

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Yeah the eMac was $800, and the iMac G5 was $1300. The Mac mini was not out at the time (I switched in October 2004) and the eMac has a design that reminds me of the snow iMac G3 (i love the iMac G3 design!) but with a much better screen and specs. Plus, the iMac specs were not that great. You could get a SuperDrive eMac for $1000 at the time and the only difference was a worse gfx card and slower processor. I also used a G5 iMac, and the performance was ok. I believe OS X is much, much better optimized for the Intel platform. PowerPC was ok when it was around, but Intel is clearly superior.

Thanks! I loved my eMac, but this iMac is no question the best computer I have ever used in my entire life. I love it! I was worried that I was gonna have an issue with Leopard, or bad pixels or something, but I was relieved to boot it up this morning to find it was perfect. Popped in 3GB of RAM and it was ready to go. Plus, Leopard is amazing. The new features are worth the growing pains!

Yep, I switched in December, '04. The Mac mini came out the next month.

It's okay, though. I actually liked my eMac better than even my Core Duo mini, because of the faster HD, a real graphics card, etc. Plus, it was an all-in-one and just looked awesome. I still love the design of the eMac.

My iMac has one dead pixel, but it's barely even noticeable unless you stare right at it. I didn't even notice it 'til a couple of days after I got it or something. Not a big deal to me, especially since everything else on this iMac is perfect so far. (Got it in August) I love it.

 

[ryannel2003]

Yep, I switched in December, '04. The Mac mini came out the next month.

It's okay, though. I actually liked my eMac better than even my Core Duo mini, because of the faster HD, a real graphics card, etc. Plus, it was an all-in-one and just looked awesome. I still love the design of the eMac.

My iMac has one dead pixel, but it's barely even noticeable unless you stare right at it. I didn't even notice it 'til a couple of days after I got it or something. Not a big deal to me, especially since everything else on this iMac is perfect so far. (Got it in August) I love it.

Yeah my Core Duo Mac mini was my least favorite machine. It was rather slow (even though though I knew it needed more than 512MB RAM), and the design just didn't look good to me. I thought my eMac was much faster, and it always looked nicer than the mini. As a matter of fact, I liked using my Dell more than the mini If Apple got rid of that machine, i wouldn't be too upset.

Ok so my iMac isn't perfect...haha. There is a small scratch on the screen that is only noticeable on white backgrounds. At the bottom of the screen there is a small dent, i'm actually not sure what it is. But they are both fine with me. Nothing to call AppleCare about... my machine is still perfect in my eyes.

 

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Yeah the eMac was $800, and the iMac G5 was $1300. The Mac mini was not out at the time (I switched in October 2004) and the eMac has a design that reminds me of the snow iMac G3 (i love the iMac G3 design!) but with a much better screen and specs. Plus, the iMac specs were not that great. You could get a SuperDrive eMac for $1000 at the time and the only difference was a worse gfx card and slower processor. I also used a G5 iMac, and the performance was ok. I believe OS X is much, much better optimized for the Intel platform. PowerPC was ok when it was around, but Intel is clearly superior.

Thanks! I loved my eMac, but this iMac is no question the best computer I have ever used in my entire life. I love it! I was worried that I was gonna have an issue with Leopard, or bad pixels or something, but I was relieved to boot it up this morning to find it was perfect. Popped in 3GB of RAM and it was ready to go. Plus, Leopard is amazing. The new features are worth the growing pains!

$1300? man, but it was a piece of art when it came out, so that obvious. Oh, and the PPC were heaters... intel is definately better in every aspect.

Price. The iMac G5 was probably VERY expensive back then compared to a refurbished eMac. I also switched to the Mac around the same time period and only paid $799 for my eMac and the iMacs were quite a bit more than that.

And Ryan, good to see you get your iMac set up and glad to hear it doesn't have any issues. The 17" chin does look huge compared to the 20" and 24" models, but it doesn't look bad. I've always thought it made 'em look distinctive and different. Very cool, IMO.

EDIT: Ryan beat me in posting.

well, i wanted a mac around the emac time, we switched last year, i got my first mac last month

how did you know he beat you in posting? did you literally count up the posts?

Nah the PC was my decision. I like using both platforms, but I do def. prefer the Mac. Windows hasn't ever given me any trouble with viruses or spyware, i just hate that it's so boring and really doesn't deliver like OS X has. Plus, I got an awesome deal on my Dell. My brother has it now, and eventually we are going to trade out the 2 1/2 year old Dell in our office and put the 1 yr old Dimension E521 there instead. Has 19" Flat Panel, 1GB RAM, AMD Dual Core processor, etc. I still like that machine, but all of my Macs have been superior.

