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New 20" Apple iMac

Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday

"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
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As I've said before.

"The ignorance of x86 users makes me wanna get a Mac"
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday
"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
Click to expand...
This was in OT yesterday? And I thought it's news 🙂. Anyway - you should know computers are not all about the specs. Still wouldn't a 20" LCD weight a bit too much for that arm it's attached to?
 
Man that is friggin huge and expensive!

Oh well I've owned several macs and in the end I just can't deal with Apple's redicilous operating system (I am refering to OS X BTW).
 
Oh well I've owned several macs and in the end I just can't deal with Apple's redicilous operating system (I am refering to OS X BTW).
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Hmmmm....what makes you think that OS X is ridiculous? Just curious...
 
Originally posted by: Erasmus-X
Oh well I've owned several macs and in the end I just can't deal with Apple's redicilous operating system (I am refering to OS X BTW).
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Hmmmm....what makes you think that OS X is ridiculous? Just curious...
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Yeah me too.....
 
Looks sweet, But I would have to question the longevity of that little arm holding the screen up. Could be saggin' like a busted kickstand in a short time.
OS X 10.3 is just awesome..
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Sigh....One of these days I'll get to try it.
 
I love my PowerBook

OS X 10.3 makes it a whole lot easier to deal with windows and yes you can finally alt + tab
 
I can't imagine attaching a 20 inch LCD display to a computer that you can't upgrade the video card or CPU. In 2 years, the box will be woefully underpowered but the display would still be useful...that is if you could attach it to another machine.

-KeithP
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday

"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
Click to expand...

As I've said before.

"The ignorance of x86 users makes me wanna get a Mac"
Click to expand...

im not ignorant i actually have respect for macs just not the damn imacs cause im forced to use them almost every day and they are horribly slow.

and putting a 20in LCD on it is just pointless. at 1.25GHz they arnt powerful enough to do anything that would require a screen that big. And for 2200$ you can build 1 hell of a PC with a 20in LCD, just build a Shuttle mini pc and your set same size as an imac and its upgradeable . now if this thing had a G5 in it i would say it would be sweet but the G4 is a crappy CPU. we have labs full of them and they do everything slow even the 1+GHz ones. hell even browsing the net is slower using safari then it is using IE on a 600 MHz Celeron 1. on the same network

i do use dual G4 tower macs at work and in the lab and they are nice especially with OSX but they serve a purpose. Video editing and hard core math Sims. a imac with a 20in LCD has no purpose

 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday

"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
Click to expand...

As I've said before.

"The ignorance of x86 users makes me wanna get a Mac"
Click to expand...

^

Originally posted by: mooojojojo
Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday
"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
Click to expand...
This was in OT yesterday? And I thought it's news 🙂. Anyway - you should know computers are not all about the specs. Still wouldn't a 20" LCD weight a bit too much for that arm it's attached to?
Click to expand...

Yep, it was. I posted it 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday

"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
Click to expand...

As I've said before.

"The ignorance of x86 users makes me wanna get a Mac"
Click to expand...

yep, so I bought one. A 12' Titanium Powerbook. Awesome machine. Best computer product I've ever bought.
 
Originally posted by: GonzoDaGr8
Looks sweet, But I would have to question the longevity of that little arm holding the screen up. Could be saggin' like a busted kickstand in a short time.
OS X 10.3 is just awesome..
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Sigh....One of these days I'll get to try it.
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When the current iMac style was first released (2 or 3 years ago) many people wondered how long the arm would last. Especially considering how fluid and smooth the movement is, not ratchet-like or anything. Anyway... people worried about the arms failing but I've never heard any complain about a "dropping monitor" yet.


Lethal
 
Originally posted by: KeithP
I can't imagine attaching a 20 inch LCD display to a computer that you can't upgrade the video card or CPU. In 2 years, the box will be woefully underpowered but the display would still be useful...that is if you could attach it to another machine.

-KeithP
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Yeah, having a 1680x1050 screen with a geforce FX5200 is just wrong 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Baronz
Originally posted by: KeithP
I can't imagine attaching a 20 inch LCD display to a computer that you can't upgrade the video card or CPU. In 2 years, the box will be woefully underpowered but the display would still be useful...that is if you could attach it to another machine.

-KeithP
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Yeah, having a 1680x1050 screen with a geforce FX5200 is just wrong 🙁
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why? not like you're gonna play any games on it...
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: Anubis
as i said in the post in OT yesterday

"WOW an even bigger paper weight"
Click to expand...

As I've said before.

"The ignorance of x86 users makes me wanna get a Mac"
Click to expand...

im not ignorant i actually have respect for macs just not the damn imacs cause im forced to use them almost every day and they are horribly slow.

and putting a 20in LCD on it is just pointless. at 1.25GHz they arnt powerful enough to do anything that would require a screen that big. And for 2200$ you can build 1 hell of a PC with a 20in LCD, just build a Shuttle mini pc and your set same size as an imac and its upgradeable . now if this thing had a G5 in it i would say it would be sweet but the G4 is a crappy CPU. we have labs full of them and they do everything slow even the 1+GHz ones. hell even browsing the net is slower using safari then it is using IE on a 600 MHz Celeron 1. on the same network

i do use dual G4 tower macs at work and in the lab and they are nice especially with OSX but they serve a purpose. Video editing and hard core math Sims. a imac with a 20in LCD has no purpose
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From your comment it sounded like you thought they were worthless crap.

I agree they're overpriced, but hey, so are alot of products in every market out there, doesn't mean it has no purpose.
My parrents would probably love an iMac.
Looks nice enough to put it pretty much anywhere in the house, quiet, it will do whatever they want, and do it good.
It just comes at a rather hefty price.
 
im gonna have to agree that this is a stupid idea.


apple has no idea what they are doing. the imac is supposed to be a budget model. this thing probably costs close to $2000.


i dont understand how they ever expect to grow market share, since their only budget model is the eMAC and it is not aggressively marketed.


apple is now living off the sales of ipods and powerbooks. it will be fun watching them slowly die off as a real PC competitor. theyshould have switched to consumer electronics a long time ago, since they area lot better at physical designs than setting software standards.
 
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