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| Brand: Apple
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $1,199.00
Buy New: $1,194.00
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Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 56
Media: Personal Computers
Operating System: Mac OS X
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.4
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Processors: 2
System Memory: 1000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 250
Display Size: 20
Shipping Weight (lbs): 35
Dimensions (in): 23.7 x 22.5 x 9.2
MPN: MB323LL/A
Model: MB323LL/A
UPC: 718908999349
EAN: 0885909203079
ASIN: B000X3GTMM
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 89
 Love it, of course May 30, 2008
LazuliLong (North Carolina)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I was a Windows/PC user for 15 years, which is more than half my life. When it was time to buy a new computer recently, I waffled about making the leap to Mac and eventually turned coward. Three weeks ago I bought a new PC. I spent almost three days setting everything up and dealing with Vista. On the fourth day, it wouldn't recognise its monitor any more. I was done. I took it back and bought this beautiful baby.
I'm absolutely in love with it. The screwy secured wireless network my husband set up in our house? It took three hours to get the PC to recognize and accept it. This Mac? One minute. Everything's been like that -- beautifully simplistic and intuitively easy to use. I've cut the clutter on my desk by 2/3rds. And sweet heavens is this baby fast. The screen is gorgeous and my kids keep begging to be allowed to play with it. Not going to happen. The iMac is mine, all mine!
The only drawback I've found is that I haven't found a personal finance program that competes with Microsoft Money. I've tried out three so far, all of which have had issues, and the reviews on Quicken are god awful. But that's okay, because I can use bootcamp and run XP and Money. Beautiful, I'm telling ya!
AMAZING!!! May 11, 2008
dckdvd
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
We bought this machine with our stimulus payment to replace a 7 year-old machine that I'm not even going to compare this to. Not even close.
I will compare it to the MacBook Pro that I use for work. I'm not sure if it's a difference in OS (this being 10.5 and the work machine having 10.4) or the difference between laptop and desktop, but this machine is SUPER FAST!!!
Setup was quick and painless - as with all Macs.
It's also amazingly quiet.
The screen is HUGE and the image quality is outstanding - even with the glossy surface.
I like the keyboard an mouse so much that I bought a set for my work laptop.
I won't comment on the long term reliability until I've had it for a while, but if it's anything like my last machine (which the kids are now using), I'm not too worried.
fantastic May 20, 2008
Vladimir Kushnir (Darien, CT United States)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have iMac for a couple of weeks now. This completes the switch of our household from Windows XP to Mac OS. Before we had Windows desk-top and lap-top. Lap-top was replaced with MacBook 13 in half-a-year ago, and now the desktop is replaced by 24-in iMac. I was somewhat worried about need to learn a new OS. I am still going though some minor pains of figuring out how to do this and that, but overall the Leopard looks fantastic, and transition process in much easier than I've expected. Unlike other reviewers, me and members of my family have absolutely no problem with the glossy screen. My wife and I watch movies on it. I've also got a 500 GB WD hard drive with firewire which I use for Time Machine. That was easy, and the Time Machine is the coolest application I've seen. Overall, this is the best computer I've ever had.
You'll stare in awe... July 22, 2008
Jeff ten Bosch (New Jersey)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Ok, so I'm a Mac newb. I've been a die-hard Windows user since 3.0. I used to hate the Mac's because I always thought they were too expensive and the fact that it was such a closed system, you could never tinker with it.
Well, I've grown and matured. We recently purchased this iMac 24" and when I took it out of the box and powered it up, we all just stared at it in awe. The fit and finish is just amazing. The screen, including the resolution, brightness, is just out of this world.
When we finally came out of our trance from just looking at the machine, I decided to poke around the OS a little. For the most part, it's very intuitive. It wasn't until several weeks later that I realized I could program the 2nd mouse button on the mighty mouse. Once I did that, all my frustration went away. But before then, I have to say, I didn't realize at how addicted I am to the right mouse click.
The bundled software included on the Mac is fantastic. The iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD products are not only very useful, they're just plain fun to toy around with.
My only gripes with the Mac are mostly based on what seemed to be a slighly buggy OS. The most unreliable applications are Safari, and Firefox. Oddly, I installed Firefox because I was getting to hate safari. There's still a huge number of websites that don't recognize it as a real browser.
We debated on whether to buy MS Office or iWork. We opted for iWork, which for the most part I'm happy with. However, it's still just a very rudimentary Office bundle and doesn't quite have all the features I was hoping for. However, the built-in templates are very cool.
The only thing I did to make the transition from PC to Mac better was buy a copy of VMware Fusion and converted our old PC into a VM. When ever we're stuck and have no patience to figure something out, we jump start the old PC in Fusion. BTW, if you're an old PC user and haven't checked out fusion, do so now!!
Overall, we are so pleased with the iMac. The hardware is just fantastic and the OS has become a pleasure to use. I would highly recommend this to anyone considering making the switch or if you're in the market to upgrade an older Mac. You won't be disappointed.
Love It June 1, 2008
wonderama (L.A.)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've had this machine for about six months now it's been a pleasure to use; virtually silent and troublefree. I've been a mac owner for decades, and this is the best machine I've had yet. The screen is amazingly clear and the glossiness isn't a distraction. I use graphics programs such as Photoshop and InDesign and this is everything I need. It's worked perfectly right out of the box.
The one exception is the Time Machine backup program that automatically backs up to a connected spare hard drive. I feel that the program doesn't have enough options for what it saves (it saves everything) versus only the essential files that I want to save. The Time Machine backups take up an enormous amount of hard disk space on your spare drive, and as a result I've deleted the program from the applications folder and just backup manually.
The new-style keyboard took a bit of getting used to at first. I like crisp, clicky keyboards and originally felt that the Apple keyboard didn't have enough key travel and cushion (I really pound the keyboard). But I've since adjusted and really don't think about it anymore. Because of this experience, I think I'd be comfortable getting the macbooks because previously I'd been leery of the similar feel of their keyboards. In any case, I definitely replaced the mouse; I prefer mice with PC-style right click buttons, one case where I feel M$ products are superior.
Overall I'm very happy with this machine. I don't have to worry about constantly fight crapware or malware while using the Internet. I just turn it on and it works; freeing me up to use it rather than spend my time maintaining it.
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