Apple iMac Promotions!!!

[spidey23]

To Snowairg

The promotion can be found at Apple web site store: www.apple.com, click on store, then iMac

It can also be found (in printed form) at most retailers that sell Macs, I saw it CompUSA.

As far as waiting is concerned, I've never been one to wait but if you can wait, or she can wait, and if she has the money, wait for the new ones in a month or so and get a nice LCD screen with it (which it will most likely have). But, if you're like me and don't like to wait, just grab it now. It's nice deal, the player alone is around $150.

To JavaCool

'bout time

 

[fxsts]

I wouldn't mind getting one of those to play with. Do you guys know where I can get one for cheap (I mean really cheap)?

Please do not YOU-SHOULD-POST-IT-AT-I-WANNA-SECTION me.

 

[Antny]

Speaking of the I WANNA section:
Hey Spidey why don't you put in a request for an apt?

 

[madmonkey]

ummm... hmmm.... imacs.... nooooooo....
I've been an apple tech for the last two years... and lets just say i dont have a great fondness for them... we get them at the shop every forkin' day! Personally, wouldnt waste my money on one... problematic beasts...
Far as quality control goes, the g4's arent much better, lot of mother board issues... ibooks arent to bad tho... fairly reliable, itanium's damn slot loading drives eat cd's.

maybe im just jaded because i have to fix the dern things on a daily basis....
then again i could be right =)

 

[siclithat]

mad: i understand where you're coming from -- you only see the problematic ones... no one sends in one that has nothing wrong.. but then again I've seen and used hundreds of all of those, with hardly any problems... for the most part, they're great.

 

[NetworkDad]

Great shots of these seen HERE

 

[iluvzoo]

NccOps, that is hillarious!!!

 

[ALBundyHere]

RossMan, probably when 3Dfx comes back...pffffff, NEVER!

 

[xDanielx]

Have you ever noticed Macs spelled backwards is "scam"

I didn't know anything about Macs before the start of this year when I got a job at a college being a tech. Of course I did love my Apple IIe when i was growing up, playing Load Runner on my green monitor, those were the days *sigh*. Then I got a 486 and my universe changed. After network doom there was no looking back... But it hasnt changed since the start of the year. I sit in a lab with macs all day, new an old. They are slow, they suck, they crash, blah blah blah. I hate going up to people finals week who try to print out their essay which causes their computer to crash. So I told people to save A LOT. Then they would crash when people saved, go figure. PC's freez to, so its no different. But the PC you can build for the price of any iTrash today is incredible. For 1k, a machine over 1ghz, DVD, cd-writer, tones of ram, huge HD, maybe even a 19inch monitor, and a great graphics card, and a 3 button mouse with scroll *drools*. I can't see why anyone would want to use an iTrash. I installed 30 NEW iMacs at work today, g3 400's with 128 megs. They suck! Couldn't play an MP3 off the web and chat on AIM without it stalling. So what if it looks good, my case sits under my desk anyway. I guess macs my be good for the complete computer retard so I guess they have a use for somethin.
So what can a Mac do that a PC cant? Some video editing? I'm still wondering, someone enlighten me. My boss uses them and I still don't know why after 7 months. Though he likes PC's a lot more since Win2k.

WinXP, thats total crap, I hope Microsoft gets put in its place after this next OS. I have no use for firewire at the moment, and I doubt many people do right now. If your a video editer, then maybe you should be on a mac. I'm sure if USB 2.0 comes out the OS will be patched just like Win95 was for USB. Macs, its like buying a car just for the looks, but it has a 3 legged dog under the hood. The 5% market share for Macs is true, but its very sad that most of that 5% is bought by educational institutions. I hope macs stick around, I think it drives PC's to be better. Macs evolve to slow IMOP.

COME TO THE LAN! www.slicksworld.com

 

[Go3iverson]

Hey all,
Just thought I'd throw my 0.02 in here. Please be kind, this is my first post.

I'm a computer science major, and I work overseeing the everyday operations of a nice chunk of my campus' computer labs, as well as working on hardware repair and campus networking. I've seen all brands, OS's, configs.....pretty much, you name it, I've seen it!

I, personally, like the iMac. I can understand that a lot of people hate it, and I'm not trying to change their opinions. I own the Graphite iMac 600MHz, slot-loading CD-RW machine, equipped wtih 256MB RAM. I run Mac OS X on it......and love it. I think the iMac is a really great buy. If your trying to save some cash, go after the 600MHz machine. Also, they offer a free 128MB stick of RAM in that deal too! If you all can wait, I'd wait. They're talking about some great stuff with the new iMac.....I'm even jealous! Faster clock speeds, possibly the 133MHz system bus (long time rumor for this machine), 14" flat pannel display, new nVIDIA cards....etc. Also, they're coming out with new G4 towers (rumors of the 1GHz G4, data doubling RAM, nVIDIA 3 cards standard, etc). There are also strong rumors of a $1,900 *NEW* notebook coming out...... a cross between the iBook and PowerBook......should feature a 14.1" active matrix display.


If your interested in running Mac OS X, consider the G4. I'm doing some testing of it for the campus newspaper on a 450MHz G4 Cube (yes, the infamous Cube).....and it just flies! That machine never ran so well! Even on my 600MHz G3, its pretty sweet. The G4 has a stronger, smoother feel at times, but I also demand a lot out of my machine. In all honesty, besides for updating the OS (I run 10.0.4 now), I haven't had to restart my machine since OS X was installed on it, on March 24th. I am really looking forward to seeing Mac OS 10.1 (code-name Puma) in July. I see what Apple was able to do since OS X Beta was released, and believe me, its absolutely amazing! I bought OS X Beta because I just need the newest always.......Aqua was great.......system was strong......but I was so dissapointed in it's performance. It was sluggish, it stalled at times, and I reverted back to 9.x. Now, I don't even use the OS 9 shell. Combine that with the soon to be released OS 9.2, with the improved carbon support (what allows OS X to run OS 9 apps), and there really is a nice amount you can do with these machines.

I'm not too sure about the machines locking up, like "daniel" posted. Yeah, OS X still is buggy at times, but I've never had any consistent trouble. Heck, my friend and I did our own stress test on OS X Beta, to see just how strong it's new features were. We were able to run *42* applications, along with the 9 shell, and open multiple servers on the desktop, and the machine was still moving.....and that was Beta running on a 500MHz G3, with 128MB RAM.

Hey, it was my frist post, I had to get all that out of me! Finally, a posting member of Anandtech......does it get much better?