They're now made in brushed aluminum cases instead of white plastic, they have the beautiful glossy glass displays instead of plastic, and they're even thinner now too.
Oh yeah.. they no longer offer a model with a 17" display. Instead, they upgraded it to 20", gave it a little more power under the hood, faster graphics, and kept the price the same as the old 17" model.
I love my white iMac 24" even though I knew they would come out with something bigger and better, I just hoped it wouldn't be this soon!
I did have a battery issue with my MacBook- it is still under warranty. I called Thurs. afternoon, the replacement battery arrived early Friday morning!
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
I can't resist!!
Haven't had a problem with my Toshiba PC laptop in the two years I have had it.
Overnight delivery of a new battery hasn't been an issue. Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Dave,
Gloat while you can, but just remember it will all come around in the end.
I've seen Toshiba's PLAGUED with soldering problems. SO no machine is exempt.
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
Yeah- I thought it was very minor issue, but those AWFUL people at Apple answered on the first ring and talked to me on the phone for at least 3 minutes and insisted that I accept a replacement battery at no cost, and kept me waiting almost 2 whole business hours for the new one to arrive. Some customer service. Posted by Bruce Evans (Member # 44) on :
sounds like they are trying to compensate for lack of...........?
Posted by Graham Hodge (Member # 168) on :
The new iMacs are really nice. I've just bought my first mac after 20 years of pc's.
I'm hoping to change over to a MacSign shop, there are a few sticky points - like Signlab to contend with. A work in progress.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
for lack of...... ripping customers off with over priced backward technology software for one.
Vista $199.99 Leopard $129.00
Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :
I just don't get the smooth glass like displays. I can't ever see myu laptop screen because of the glares. It may have a crisper image but it doesn't matter if you can't see the screen!!
I want to buy a Mac but I'm not sure how I can transition with it.
My plotter software won't work nor will CorelDraw. Has anyone had experience with the programs that make it so you can run XP on it to use those programs?
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Umm, I have CorelDraw as well as PhotoShop on my G4 17" PowerBook as they both work fine. I also have a HP notebook I bring with me when I travel for whatever reason I haven't a clue as they both work great when traveling too. Never had a problem with either but than again what the heck do I know
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
Amy - I have used both "Bootcamp" and "Parallels" with out any problems. Bootcamp is used to boot the computer up in the Mac OS or WinXP -You can run just about any program you want under the respective operating systems. It's like having two computers in one. It is kind of a pain to reboot whenever you want to switch from one to another.
Parallels is like having a virtual machine inside the MacOS -- it runs like a program, and opens WinXP -- but you don't have to reboot the computer like Bootcamp.
I have the 24" iMac that came out right before the latest glass displays. I don't have any problems with glare, but I haven't used the latest one. I run Parallels ($79) (which uses WinXP) and CorelDRAW X3 on the Windows environment, and the rest is MacOS stuff-- Adobe CS2, etc.
Go ahead and come over to the "darkside"-- once you go Mac, you won't want to go back! Posted by Alan Dearborn (Member # 1461) on :
I run all my design & sign software on a MacBook laptop and it runs great!
Corel ver.11 runs natively on Mac OSX FlexiStarter for cutting Adobe CS3 for design EstiMate sign pricing program runs under WinXP under Parallels just fine.
You probably can find a copy of Corel 11 cheap online(ebay?)
Not that I have not had any problems on the Mac, but just many fewer than on my PC's. I'm not looking to go back anytime soon.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
I took a look at the new iMacs...and they're very nice and certainly impressive except for a few things:
1. High gloss display - this is a step backward for Mac's in my opinion, and I guess in the opinion of a Mac magazine I picked up as they too said it was a horrible move. They noted as I saw at the apple store, that the glare was atrocious and they couldn't figure out why they went from a matte screen to a glossy screen that reflects everything in the room.
2. I noticed that the iMacs had very few usb ports.....which was also noted as a shortcoming in the same Mac magazine I referenced above.
Other than that...they seem pretty cool...and I do like the stylish, minimalist keyboards....
Still wondering if it's a good idea to have a computer combined with a screen...in case the screen goes bad...
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
I've always considered the iMac line as a "home" computer. They are a great value compared to "equivalent" pc's but for a production shop like most of us have I'd stick to the MacPro line of desktops.
You can stick 16 gigs of ram in them. There are plug in bays for 4 hard drives. Firewire, USB2, gigabyte ethernet. Having said that, I ran my rip off my Powerbook for years and it crunched files just fine.
I'm heading out to Colorado Thursday morning to harvest an elk and when I return I'm heading down to my local Mac shop and picking a new iMac for home. That aging G3 just doesn't handle the web stuff like it should. I think I'm still running OS 8.6 on that thing but it's still rock solid, just a bit slow by today's standards.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
I'm in agreement with that Bill....I think the desktops would be the cat's meow.
I still haven't dove into a Mac yet, but I am very interested in giving my next purchase to an Apple of some sort...even if it's a mac mini just to get my feet wet and see how I like it.
But if I was looking for a robust work computer, I'd be looking at the desktops.
Posted by Graham Hodge (Member # 168) on :
quote:Originally posted by Alan Dearborn: I run all my design & sign software on a MacBook laptop and it runs great!
Corel ver.11 runs natively on Mac OSX FlexiStarter for cutting Adobe CS3 for design EstiMate sign pricing program runs under WinXP under Parallels just fine.
You probably can find a copy of Corel 11 cheap online(ebay?)
Not that I have not had any problems on the Mac, but just many fewer than on my PC's. I'm not looking to go back anytime soon.
How do you install Corel 11 on a mac? My version only shows .exe files to install.
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Graham, you need to have Corel 11 for Macintosh, the last version of Corel they made for the Mac platform.
Todd, if you get an iMac, get the AppleCare program too. Actually, that's not a bad idea for ANY Apple you might purchase because the replacement costs on Apple components out of warranty are just horrid. My iMac is down right now with some pretty major hardware failure issues including capacitors on the motherboard leaking all over the place and what looks to be smoke residue on the inside of the case where the power supply is located. The machine is out of warranty and a new motherboard plus a power supply from Apple is about $800. Luckily there is an extended repair program for these very issues but I still have to drive 3 hours to an Apple Store to get the system checked out by an Apple tech to OK the replacements.
In Apple's defense, the blown capacitors causing the problems were part of a HUGE manufacturing issue which affected so many computers even in the PC world, Dell lost $307 Million because of it.
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