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Will I be happy with a iMac?
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Yeah, sure, take the advice of a guy who capitalizes every single word in his sentences.
The new iMacs most certainly are NOT 'built horribly'. They're fine machines and I am loving mine. Its fast, silent, looks great and runs flawlessly in both OS X and Windows.
I love the trolls in these forums that post worthless crap like the above filled with negativity and absolutely no subjective data to back it up whatsoever. "You Dont Want To Go What I Went Through"?? What does that MEAN exactly?? How is that in the least bit helpful? Would you care to elaborate a bit as to exactly what it IS you went through?
There are plenty of satisfied iMac owners out there.
Try one for yourself then decide.
I think you missed out on his huge post that happened earlier today, but he's been through 4 iMacs, if I remember correctly. I think it's fake, but that's what he says.
I think the iMac will be perfect for you. I do some of the same stuff and it's more than enough. Adding RAM is really easy and shouldn't be a problem.
Can I just say, Mac6272 is obviously a PC fanboy and always has been. He's obviously never liked Macs because otherwise he wouldn't be saying Microsoft rule or that they're God or whatever rubbish he was spouting.
The fact is, Apple make very good hardware, and the reason Macs are so successful is because Apple make the hardware AND the software.
PC's are made by any joe bloggs and yeah you get good ones, but you also get very cheap nasty ones, and unless you build a pc yourself, you get all sorts of rubbish software trials/demos/spyware preinstalled when you buy the pc.
And no, I'm not a Mac fanboy. Yes I like Macs, and yes I would buy a Mac over a PC any day, but I'm also an IT student at university, using PC's every day, and I'm also a PC Technician for the uni.
The fact is, Apple make very good hardware, and the reason Macs are so successful is because Apple make the hardware AND the software.
PC's are made by any joe bloggs and yeah you get good ones, but you also get very cheap nasty ones, and unless you build a pc yourself, you get all sorts of rubbish software trials/demos/spyware preinstalled when you buy the pc.
And no, I'm not a Mac fanboy. Yes I like Macs, and yes I would buy a Mac over a PC any day, but I'm also an IT student at university, using PC's every day, and I'm also a PC Technician for the uni.
I've got a 24" 2.4GHz iMac with 1GB of ram, and its kinda sluggish with this amount of memory, but all of the places where its sluggish are obviously from the memory bottleneck. Also, the screen is just beautiful, it's insanely bright (I usually use it on a low brightness setting), and the colors are wonderful. I just can't get over how thin it is, and I've owned it since they came out.
I highly recommend the new iMacs, just make sure you get enough ram (like 2-4GB if you're gonna be doing a lot of photoshop
I highly recommend the new iMacs, just make sure you get enough ram (like 2-4GB if you're gonna be doing a lot of photoshop
Lines and Logic Boards
Go to YouTube and search for "imac lines". My early 2006 1.83 GHz Core Duo iMac has one such line running down the screen. This just appeared about two weeks ago.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=975131&tstart=45
The thread above has been locked, but you can still read comments.
For threads regarding the iMac you are considering, visit:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1114&start=0
My sister-in-law just bought a 20" Alu iMac to replace the iMac G5 i sold her when I purchased the Intel iMac mentioned above. The iMac G5 suffered a bad logic board a few weeks after the AppleCare warranty expired.
At any rate, be cautious. This iMac was the best computer I'd ever owned, until the screen defect appeared. Now, I'd have to say the best Mac I've had is my MDD G4 PowerMac. Sure, it's a WindTunnel, but it's never had trouble of any kind.
Here's wishing for a mini-tower Mac at Macworld.
Go to YouTube and search for "imac lines". My early 2006 1.83 GHz Core Duo iMac has one such line running down the screen. This just appeared about two weeks ago.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=975131&tstart=45
The thread above has been locked, but you can still read comments.
For threads regarding the iMac you are considering, visit:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1114&start=0
My sister-in-law just bought a 20" Alu iMac to replace the iMac G5 i sold her when I purchased the Intel iMac mentioned above. The iMac G5 suffered a bad logic board a few weeks after the AppleCare warranty expired.
At any rate, be cautious. This iMac was the best computer I'd ever owned, until the screen defect appeared. Now, I'd have to say the best Mac I've had is my MDD G4 PowerMac. Sure, it's a WindTunnel, but it's never had trouble of any kind.
