What Ill be getting.

[Nate]

Oh, and can I do gaming on my Mac with these specs?!?!

Ill be getting a:
20-inch: 2 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
500GB Serial ATA drive
ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM
Apple USB Modem
iWork '06 (Maybe '07 if it comes out) preinstalled

Total: $2,402.00

 

[menace3054]

sweet, congratulations youll love it!

 

[Nate]

Thanks menace!

 

[D3v1L80Y]

In about a year I will be a MacMan!

Keep in mind that if you are going to take a year to save, then this Mac will most likely not be the exact same one available by then. There will likely be a newer version. There could also be a whole new Mac out by then, a completely new model. Not saying that there will be, but it is indeed possible.


I guess what I am getting at is to not get too attached to a saved order like that, unless you plan on getting it in less than a week.
:black:

 

[Nate]

Okay thanks, but if they do come out with a new model, will the price be higher?

 

[D3v1L80Y]

Okay thanks, but if they do come out with a new model, will the price be higher?

Nobody but Apple can answer that... and not until that time comes.
:black:

 

[Nate]

i c, thanks for the info.

 

[Nate]

And can I do gaming on that Mac?

 

[Say_Cheese]

You can. Depends what games you want to play. What you want to do with it.

 

[Nate]

I want to have video editing, photoshop, and HL2, CS:S, and a couple others.

 

[Say_Cheese]

Just bear in mind that currently Phtoshop is not Universal Binary. Therefore it will have to run under Rosetta.
Saying that it runs ok on my Imac.

 

[Sydrocentric]

Yes, you can play games. What games you ask? idk, I just play card games.

 

[Nate]

Games like Counter Strike Source, Doom 3, etc.

 

[Marl Huss]

Strictly from my base instinct I would imagine that it should work, there were some benchmark tests somewhere (ill try to find link) which had the Mac Pro, PowerMac G5, iMac 17inch Intel and a XPS. The iMac did okay on Doom 3, though the fact Doom 3 was a nVidia game meant that nVidia cards had a advantage on really high resolutions.

Anyway as for Counter Strike Source that should run easially, I can play it on one of my old PCs which has these specs:
2.8ghz P4 (no HT)
512mb RAM
GeForce 6200 256mb VRAM

I easially get enough FPS on high settings. As the game normally plays better on ATi cards I would imagine it should be fine.

Though maybe everything is different in the Mac world in which case im wrong. I cannot imagine a problem though.

 

[OneWorld22]

Nate that's my system! I also got Mac Office. Fantastic system, a real flier though I don't play games...

I'm also using the wireless keybopard and wireless mighty mouse, now they are sweet!

 

[Liam]

Im going to be getting the same system - am I correct in thinking you also got a remote and freeview with this?

 

[Nate]

Nate that's my system! I also got Mac Office. Fantastic system, a real flier though I don't play games...

I'm also using the wireless keybopard and wireless mighty mouse, now they are sweet!

LOL, awesome, can I come to you when ever I need advice?

 

[Marl Huss]

Im going to be getting the same system - am I correct in thinking you also got a remote and freeview with this?

With the iMac Intel last I checked it came with the remote and Frontrow.

This is from the website:

In the Box
iMac
Apple Keyboard
Mighty Mouse
Apple Remote
Power cord
Install/restore DVDs
Printed and electronic documentation

Software

Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode Developer Tools)
iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand), Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork (30-day trial), Quicken 2006 for Macintosh, Big Bang Board Games, Comic Life, Omni Outliner, and Apple Hardware Test
Front Row
Photo Booth

More info here:
http://www.apple.com/imac/whatsinside.html

 

[steve zissou]

sweet. thats my mac(soon to be ordered) but without the 500gb and with final cut (i think its pro comes with a package) and aperature if i feel like it.

 

[Nate]

Cool, I want Final Cut, but not know, later when Im used to my Mac.