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Hola all,
So, I have been using PCs all of my life until I started teaching in a public school. Here in my state, the schools are dominated by macs. I have a new MacBook 13" (through my school district) and LOVE it, and I also got a 30GB iPod for Christmas and love that. Now I'm wicked tired of Windows and error messages and 10 minute boot-up time, etc., so I'd like to replace my Dell desktop with an iMac... but I have a few questions. My computer programmer cousin works for mac in their "secrets" department, and I've asked him all sorts of questions, but he basically tells me he'd have to kill me if he told me. I do get good discounts, though, so I can't complain too much
I really don't like the looks of the current iMacs - I don't like the big white empty space at the bottom. I am hoping they will update them soon; what are your thoughts? If they do update them, what will they look like? The only thing my cousin has told me is that he doesn't know anything about iMac updates, and even if he did, he couldn't tell me anyway. But he guessed that IF they were to be updated, it would be in the August-October time frame. So that leads me to another question: if I wait til they *possibly* release updated iMacs, do I want to buy them with the new OS and all of its bugs? Would it be better to get an iMac now and buy Leopard several months down the road when the bugs are worked out? Or is it safe to buy a re-designed iMac with the new OS? What are your thoughts?
Thank you in advance for any and all help! I am so new to macs that I am not sure how buggy their new OS's are or what their updating schedule for hardware is like. Thank you for your help!
Bethany
So, I have been using PCs all of my life until I started teaching in a public school. Here in my state, the schools are dominated by macs. I have a new MacBook 13" (through my school district) and LOVE it, and I also got a 30GB iPod for Christmas and love that. Now I'm wicked tired of Windows and error messages and 10 minute boot-up time, etc., so I'd like to replace my Dell desktop with an iMac... but I have a few questions. My computer programmer cousin works for mac in their "secrets" department, and I've asked him all sorts of questions, but he basically tells me he'd have to kill me if he told me. I do get good discounts, though, so I can't complain too much
I really don't like the looks of the current iMacs - I don't like the big white empty space at the bottom. I am hoping they will update them soon; what are your thoughts? If they do update them, what will they look like? The only thing my cousin has told me is that he doesn't know anything about iMac updates, and even if he did, he couldn't tell me anyway. But he guessed that IF they were to be updated, it would be in the August-October time frame. So that leads me to another question: if I wait til they *possibly* release updated iMacs, do I want to buy them with the new OS and all of its bugs? Would it be better to get an iMac now and buy Leopard several months down the road when the bugs are worked out? Or is it safe to buy a re-designed iMac with the new OS? What are your thoughts?
Thank you in advance for any and all help! I am so new to macs that I am not sure how buggy their new OS's are or what their updating schedule for hardware is like. Thank you for your help!
Bethany