My iMac is the Core 2 Duo. I had a budget of $500 for Christmas, so my parents spent that and I gave them $350 for the rest of the iMac. It's a really great machine, and I think going to a 20" would've been a waste since I just browse the web and do iTunes stuff like that.

At the time, the iMac G4 had been discontinued. It was also slower than my eMac since it had 256K L2 Cache and the eMac had 512k. The iMac G5 at the time was $1300, and there was no way they were going to pay for all that. Plus, it was my first Mac so I didn't need all that power. It would've been nice, but the eMac was a great machine and I still miss using it. Though, this iMac sure is making up for it!

the emac was more powerful than the g4? i thought the imac would be better because the emac was an education mac with the basic hardware to do word processing and stuff

Yep, I switched in December, '04. The Mac mini came out the next month.

It's okay, though. I actually liked my eMac better than even my Core Duo mini, because of the faster HD, a real graphics card, etc. Plus, it was an all-in-one and just looked awesome. I still love the design of the eMac.

My iMac has one dead pixel, but it's barely even noticeable unless you stare right at it. I didn't even notice it 'til a couple of days after I got it or something. Not a big deal to me, especially since everything else on this iMac is perfect so far. (Got it in August) I love it.

everything comes out in january lol macworld, gotta love it, its when everybody's new apple goodies from the holidays gets out dated

 

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Nice setup, iPhone and all
TIMG tags next time (Y)

 

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nice images there, please use tags

is that mb new? looks new, i dont see any wear on it, you've got a lot of apple goodies there, ipod mini, white ipod video, iphone...and a razr, im guessing thats for txting

EDIT: yup, new, i can tell by the command key :)

 

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$1300? man, but it was a piece of art when it came out, so that obvious. Oh, and the PPC were heaters... intel is definately better in every aspect.



well, i wanted a mac around the emac time, we switched last year, i got my first mac last month

how did you know he beat you in posting? did you literally count up the posts?



the emac was more powerful than the g4? i thought the imac would be better because the emac was an education mac with the basic hardware to do word processing and stuff



everything comes out in january lol macworld, gotta love it, its when everybody's new apple goodies from the holidays gets out dated

Yeah many Macworld tests showed that the iMac was slower than the eMac in many areas. The only area which it excelled was gaming, where the iMac had a GeForce FX 5200 compared to the eMac's slow ATI Radeon 9200.

To be honest, I prefer the design of the iMac G4 in every way. It's stunning, and every time I see a picture of one I am reminded of that design. The new iMac's are less versatile since you can't move the screen from side to side. Plus, the dome is just cool looking. When the iMac G5 came out, I didn't like it at first. I quickly warmed up to it, and it now comes a close second to the G4 iMac's.

 

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To be honest, I prefer the design of the iMac G4 in every way. It's stunning, and every time I see a picture of one I am reminded of that design. The new iMac's are less versatile since you can't move the screen from side to side. Plus, the dome is just cool looking. When the iMac G5 came out, I didn't like it at first. I quickly warmed up to it, and it now comes a close second to the G4 iMac's.

I was watching Love Actually last night and it had an advert in the airport with the G4 on it, I had forgotten a) How old the film is and b) How amazing the design it still looks.

The post iMac G5 computer-that looks-like-a-standard-monitor still manages to shock almost all non-techy people, I love the design.

 

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Yeah many Macworld tests showed that the iMac was slower than the eMac in many areas. The only area which it excelled was gaming, where the iMac had a GeForce FX 5200 compared to the eMac's slow ATI Radeon 9200.

To be honest, I prefer the design of the iMac G4 in every way. It's stunning, and every time I see a picture of one I am reminded of that design. The new iMac's are less versatile since you can't move the screen from side to side. Plus, the dome is just cool looking. When the iMac G5 came out, I didn't like it at first. I quickly warmed up to it, and it now comes a close second to the G4 iMac's.

Hmm, my friend up in new jersey has an imac g4, he loved it to death, he would always brag about it, literally, he was a mac genious, 1 1/2 years ago, he left for college, and took a gateway with him, i visited him oct 27th, right after leopards release, he totally forgot about the mac, he still remembers that he has it obviously, remembers how to use it, but even forgot what the dock is, he says its slow, its pretty fast for me, he says he doesnt mind what operating system he uses anymore, but he does agree that macs are better. its really sad what he went through with that mac, it was his fave thing in the UNIVERSE. i told him about the macbook, he may get one in the summer to replace his gateway which is dreadfully slow

 

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I was watching Love Actually last night and it had an advert in the airport with the G4 on it, I had forgotten a) How old the film is and b) How amazing the design it still looks.

