Too many problems with them at work. They can't handle what we need....switching everything over to PCs slowly. We have some brand new G5s in that we are testing. Those are little better than the older G5s but still lots of problems in a corporate environment.
I have an older mac here...it's cool because it's different but I don't think I could make the switch over and use just the mac. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:42 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] iMac arrived today... Yeah OSX is ... *nix + good UI = productivity and fun. I love it. On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 08:37:51PM -0500, joeuser wrote: > One word... WOW! > > iMac, 20-inch, Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo > iWork '06 preinstalled > 250GB Serial ATA Drive > SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD?RW/CD-RW) > Apple Wireless Keyboard & wireless Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X (US > English) ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB > > > I cannot believe how sharp and vibrant the image is. > > Some things I noticed... > > Setup: What a cinch. Answer a few questions... simple stuff. Done. > Everything worked. I didn't have to install or remove jack. VERY > friendly. Very sexy. I took the old family pc which was salvaged > Gateway mini case (tall but not as deep) and 17in CRT and put it in > the boy's room. Looks so sleek. If I was using wireless I would have > only one line connected to it - power. Speaking of, the power cord was > soft, flexible and flat angle. Setting easily located. Firewall off by > default though... not sure if that's bad or not. INet sharing through > the wireless was on? Maybe I misunderstood it, but I turned it off. > Heavy into the .Mac jazz but not forced down your throat. Mouse is > different - it is a button basically. Has a little gray rubber ball to scroll with. > It's very nice and I am quite happy. I can see I will be an Apple fan. > > > > > -- > Cheers, > joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key) -- Bryan G. Seitz
