iMac G5
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- MikeDubs
anyone like it / hate it / poopsock?
I'm thinking of getting a 20 incher
- BuddhaHat0
I've had a few clients step out and buy them 'cos they're just massively sexy in the front office of any company, and they all love them, and get comments on the sleek lines and beautiful screen.
Performance-wise I can't make much comment on the latest model though, except get lots of RAM... I just spent part of the weekend helping my friend make movies of his holiday trips, and it takes a longggg time to crunch all that data.
- embarko0
get a powermac or powerbook.
g5 imac's will date.
- Soler0
iMac g5s are WAY faster than a powerbook. No question. I've had both, band new.
Love my 17" iMac. Pretty fast, not quite like the tower tho
- Amicus0
All computers date. If you don't do a lot of bigger image intensive publications or use huge files an iMac will do the job. (I just did a 148 page school magazine with 1000's of images on my G4 733MHz powermac.
I would have killed for a G5 imac!
- HumanMale0
I don't get it:
Why do people always agonise over whether to get a PowerBook or an iMac?! If you have the option of getting a desktop and have the space etc, get an iMac. If you need to have something portable, get a PowerBook...
Why would you need to think about which to get?
- fifty500
i have a couple of friends who have them and they both love them. the problem with the 20 inch model is something to do with the power supply. specifically, when the fan speeds up you can hear a buzzing sound caused by the power supply, but those are easily replaced by an apple authorized repair shop.
other than that small problem, the iMac is a sick computer. one of those friends has a 2.4ghz pentium 4 and says his 1.8ghz imac is faster.
- StratusGD0
fifty,
is that one of the current line? i know that was an issue with the previous generation.anyway, another bonus with the current generation is the cooling has been redone to stop cooking the hard drives, and the switch to the new memory and grphics cards has actually bumped the performance a decent amount. just be sure to get more memory.
- rasko40
I use one at work and its sweet, the screen is mucho nice.
- sherman0
I love mine - designing is super fun on it but coding can be a bit tough with such a big screen.
- fifty500
i don't know about the first revision, but the 2nd (first speed bump) and 3rd (iSight model) have the buzzing problem with the 20 inchers. we just got a model at my office to play around with and i couldn't stop playing with the front row feature. I love how the remote control can magnetically attach to the side of the monitor.
- auricom0
the remotes rad, you can actually put the computer asleep with it as well. great little security feature if someone is on your machine.
set a password to wake from sleep or screensaver then if you notice them on it, just hold down the play/pause button for a few seconds. they can't wake it and you get to see what they were doing on it as well. fun nerd games at the office. oh yeah.
- freshlysqueezed0
I've got a 17" (iMac that is) and it is the daddy. Shits on a powerbook.
If you're doing a lot of RAM-intensive graphics/video work, you'd be wiser to get a G5 tower, but otherwise you can't lose...
- Goatlamb0
I too am considering entering the imac market for the first time.
My G4 powerbook 550 just broke a hinge and the imacs just have a great price to power ratio. Especially considering you get a 20" lcd in the package.
They've really become appliances.
- monkeyshine0
Goatlamb, I was in the exact same position as you. Have a pb 550 and the hinge broke. I didn't want to invest 3k on a G5 desktop when the new chips are coming out in a couple of years but also had to have more power than my 550.
I bought a 20" Imac and put in 1.5 gigs of ram (250gb hard drive) and I am in heaven. And the whole thing, ram and all, cost me about $1300. I highly recommend it.