The post iMac G5 computer-that looks-like-a-standard-monitor still manages to shock almost all non-techy people, I love the design.

The iMac G4 is a classic. I really wish somebody could figure out how to put an Intel chip inside it. I think it would be awesome to see it transform from slow to fast as hell.

When I set up my iMac yesterday my mom said it was the most beautiful computer she has ever seen. Everybody in my family is in awe, and of course they are.

 

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The iMac G4 is a classic. I really wish somebody could figure out how to put an Intel chip inside it. I think it would be awesome to see it transform from slow to fast as hell.

When I set up my iMac yesterday my mom said it was the most beautiful computer she has ever seen. Everybody in my family is in awesome, and of course they are.

That would be amazing. A design classic and a speedy computer
I remember seeing a thread around here or another forum about putting the internals from a Mac mini into a G4 shell, don't know whether it worked or not though

Your family has taste

 

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The iMac G4 is a classic. I really wish somebody could figure out how to put an Intel chip inside it. I think it would be awesome to see it transform from slow to fast as hell.

When I set up my iMac yesterday my mom said it was the most beautiful computer she has ever seen. Everybody in my family is in awesome, and of course they are.

every mac is legendary, and sexy, however imacs and emac up until the new Al imac, always had that awesome fisher price look, its like a big boy toy

That would be amazing. A design classic and a speedy computer
I remember seeing a thread around here or another forum about putting the internals from a Mac mini into a G4 shell, don't know whether it worked or not though

Your family has taste

I'd like to see a 24" imac g4, it would be funny for the monitor to unbalance the actual dome

 

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Here's my new set up. With the addition of a keyboard (easier typing now haha) and wacom tablet.

 

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Here's my new set up. With the addition of a keyboard (easier typing now haha) and wacom tablet.

thats nice, i have a psp, now no offense, but that ipod is just pure FAT lol. wacom tablet? never heard of those, nice mbp, whats that thing on the keyboard?

 

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Wacom tablet? never heard of those

Graphics tablet for digital art and Photshopping etc etc

 

[ryannel2003]

That would be amazing. A design classic and a speedy computer
I remember seeing a thread around here or another forum about putting the internals from a Mac mini into a G4 shell, don't know whether it worked or not though

Your family has taste

Yeah I don't think the person every tried it. Maybe for the iMac's 10th Anniversary next year they will re-introduce the iMac G4 with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme and 4GB of RAM?

Haha, thanks! My mom likes the new Alu iMac even more.

 

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thats nice, i have a psp, now no offense, but that ipod is just pure FAT lol. wacom tablet? never heard of those, nice mbp, whats that thing on the keyboard?

That fat thing is a 2nd gen iPod, they didn't have slim ones then haha. Am thinking of starting a collection of iPod. Will be getting a 3rd gen and 4th gen soon.

Oh that thing on the keyboard is a piece of cloth to prevent transfer of dirt/oil/whatever to the screen. Saved me from cleaning the screen a lot of times.

 

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2.2 GHz MacBook
8GB iPod touch (week 46)
JBL on stage speakers (for the iPod)
320 GB Time Machine HD, Western Digital MyBook
HP Photosmart 7960 on floor (not shown)

To answer the question that is going to be asked.
Screensaver = Fliqlo

Nice set up btw

 

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2.2 GHz MacBook
8GB iPod touch (week 46)
JBL on stage speakers (for the iPod)
320 GB Time Machine HD, Western Digital MyBook
HP Photosmart 7960 on floor (not shown)

Wow,I like your super minimalist set up.

My desk is way too cluttered.

 

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Yeah I don't think the person every tried it. Maybe for the iMac's 10th Anniversary next year they will re-introduce the iMac G4 with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme and 4GB of RAM?

Haha, thanks! My mom likes the new Alu iMac even more.

now that, i like to hear lol

an imac g4 coming back in 2.8 would be amazin, they should also make a 24" model so then the screen will out weigh the dome, resulting in the imac toppling over

 

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To answer the question that is going to be asked.
Screensaver = Fliqlo

Nice set up btw

Hey waht is the name of that screensaver by the way

 

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Yeah I don't think the person every tried it. Maybe for the iMac's 10th Anniversary next year they will re-introduce the iMac G4 with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme and 4GB of RAM?

Haha, thanks! My mom likes the new Alu iMac even more.

It would have been here then
That C2D G4 would be lush

 

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It would have been here then
That C2D G4 would be lush

its an intel imac, g4 imacs had a totally different design