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- Mojo0
Would make a nice foot stool.
- madirish0
they are pretty awesome, but no Gateway....
- kona0
that is what i have except mine is the 2.4GHz with 4GB memory (from Crucial). it's lightning fast and has yet to crash in the 2 or 3 months since I've owned it. It owns cs3 and treats it like it's little bitch. don't anyone even mention the glossy screen bullshit because when you're sitting in front of it working you can't see any reflection or glare. now if you have a light pointing at it of course, but lets not be silly here. it's a fantastic machine. i picked mine of refurb and saved a bunch.
- utopian0
JKilla77- Does it run fast, has been reliable, does it runs Adobe products (AI, PS, IL) smoothly and does it work with fonts (Suitcase) okay?
- yes. yes. yes. yes. no issues whatsoever.kona
- and buy your memory upgrade from crucial.comkona
- boobs0
Get the wireless keyboard and mouse, too. You'll love me for it later.
- I've always wondered why people do this. i wouldn't enjoy replacing batteries all the time.doesnotexist
- Thanks peeps..utopian
- No, get "a" wireless mouse, meaning, not the garbage that Apple sells for a mouse.mg33
- uh... rechargeable batteries?!?kona
- mx revolution ftw
fuck the new wireless keyboard no keypad is messed upsvenreed
- JKilla770
Yeah it runs pretty well. Leopard is allot more stabler than it was a few months back. The only issues I have with Adobe are then them open for days and am in and out of sleep mode. I only have 1 gig of ram right now so it's ok for speed when I get 4 in there it'll be lightning fast.
- ernexbcn0
I have one just like that, but I'd recommend you to wait a little bit because they are going to be updated soon.
- utopian0
Sounds like a wise buy, thank you everyone.
"I love you man"...
- dtan0
can you install ram yourself on that machine?
- ernexbcn0
The RAM on Apple's website is insane, don't change the RAM option, to give you an idea of the ripoff:
4gb of RAM on Apple's website: 450€ (Spain)
4gb of RAM in a PC store downtown Barcelona: 80€40€ each 2gb stick KINGSTON memory, rockin without problems.
- dtan0
yup, my mbp killin' it with 4gb ram...i think less than $200 for two sticks of 2gb from newegg.com
- kush0
get g.skill ram. you can get 4 gigs for like 80 bucks... even though the prices are cheap, they are straight solid. i've never had any bad g.skill sticks.
- akrokdesign0
if you want 4gb ram same as apple selling.
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/…but for $125
- akrokdesign0
sorry, the above one is for 2.4 imac.
here's the one for 2.8.
---> http://eshop.macsales.com/item/M…
- timfraserbrown0
Might not be an issue for you but....
Glossy only screen! Absolutely terrible! Such innacurate colour. Awful.This is my experience with the 20 inch one at work, but I hear the 24 has a better quality screen under the shitty layer of over-the-top gloss!
- adev0
What ever you do, Do Not get the 20" it has a horrible lcd panel. But the glossy screen is annoying to me for any kind of imaging/design work.
Unless yet get a 20"iMac and an ACD. That's a different story.
- welded0
I got a 24" iMac a month or two and I love it — it really is a fantastic machine. I got the lower-end model and upgraded the CPU and got RAM from http://canadaram.com. Didn't go for the wireless keyboard and mouse becaues we like having the num pad. Might get the mouse later, though.
Get it! :)