Hi Glen

You can get 21" LCD's from around $170 now so maybe a good option until you get 
a
27" iMac :)

Roger (in China)

On Sun Nov  1 17:23 , Glenn Nicholas <gl...@om4.com.au> sent:

>
>Thanks everyone for all the information, I can see the main options are:
>- contents insurance
>- external monitor circa $400
>- get a new iMac (or a new 'old' iMac)
>
>I agree the 27" Macs are pretty interesting.
>
>Glenn Nicholas
>
>2009/11/1 Stuart Evans stuart.ev...@t4.com.au>:
>>
>> Hi Glen,
>>
>> Neil is correct. If any resellers have stock, Apple have reduced all iMacs
>> by around $700. We have our last 24" iMac in the store which is now $1698.
>> The stock of our 'old' iMacs got snapped up in a couple of days. We have a
>> 27" iMac next to the 24" and you can see the difference in the colour and
>> sharpness of the display. I love my MacBook Pro but I think a 27" iMac is
>> going to be my Christmas present.  :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Stuart
>>
>> Stuart Evans
>> T4 Technology
>>
>>
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>>
>> On 1/11/09 2:57 PM, "Neil Houghton" n...@possumology.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Glen,
>>>
>>> Another option if you want to move up to a nice intel iMac but can't quite
>>> spring for the price of the new models (beautiful & excellent value as they
>>> are!) is that stock of the previous model iMacs seems to being cleared at
>>> much reduced prices (I noticed a 24" "was $2499" "now $1699" recently - but
>>> you may find better).
>>>
>>> Personally, I wouldn't spend much money on repairing a 20" G5 iMac but if
>>> memory serves me correctly they have a video out port - so if you wanted to
>>> get a bit more life out of it you could always plug an external monitor into
>>> it - not a pretty solution but there are some cheap monitors out there...
>>>
>>>
>>> Just some thoughts.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Neil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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