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Should have switched to Mac long ago...
Date: September 10, 2009
Written By:
stargazer
From: Rio Rancho, NM
(read all my reviews)
Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Newbie
Mac of Choice:
iMac 24"
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Pros: build quality, design, Easy to Use/Setup, Fast/High Speed, features, quiet, Screen Display
After Vista OS crashed my PC for the 4th time in three months I decided to get a Mac instead. I was stunned at how extremely easy it was to set the whole thing up. This is how plug and play should really be. It picked up the drivers for my printer and external drive quickly and without issues. The OS is extremely fun and easy to use, even after using Windows my whole life. At first i was a little intimidated by the large screen size as my previous one was 22" but I'm getting used to the size and am loving the crisp colors. As a web designer, I'm noticing colors on favorite websites that I never noticed before because they were so washed out on my last monitor. I can't find anything wrong with my new Mac computer, the only con I have is not having switch long ago.
Oh, and it's extremely quiet and boots up very fast (slow boot time a problem I couldn't get used to when using Windows).
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Love that iMac!
Date: August 9, 2009
Written By:
CompactDiscoveries
From: Weaverville, NC
(read all my reviews)
Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Average
Mac of Choice:
iMac 24" with intel and 1 T storage
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Pros: build quality, design, Easy to Use/Setup, Fast/High Speed, features, quiet, Screen Display, size & weight, value for money
This is a dream machine if there ever was one, but when I transferred files from my old iMac to this one, I'm afraid it transferred some problems with it. I called for free Mac support, the phone was answered by a real human being after one ring, and the lady on the end knew just what to do to solve my problems, immediately e-mailing me written instructions on how to archive and install the system. That worked. This was the quickest, best customer service I've ever experienced, and it came right from Apple in one phone call.
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My First Mac
Date: August 9, 2009
Written By:
malcolm
From: Phoenix, AZ
(read all my reviews)
Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Newbie
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Pros: build quality, design, Easy to Use/Setup, Fast/High Speed, features, quiet, Screen Display, size & weight, value for money
Cons: keyboard
I have used PCs for many years and finally got fed up with giving up so much processing time and memory to virus protection. An online MMORG game (CoH) I play a lot released a Mac version and Apple finally has come out with products with the power I am used to with PCs, so I decided to try it.
I like the iMac because of it's small footprint. It also is quieter that PC desktops. I don't hear any noise at all.
I am very pleased with the hardware and OS as well as the applications that came loaded on the machine.
The only drawbacks I've come across are minor and some are due to my unfamiliarity with Macs.
My biggest complaint has to do with the mouse and the right mouse click behavior. I didn't think about it when I ordered the iMac, but some Mac mice don't even come with the ability to do right mouse clicks. Fortunately my machine came with a might mouse and right clicks are supported, but the default behavior was not what I expected. I found the work around on my game forum. You have to set up the mouse to treat the right mouse clicks as a secondary rather than primary. After that it worked just the way I am used to.
I couldn't find the information about the keyboard layout , which is somewhat different that the PC, but I haven't done an exhaustive search. Overall I would say that kind of documentation seems to be lacking.
My game works great on the iMac. The graphics are incredible and I really like the glossy monitor screen. Something I didn't even know existed. The odd way "packages" are used on the iMac takes some getting used to and I haven't been able to take screen shots or resize my window like I can on the PC, but some of that might just take more research.
Other than those minor issues I'm very happy with my Mac and am looking forward to exploring the machine and getting to know it better.
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