Mac New iMac: First Impressions
Okay, for those of you who care, here's my first impressions of my new iMac G5 2.1 GHZ. This is my fifth iMac, so I'm pretty imbedded into the performance of this brilliant machines.
1.) I have one dead pixel on the screen...just one. It's small, most people wouldn't notice, but my eyes keep focusing on the imperfection and it's in the dead center of the screen. Should I exchange it just for that?
2.) It's quiet! No, I mean it's really quiet. My last '20 iMac 2GHZ was subtly noisier that this one. I hear the hard drive from time to time and that's it. Whisper quiet is not just an Apple cliche.
3.) I'm not sure how .1 GHZ makes a difference but it's zippier, yes, you'll notice. Maybe it's the memory, I dunno.
4.) World of Warcraft is no better on my last one that this one, I tried to up the default graphics settings to a little bump up...choppy. So, those of you wanting to switch just on the sheer fact there's a new video card in it "PCI-Express (say with an echo)", forget about it. I can't say I'm disappointed too much as for years Apple never gave it the graphics cards it should have, now it finally does. Still, it's not up to moderate gamer specs.
5.) Photo Booth - Big Deal
6.) Front Row - Totally Cool. Thanks Apple, this one was a well thought (or copied) idea.
7.) The smell - Nothing smells better than a new Mac. Just that heating up and smell of plastics....ah, you can't pay for a better bottled smell.
8.) iSight - Yeah, the camera has improved. I would say it's noticible different than my old iSight which magnetically hung on the top of my old mac. Another great innovation.
Well, that's it. Hope I didn't bore you too much or step on any toes. If you have any other questions let me know. Also, give me your opinion about the dead pixel. I just know those people at CompUSA are going to look at my like I'm on crack complaining about one dead pixel. Still, when I resell in 8 months and the eBay buyer asks, "Are there any dead pixels", I rather not say "Yeah, one, right in the dead center of the screen" Take care.
1.) I have one dead pixel on the screen...just one. It's small, most people wouldn't notice, but my eyes keep focusing on the imperfection and it's in the dead center of the screen. Should I exchange it just for that?
2.) It's quiet! No, I mean it's really quiet. My last '20 iMac 2GHZ was subtly noisier that this one. I hear the hard drive from time to time and that's it. Whisper quiet is not just an Apple cliche.
3.) I'm not sure how .1 GHZ makes a difference but it's zippier, yes, you'll notice. Maybe it's the memory, I dunno.
4.) World of Warcraft is no better on my last one that this one, I tried to up the default graphics settings to a little bump up...choppy. So, those of you wanting to switch just on the sheer fact there's a new video card in it "PCI-Express (say with an echo)", forget about it. I can't say I'm disappointed too much as for years Apple never gave it the graphics cards it should have, now it finally does. Still, it's not up to moderate gamer specs.
5.) Photo Booth - Big Deal
6.) Front Row - Totally Cool. Thanks Apple, this one was a well thought (or copied) idea.
7.) The smell - Nothing smells better than a new Mac. Just that heating up and smell of plastics....ah, you can't pay for a better bottled smell.
8.) iSight - Yeah, the camera has improved. I would say it's noticible different than my old iSight which magnetically hung on the top of my old mac. Another great innovation.
Well, that's it. Hope I didn't bore you too much or step on any toes. If you have any other questions let me know. Also, give me your opinion about the dead pixel. I just know those people at CompUSA are going to look at my like I'm on crack complaining about one dead pixel. Still, when I resell in 8 months and the eBay buyer asks, "Are there any dead pixels", I rather not say "Yeah, one, right in the dead center of the screen" Take care.
