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 >> >> >> ALBANY >> Shop 6, 69 Lockyer Avenue, Albany, WA, 6330 >> T> 08 9842 9660 >> F> 08 9842 9664 >> E> stuart.ev...@t4.com.au >> >> BUNBURY >> Unit 2/14 Rose Street, Bunbury, WA, 6230 >> T> 08 9721 9660 >> F> 08 9842 9664 >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> >> > > >-- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>