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<blockquote data-quote="MattGiaco" data-source="post: 371350" data-attributes="member: 29112"><p>Three weeks ago, I finally took the plunge and bought a 20" iMac. I guess I should preface this by saying that the last time I actively used Macs was in middle and high school (1992-1997), back in the OS 7 days. In fact, I grew up using Apple computers, starting with the II/IIe/IIgs, etc in elementary school and then moving onto the Macintosh when I moved onto middle school and no longer needed my parents or the Apple II. Even venerable old system 7 was light years ahead of Windows 95.</p><p></p><p>At some point (1998 or 1999), I bought an LCIII off of eBay, more as a matter of nostalgia. After a couple of months, it became a closet dust collector until I finally pitched it in the trash in 2005. In retrospect, I should have held onto it.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, I decided that with this year's tax refund, I was going to buy a new PC. I've got a Gateway M675 notebook that I've had for about 3 years, which runs XP Professional. It's plenty fast (P4 3.0ghz/512mb RAM/etc) and has an awesome widescreen display. It also is aging physically, partially because the **** thing is so big that it kind of self-destructs. The other thing is that I've been pretty rough on it and it's got several hours of use every day for the past 3 years.</p><p></p><p>So, on an impulse, I went to the Apple Store in the Mall at Millennia in Orlando and plunked down $1500. As I was driving home, I kept thinking to myself that I'd made a mistake spending that much money on a computer. I rationalized it because I'd spent more than that on the M675, which was pretty impressive and worth the money.</p><p></p><p>So, here I sit. Three weeks have passed and I can honestly say that this is the best computer of any sort that I've ever owned. I actually wonder why the word doesn't spread faster of OS X's superiority. I mean, XP is a pretty mature OS and it's the most stable version of Windows that I've ever used, but OS X just works. It's also more visually appealing, but not at the price of performance.</p><p></p><p>At first I hated the keyboard and mouse. Tonight, I connected my old Microsoft Wireless keyboard/mouse set to the iMac and after about 5 minutes, I realized that I actually preferred the Apple keyboard and the Mighty Mouse. I think the scroll ball is pretty **** cool, although after seeing what the floor models at the Apple store looked like, I wonder how long it will actually work.</p><p></p><p>So, if you've read this far, I thank you. I just figured I'd post and let everyone know that I love my iMac.</p><p></p><p>Now, if I can just convince myself that I need a MacBook, I'll be set. I actually prefer the MB to the MBP simply due to size. After having a monstrous notebook for so long, the size of the MB would be welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MattGiaco, post: 371350, member: 29112"] Three weeks ago, I finally took the plunge and bought a 20" iMac. I guess I should preface this by saying that the last time I actively used Macs was in middle and high school (1992-1997), back in the OS 7 days. In fact, I grew up using Apple computers, starting with the II/IIe/IIgs, etc in elementary school and then moving onto the Macintosh when I moved onto middle school and no longer needed my parents or the Apple II. Even venerable old system 7 was light years ahead of Windows 95. At some point (1998 or 1999), I bought an LCIII off of eBay, more as a matter of nostalgia. After a couple of months, it became a closet dust collector until I finally pitched it in the trash in 2005. In retrospect, I should have held onto it. At any rate, I decided that with this year's tax refund, I was going to buy a new PC. I've got a Gateway M675 notebook that I've had for about 3 years, which runs XP Professional. It's plenty fast (P4 3.0ghz/512mb RAM/etc) and has an awesome widescreen display. It also is aging physically, partially because the **** thing is so big that it kind of self-destructs. The other thing is that I've been pretty rough on it and it's got several hours of use every day for the past 3 years. So, on an impulse, I went to the Apple Store in the Mall at Millennia in Orlando and plunked down $1500. As I was driving home, I kept thinking to myself that I'd made a mistake spending that much money on a computer. I rationalized it because I'd spent more than that on the M675, which was pretty impressive and worth the money. So, here I sit. Three weeks have passed and I can honestly say that this is the best computer of any sort that I've ever owned. I actually wonder why the word doesn't spread faster of OS X's superiority. I mean, XP is a pretty mature OS and it's the most stable version of Windows that I've ever used, but OS X just works. It's also more visually appealing, but not at the price of performance. At first I hated the keyboard and mouse. Tonight, I connected my old Microsoft Wireless keyboard/mouse set to the iMac and after about 5 minutes, I realized that I actually preferred the Apple keyboard and the Mighty Mouse. I think the scroll ball is pretty **** cool, although after seeing what the floor models at the Apple store looked like, I wonder how long it will actually work. So, if you've read this far, I thank you. I just figured I'd post and let everyone know that I love my iMac. Now, if I can just convince myself that I need a MacBook, I'll be set. I actually prefer the MB to the MBP simply due to size. After having a monstrous notebook for so long, the size of the MB would be welcome. [/QUOTE]
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