Almost ten years after the first iMac was introduced, I finally bought one of the new aluminum 20-inch 2.4GHz variety. I only had a few minutes to set it up last night (luckily, that’s generally all you need for a Mac) but my first impressions match those of countless reviews elsewhere. It’s gorgeous looking, wicked fast and the screen is great. It will take me a bit to get used to the glossy screen though. Keep in mind that the machine this is replacing is a first generation 1.42GHz Mac mini with 512MB of RAM. Trying to run the iLife apps on that machine was an exercise in pain and I had no desire to attempt to install RAM when the primary tooling required is a putty knife. The new keyboard took about 0.5 seconds to get used to — I definitely like it. I’ll be adding another 1GB of RAM (2GB should be fine for my needs) this week and moving over the last of my files and whatnot. Anyone want a Mac mini on the cheap?
August 22, 2007
August 22, 2007 at 1:13 pm
how much did it cost? maybe I’ll buy a macbook pro, but i have to save a lot of money yet. 😦 but i think its worth the money. btw: a friend will buy an imac himself. i think it will even be the same you just bought
August 22, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I was able to buy it through Harvard for $1399. Unfortunately, I missed the tax-free weekend but it’s still a great deal for the amount of machine.
August 22, 2007 at 1:36 pm
yeah you’re right. would you agree to connect our blogs throught hyperlinks in our blogrolls? that i put a link to your blog in my blogroll and you do the same with a link in your blogroll to my blog. if you want to you can leave a comment on one of my posts in my blog.
sry, my english is not very good yet. but it’s still in progress
August 22, 2007 at 3:33 pm
sry i forgot the address: apple91.wordpress.com
August 22, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Sure, I’ve added you to my blogroll.