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The watercooling isn't anything special and you can get a similar corsair watercooling system for less than $70. #maingear
11/02/09
Times are a' changin' indeed. #maingear
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If i wanted a pre-built a desktop I'd buy a mac. #maingear
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This is the modern-day equivalent of going to your parents and asking for a pony and getting a rocking horse. They'll jokingly consider it until they see how much it really costs and after picking their jaws up off the floor go get a PC-in-a-box from best buy.
Impressive? Yes. Cost effective? Not so much. #maingear
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I also had mixed feelings about the 27" screen. It's big, impressive, and blows you away at first sight, but at the same time it's rather fatiguing on the eyes because of the high dpi. Only time will tell if this iMac can be comfortably usable for long durations.
Also copious amounts of heat is correct. This iMac is sizzling hot to the touch near the CPU and GPU units. Could function very well as a heater in the cold winter months.
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Yes, the screen rez is daunting. The app buttons and the text below them are really small, so are the side bar items on folders. All other on screen text can be increased in size to make it more readable.
The magic mouse is actually pretty cool. It is really flat, but intuitive. Took no getting used to at all. I increased the scroll and sweep to max speed and now it works nearly like I want it to. I used to use a Kensington two button mouse with scroll wheel on my old Mac and I'm not missing the wheel. The pointer almost makes it from corner to corner with a fast sweep, but I would like it to be just a little faster. I'll try to find a 3rd party app to speed it up a little more.
The 27 inch screen is huge. I mean HUGE. For the first few hours of use I felt like I was sitting in the front row of a movie theater. I'm rapidly getting used to it and like it. All in all, not much to complain about.
Also, I made the Apple store give me the extended USB keyboard with the number pad. The blue tooth keypad is tiny.
P.S. If you're running Leopard and hate the transparent top menu bar, download Onyx, it will let you change it to solid white. So much better.
10/23/09
Most i7 mobo's have triple channel memory (and some other goodies). However, the iMac most likely uses a combo i5/i7 mobo. This will prevent the i7 version from taking advantage of triple channel memory, or any of the other i7 exclusive goodies.
While this is more of a "powerhouse" issue, and not really the domain of a stand-alone computer like the iMac, it is somewhat important to anyone really excited about the i7 version of the iMac. #appleimac27inch
10/23/09
I told the lady on the phone and she barely batted an eye before she said "no problem sir" Then paid for the shipping back, full refund, and I am currently waiting on my new iMac 27 (Quad 2.8, 8gb ram, 1tb, ATI 4850). Hopefully It ships out in early November and not later.
So I figured I would share with you all the great customer service apple has. I must say though. The only thing I didn't like about this new model was that I couldn't get a better graphics card than from my previous model. Other than that I can't wait!!!
10/23/09
I bought a Mac mini a few years ago, after a year it popped and smoked and died. Out of warranty so threw it in the trash.
This is why DELL monopolizes the market consumer and business. Their shit is easy to work on when breaks.
You have to spend 2 hours replacing a HD in an iMac where as in a DELL it takes 5min.. #appleimac27inch
10/26/09
What honestly confuses me is the Mac Mini colo people (I know a number of these people), who have been hacking extra drives and into minis and sticking them into data centers for years. I would think that having redundant hardware and easier servicing would outweigh the size/power advantages of the mini, but I'm apparently wrong on that one. #appleimac27inch
10/23/09
The cost seems a little crazy. 2k for a quad core is a lot of money(a lot!), my quad core PC cost $1200 and I bought it with 3 cable tuners. I would say this is a good option if you want a Mac desktop with some power but it's not enticing me into buying. #appleimac27inch
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Also, the stock keyboard not having a number pad is dumb, I don't want to type on a laptop keyboard when I'm at a desktop. #appleimac27inch
10/23/09
Also, if you order from the Apple Store online you can substitute a wired keyboard with a numpad for the wireless one. It's what I did. #appleimac27inch
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