Hi Graham I was talking to Mike at the Mac shop at Joondalup about the same machine yesterday. The price is $1698 and he advises I wait for Leopard and the new iLife around October. Cheers John D
On 28/8/07 10:39 AM, "Graham Byatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm thinking of buying a new desktop machine to complement my G4 > powerbook. > > I'm thinking 20" imac, 2.4GHz, and have a couple of questions > > 1. Should I wait for Leopard? > > 2. Most seem to come with ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO but winthrop shop > at UWA advertise Radeon X1600 Graphics card (with NVIDIA GeForce > 7300GT in the 24"}. Which is better? Does it matter? I'm not a big > game player or video editor at the moment but I don't want to limit > the options. > > Are there any other options I should consider? I would want 2GB RAM > but otherwise 'as advertised' seems fine. > > 3. There seems to be a bit more price variability than there used to > be in the apple world? Are there any special deals around at the > moment? > > In terms of price i've seen: > > $2,149: 20", 2.4GHz, 1GB, 320GB, Radeon HD 2600 PRO: @ > nextbyte, stirling highway > $2,069.10 20", 2.16GHz, 1GB, 250GB, Radeon X1600 : @ UWA > Campus (edu price, RRP is $2,299, they say) > > Seems that it's not much of edu discount for a lesser machine. I > also saw some at Myer in Perth, just as they were closing on Sunday - > they seemed fairly cheap but I had no time - and now I'm back in > Dongara for a few weeks. > > Thanks for all and any comments, > > Graham > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
