Hello John Got A New iMac

**dasduffer** · January 26th, 2011, 11:23 AM

After years of dithering, shall I shan't I, oooh it's too expensive etc I finally pushed out the boat and purchased a new 21" iMac after using Windows computers for over 15 years. What a breathe of fresh air. This might still be the honeymoon period but it's so much quicker, cleaner and better looking. I installed some printer software on it and in the time it took me to turn the iMac on and install and start printing, my partner's windows laptop was still booting up ffs. Well worth the cutter and I wish I had bought one ages ago.

eek · January 26th, 2011, 11:27 AM

True, but you could get 2 PCs for the same price? Or maybe a desktop and a lappy?

MaxJoker · January 26th, 2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by eek

True, but you could get 2 PCs for the same price? Or maybe a desktop and a lappy?

Or buy the finest house in Scotland

**blondifan** · January 26th, 2011, 12:04 PM

I am currently awaiting delivery of a MacBook Pro laptop.

I'm just so tired of incompatability issues with microcok software and that's just for starters.

I also am seriously distressed that banks, governments and companys use pc's.

**bombermouse** · January 26th, 2011, 12:53 PM

Though Macs are more expensive, you will find they last much longer. The one I replaced with my newish iMac lasted 8 1/2 years.

galadriel · January 26th, 2011, 01:17 PM

After being a PC user for over 22 years I made the switch and bought an iMac in February 2008. What a relief! It just works!
The one thing stopping me from buying a Mac was the mac users who were like 'born again Christians' preaching how wonderful the mac was. Now I am one of those preaching how great the mac is...

**palo5** · January 26th, 2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bombermouse

Though Macs are more expensive, you will find they last much longer. The one I replaced with my newish iMac lasted 8 1/2 years.

Durability is attractive; but seriously, if you're using 'old' hardware it isn't possible to run modern software efficiently due to too small memory and slow processing power. And it's difficult to upgrade Mac hardware, from what I've heard (is that true?)

On the other hand, it's good to have a reserve if the main machine doesn't work, so I understand your point

**monogroover** · January 26th, 2011, 01:46 PM

I hope you get on OK with your iMac. As an IT specialist who had to work with them, I'd certainly never buy one myself. By some distance the worst implementation of Unix I've ever had to work with, and I've worked with a fair few. The filesystem (HFS+) is appalling, as well.

**monogroover** · January 26th, 2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bombermouse

Though Macs are more expensive, you will find they last much longer. The one I replaced with my newish iMac lasted 8 1/2 years.

That's certainly not what I found. The lab I worked for had about 25 iMac G5s and a few (so-called) PowerMac G5s when I joined. By the time I left less than 3.5 years later, I'd had about 20 of those taken away for recycling due to hardware faults that weren't economic to repair.

I celebrated getting rid of every one of them, so in my case that wasn't so bad. Probably wouldn't feel the same if I'd paid for them.

eek · January 26th, 2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bombermouse

Though Macs are more expensive, you will find they last much longer. The one I replaced with my newish iMac lasted 8 1/2 years.

If you pay more than the average sort of user

you can certainly build a quality PC as well.

Nobody buys a quality Enermax power supply for instance, because they are VERY expensive. Never seen one that got busted though - ever.

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January 26th, 2011, 11:23 AM	#1
dasduffer Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 608 Thanks: 8,894 Thanked 12,945 Times in 605 Posts	Hello John Got A New iMac After years of dithering, shall I shan't I, oooh it's too expensive etc I finally pushed out the boat and purchased a new 21" iMac after using Windows computers for over 15 years. What a breathe of fresh air. This might still be the honeymoon period but it's so much quicker, cleaner and better looking. I installed some printer software on it and in the time it took me to turn the iMac on and install and start printing, my partner's windows laptop was still booting up ffs. Well worth the cutter and I wish I had bought one ages ago. __________________ Some is rich and some is poor That's the way the world is But I don't believe in lying back Saying how bad your luck is

January 26th, 2011, 11:27 AM	#2
eek Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 568 Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 4,243 Times in 502 Posts	True, but you could get 2 PCs for the same price? Or maybe a desktop and a lappy?

January 26th, 2011, 12:04 PM	#4
blondifan Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,406 Thanks: 55,003 Thanked 60,212 Times in 4,401 Posts	I am currently awaiting delivery of a MacBook Pro laptop. I'm just so tired of incompatability issues with microcok software and that's just for starters. I also am seriously distressed that banks, governments and companys use pc's.

January 26th, 2011, 12:53 PM	#5
bombermouse Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: In the fog Posts: 3,868 Thanks: 105,786 Thanked 33,562 Times in 3,839 Posts	Though Macs are more expensive, you will find they last much longer. The one I replaced with my newish iMac lasted 8 1/2 years.

January 26th, 2011, 01:17 PM	#6
galadriel Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 34 Thanks: 21 Thanked 157 Times in 21 Posts	After being a PC user for over 22 years I made the switch and bought an iMac in February 2008. What a relief! It just works! The one thing stopping me from buying a Mac was the mac users who were like 'born again Christians' preaching how wonderful the mac was. Now I am one of those preaching how great the mac is...

January 26th, 2011, 01:46 PM	#8
monogroover Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Midlands Posts: 505 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 7,736 Times in 521 Posts	I hope you get on OK with your iMac. As an IT specialist who had to work with them, I'd certainly never buy one myself. By some distance the worst implementation of Unix I've ever had to work with, and I've worked with a fair few. The filesystem (HFS+) is appalling, as well.