Here's wishing for a mini-tower Mac at Macworld.
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Let's have a bit of sanity in this discussion.
I've been using computers, large and small, since the mid-70s (I'm 63) and they all had or have their fanboys and fangirls. The same goes for operating systems, programming languages, and everything else technical.
I've been using PCs since they arrived on the scene but have bought my first iMac (24", 2GB, 2.8GHz, 500GB), which I've had a week. I'm very pleased with it: the screen had no 'gradient issue', it hasn't frozen yet, and I'm getting used to the new keyboard. All being well, I shall move gradually to an all-Mac setup (programs and kit) because OS X is so much easier to use than Windows. XP is quite good (despite detractors, Windows 2000 wasn't bad, either) but Vista is best left alone. I'm finding OS X, in the main, more intuitive than either Windows or Linux with KDE.
There will always be jobs that Windows, Linux, or 'pure' Unix will do better than OS X and vice versa - it's 'horses for courses'. There will always be dud machines when they are mass-produced but there will also be many more that work as specified - and that applies to PCs as well as to Macs. The crucial consideration is: 'will it do what I want it to - easily, reliably, and well?'. Nothing else matters.
I've been using computers, large and small, since the mid-70s (I'm 63) and they all had or have their fanboys and fangirls. The same goes for operating systems, programming languages, and everything else technical.
I've been using PCs since they arrived on the scene but have bought my first iMac (24", 2GB, 2.8GHz, 500GB), which I've had a week. I'm very pleased with it: the screen had no 'gradient issue', it hasn't frozen yet, and I'm getting used to the new keyboard. All being well, I shall move gradually to an all-Mac setup (programs and kit) because OS X is so much easier to use than Windows. XP is quite good (despite detractors, Windows 2000 wasn't bad, either) but Vista is best left alone. I'm finding OS X, in the main, more intuitive than either Windows or Linux with KDE.
There will always be jobs that Windows, Linux, or 'pure' Unix will do better than OS X and vice versa - it's 'horses for courses'. There will always be dud machines when they are mass-produced but there will also be many more that work as specified - and that applies to PCs as well as to Macs. The crucial consideration is: 'will it do what I want it to - easily, reliably, and well?'. Nothing else matters.
Thanks for all (most) of the anwers
I always buy Apple hardware. If I need a PC I go to the local shop and build one. I always had a tower at home as my desktop. But now I really want to upgrade my G5/PC combo ( two machines hooked to one monitor. The iMac sure fits into my budget right now but I read the screens are not that great for color critical work. I am not talking about defects all manufactures have problems. So is the panel a a IPS or TN type and does it display true 8 bit color. My second concern is heat, I love my MPB but the thing gets hot when I give it a workout. Does the iMac heat up under lots of stress. Thanks again for all your post!
I always buy Apple hardware. If I need a PC I go to the local shop and build one. I always had a tower at home as my desktop. But now I really want to upgrade my G5/PC combo ( two machines hooked to one monitor. The iMac sure fits into my budget right now but I read the screens are not that great for color critical work. I am not talking about defects all manufactures have problems. So is the panel a a IPS or TN type and does it display true 8 bit color. My second concern is heat, I love my MPB but the thing gets hot when I give it a workout. Does the iMac heat up under lots of stress. Thanks again for all your post!
The 24" iMac has an S-IPS panel, the 20" has a TN panel. Both are glossy, though. The 24" can be a good computer for critical photo work, but you have to have it in a well-controlled ambient light environment. If you can manage that, it'll do what you need, provided you calibrate it with a colorimeter (such as the Spyder or Huey, etc.).
I cannot comment on heat issues with the AliMac since I do not own one, but the Intel WiMac doesn't get hot at all. The fan comes on when doing computationally-intensive tasks, but that's pretty rare. This lack of heat can be good or bad. In the "old" days, I used my G5 iMac as a supplemental heat source in the winter. Can't do that with the Intel-based iMacs...
You might as well as ask, "Is this girl right to be my wife?"
Only you really know, or will know after a few months, what you want from your OS. I bought my MacBook a few months ago with high expectations and have been very disappointed since Leopard got its claws in (pun intended).
You pays your money and you takes your chance!
Only you really know, or will know after a few months, what you want from your OS. I bought my MacBook a few months ago with high expectations and have been very disappointed since Leopard got its claws in (pun intended).
You pays your money and you takes your chance!