marmite Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Are these any good, better than a windows operterated PC? The 24"er are about 1000k i THINK, is that a good price for a Mac. Im personally not thinking of getting one, £1000 is alot of money! but after seeing them in the apple shop, they did catch my eye, very sleek. The only thing about Macs is, i have used Windows all my life so far, and im guessing none of the documents would work on a Mac Pc that i already own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghozer Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I believe the new ones you can actually run Windows on, as they are x86 (Intel) based Machines, Sure you may struggle to find drivers, but MAC claims that windows XP will run fine on them.. and besides, any documents, images, audio and video etc will all work on your mac, from your PC, the only thing you may struggle with is DirectX based games, but if you can run windows on the mac any ways, whats the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Why would you want to run crap like Windows when you can have OSX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cube Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Why would you want to run crap like Windows when you can have OSX? Because there are thousands more games & applications for Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallonoroff Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The new iMacs aren't G5s... you can get iMac G5s in the same enclosure but they're now the old ones. You'd be looking at second hand or refurbished for one of those. The very latest iMacs use Intel Core 2 Duos... and, i think, are amazing value for money. As for whether they're 'better' than Windows computers... don't even go there... it'll start a huge debate.... PS: There are very few compatibility issues if the prog that made a file exists for MacOSX too... or there's something that'll convert it. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headup Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 We just got the Intel based 24" iMac core 2 Duo. Everything is great except for a stuck pixel, so I might take it back for an exchange. The main use will be my wife's graphic design work. She had an older powerbook and it was showing it's age. Couldn't stretch to the Pro's (expensive tower unit and then the cost of the monitor!) although their upgradability is attractive. I'm a PC guy, but so far I'm very impressed. The iLife suite that comes with it is very cool - video editing, website creation and even music generation is highly intuitive and a 'nice' experience - not like fighting through some PC software. I've yet to try Bootcamp or Parallels for windows software, but I have a pretty high-end Windows gaming laptop, so it's not a big issue for me really. I play a lot of games and so far, I've tried WoW (as a native Mac application, not through Bootcamp of anything) and it runs great and looks beautful on the screen (other than the stuck pixel). To the OP - what documents are you referring to? If they're MS Office docs, you'll have no problems as long as you have a copy of either Office for Mac (or for Windows if running through Bootcamp or Parallels). Pros: Looks great. Compact (in that there are few wires trailing about - one power cable and wireless mouse and keyboard see to that). VERY easy to use. Much nicer interface than Windows (looks like Vista is copying a ton of stuff from OSX). Great bundled creative software. Can now run just about any Windows-based app through appropriate program. Everything is plug and play - no messing with driver software. Little threat from viruses. Cons: Little room for future upgrades...memory modules are outrageouly priced and you're stuck to a max of 3GB...not much choice for graphics cards and the installation of a new one in an iMac is a trip to the Mac shop and a special order (unless you get the already upgraded version, but you're still going to face upgrade problems in the future). If you're buying a machine for Office work (note: I hear MS Office is actually better on Mac than on PC), creative and design work/hobby, you're not bothered about running Half Life 2 at 15,000 FPS with everything turned on () and want something that just 'works' I'd go for an iMac. If you're a hardcore gamer - get a new PC. On a personal note, I hope Adobe gets the Creative Suite out as a universal app soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkey Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 We just got the Intel based 24" iMac core 2 Duo. Everything is great except for a stuck pixel, so I might take it back for an exchange. The main use will be my wife's graphic design work. She had an older powerbook and it was showing it's age. Couldn't stretch to the Pro's (expensive tower unit and then the cost of the monitor!) although their upgradability is attractive. I'm a PC guy, but so far I'm very impressed. The iLife suite that comes with it is very cool - video editing, website creation and even music generation is highly intuitive and a 'nice' experience - not like fighting through some PC software. I've yet to try Bootcamp or Parallels for windows software, but I have a pretty high-end Windows gaming laptop, so it's not a big issue for me really. I play a lot of games and so far, I've tried WoW (as a native Mac application, not through Bootcamp of anything) and it runs great and looks beautful on the screen (other than the stuck pixel). To the OP - what documents are you referring to? If they're MS Office docs, you'll have no problems as long as you have a copy of either Office for Mac (or for Windows if running through Bootcamp or Parallels). Pros: Looks great. Compact (in that there are few wires trailing about - one power cable and wireless mouse and keyboard see to that). VERY easy to use. Much nicer interface than Windows (looks like Vista is copying a ton of stuff from OSX). Great bundled creative software. Can now run just about any Windows-based app through appropriate program. Everything is plug and play - no messing with driver software. Little threat from viruses. Cons: Little room for future upgrades...memory modules are outrageouly priced and you're stuck to a max of 3GB...not much choice for graphics cards and the installation of a new one in an iMac is a trip to the Mac shop and a special order (unless you get the already upgraded version, but you're still going to face upgrade problems in the future). If you're buying a machine for Office work (note: I hear MS Office is actually better on Mac than on PC), creative and design work/hobby, you're not bothered about running Half Life 2 at 15,000 FPS with everything turned on () and want something that just 'works' I'd go for an iMac. If you're a hardcore gamer - get a new PC. On a personal note, I hope Adobe gets the Creative Suite out as a universal app soon. eeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr yep:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headup Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 eeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr yep:hihi: You disagree with something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkey Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 You disagree with something? it was a bit of a lenghthy reply....i was thinking of bed half way down.....but i do agree:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headup Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 it was a bit of a lenghthy reply....i was thinking of bed half way down.....but i do agree:thumbsup: Oh right - hope you had pleasant dreams. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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