Cons: I've had to print out all the keyboard commands and I'm still learning them.Great - it's just like using a laptop but with a proper sized layout! An amazing number of functions which have a keyboard shortcut - so no chance of learning all those any time soon! Pros: No reverberation so no tenosynovitis problems.Bear in mind I asked for the one which has the number pad so mine is wired rather than wireless - which is OK, it's not a big deal for me as I usually use it on my desk. It's actually really quiet but now sounds positively noisy by way of comparison with the iMac! Cons:I can hear the ancillary LaCie backup drive when it kicks in and does its back-up once an hour.The back of the iMac where the heat comes out is slightly warm to the touch and that's it. If it's got a fan working I really am not aware of it.
Plus no fans means no heat - which is a massive bonus as sitting in a room which is not easy to keep cool in hot weather has just become a lot more bearable. I've NEVER had a computer this quiet before. So my buying decision was very focused on design and component quality re heat dissipation. I was even more convinced of this when I saw a computer enginner's computer and realised he'd added in two extra fans and drilled the box to make it work acceptably with the heat that it could generate. T he track record for my three of my recent computers was that the big Evesham blew up because the fan couldn't cope, my Sony fried its graphics card and the fan on my HP was incredibly noisy and sounded as if it was ready to start flaming me when less than a year old! With all of them I became convinced that the issue was skimping on the quality of the components that don't sound sexy - like fans. I'd had problems with dissipation of heat with previous computers and fans which didn't work properly and/or were not sufficiently robust for the rest of the configuration (ie couldn't cope when people actually used a computer a lot!). So long as no more develop! I still haven't worked out how Expose and Spaces work. That said it's not a big issue because this screen has just got so many pixels. Tiny, tiny pinpricks which are bright green.
Watching a slideshow of my photos makes me think I'm a brilliant photographer!
TV programmes downloaded and played through iPlayer and DVDs look fabulous in the HD screen. I really love the dock and have mine located on the right edge of the screen. Glare and reflections are not an issue if you get it sited right. Pros: I've not revised my view at all about the screen.However it's nice to know I can go bigger if I want to I guess my browser window is sized to about 20". I noticed I had to decide at the beginning how big I was going to have my browser screens as having the complete screen width is just plain batty. iLife (includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand).
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard (includes iTunes, Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools).
If you didn't follow the debate about what should be my next computer at the time, you'll find the links to all the previous posts on the topic of PC vs iMac are at the end of this post.įor the record I bought a 27-inch model with a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM four SO-DIMM slots support up to 16GB 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory Built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) wireless technology Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector) Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) If there are more of you out there do let me know! I think at the last count three people have bought an iMac following my long debate about getting one and then my very enthusiastic reaction. That said I have given my Magic Mouse back and got another one.
I've now had my iMac 3 months and I'm not giving it back.