Hi all, I haven't paid much attention to new releases since '04, so I'm looking for advice on where the "sweet spot" is in flat panel iMacs. I could go with new, but I've had good luck with refurbs and with used machines, and the budget it tight so cheaper would be very welcome.
For background - my wife's Tangerine conked out in '04, so I got her a refurb G4 (1.25ghz 20") just as the G5s were being announced (I liked the price, and the fact that it could still boot OS 9). I fixed the tray-load 266 and used it to replace my 7200/90 until I found a Flower Power on eBay. Wifey fell in love at first sight with the 500mhz slot- loader, and gave me her G4. I wish I could say I planned it that way but really I am just lucky. So now it's '09, and I can deal with the lack of DVD support, but the 15" screen and 500mhz CPU just aren't cutting it anymore (even with 1gb RAM installed). Also we've been running 10.3 and it feels like time to upgrade that too (TurboTax online doesn't seem to be working right, I want an upgraded iPhoto, and everytime I boot iTunes it gives me an irritating upgrade message that's not even compatible with 10.3) - and I'd prefer not to have to support multiple operating systems at home. I was hoping Dan would have posted a "Guide to flat panel iMacs" (hint), but between the individual profiles and the "value equation" articles it's easy enough to pick up the specs. That doesn't tell me a lot about the relative merits and demerits though. We're also looking at laptops, but my Duo 250 and her eMate really never got used as much as our iMacs. So what does everyone think? Should I pick up a second G4, upgrade to G5, Or make the jump to Intel? Thanks! Owen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
