The iMac
Well, the decision’s been made and the hardware purchased. I perused the Apple Store at length, looking at all the options, from Mini to PowerMac. The PowerMacs, while nice and incredibly fast, were too much money, especially since I needed a display. The Mini also needed a display, hurting its value, but more importantly was an expensive pain to expand.
Thus, the final choice: a 20-inch iMac:
I admit to being worried on the way home; the display was smaller than CRTs I’m used to (and, I thought, not that much bigger than my PowerBook), and it’s an iMac — how fast would it really be?
Then I set it up. One word: wow. This machine has exceeded my expectations in nearly every regard. It’s beautiful and elegant, words I don’t normally associate with a computer. It’s powerful, in that I can run Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Firefox, Entourage (c’mon Tiger — want that new Mail!), and iTunes and still be crusing at a fraction of capacity, according to the processor meter in the menu bar. In every way, it’s faster and runs more smoothly than the Mac it replaces. Best of all, it’s quiet, with an almost whispered warble that gently rises and falls with processor load.
Apple, the G5 iMac is a complete winner. Well done. Now all that’s necessary is for me to readjust to life without a PowerBook (which Amanda gets) — to make the choice to walk away from the computer more often instead of living inside of it. This iMac doesn’t make it easy.
Oh, wait, there are bags available.…
Comments:
I am totally jealous. Hey I have an idea! You can send it it a total stranger! Seriously though… good job.
I SO gotta get me one… but I kinda want a power mac… but your right the expence is too great.
So for now I am stuck with this HP PC that is getting slower and slower by day it seems. I can run Photoshop, Firefox, Outlook anything more then that and I am in deep slow mo…