iMac 24", 2 GB, 7600 review

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by Sirtovin

All I can say is IMAC makes me happy... Intel that is... I got the best of both worlds... OSX/M$... Bootcamp... I love my Apple... LESS WIRES... TOO... Unlike the basic PC where you have 2 plugs going into the wall or 3 if your into high tech speakers... with Imac... 1 plug... in the wall... Wireless... No tangles. I love it... If I had waited I would have got the 24" instead of the 20" lol...

Well, let's not knock all those of us still using our PowerPC Macs either. I've had my iMac G5 for about a year and I'm still enjoying the heck out of it. It's better than any other machine I have in my house (just see my signature for the other machines I'm talking about). I guess the only exception would be the Quadra which is also a Mac but a vintage one.

Regardless, I have to say I am impressed with the Intel Macs. One of my schools that I am a tech for is ordering 11 iMacs and according to the Apple rep I spoke with they will be shipping with the Core 2 Duo chips instead of the Core Duo chips that were there when we ordered them, so I'm especially excited when mine comes in (using it to manage both PCs and Macs at the school).

[Sirtovin]

Originally Posted by nixgeek

Well, let's not knock all those of us still using our PowerPC Macs either. I've had my iMac G5 for about a year and I'm still enjoying the heck out of it. It's better than any other machine I have in my house (just see my signature for the other machines I'm talking about). I guess the only exception would be the Quadra which is also a Mac but a vintage one.

Regardless, I have to say I am impressed with the Intel Macs. One of my schools that I am a tech for is ordering 11 iMacs and according to the Apple rep I spoke with they will be shipping with the Core 2 Duo chips instead of the Core Duo chips that were there when we ordered them, so I'm especially excited when mine comes in (using it to manage both PCs and Macs at the school).

hehehe well I used a G4... my old Tower... before I sold it.. but when Bootcamp came out I fell in love with Apple all over again :P

[Go3iverson]

I've been waiting to hear some feedback on the 24". Congrats! I used to have an iMac G5 and just loved the unit. Super quiet, ran cool and handled even complex tasks. Of course, the Intel iMac, with the dual core chips just took that a step further!

I just received my new Intel baby as well. Just got the Quad 3GHz MacPro with x1900 GPU. I'm happy to write in my thoughts on it, if y'all are interested. I can compare it to the Core Duo Mac Mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro even, if you all are interested. I've been pretty happy with the Intel transition, if you hadn't noticed!

Michael

[Sirtovin]

Originally Posted by Go3iverson

I've been waiting to hear some feedback on the 24". Congrats! I used to have an iMac G5 and just loved the unit. Super quiet, ran cool and handled even complex tasks. Of course, the Intel iMac, with the dual core chips just took that a step further!

I just received my new Intel baby as well. Just got the Quad 3GHz MacPro with x1900 GPU. I'm happy to write in my thoughts on it, if y'all are interested. I can compare it to the Core Duo Mac Mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro even, if you all are interested. I've been pretty happy with the Intel transition, if you hadn't noticed!

Michael

Drools... MacPro... MMMMMMMmmmmmm

[Ferdinand]

I love the Mac Pro, sadly dont have any (waaay out of my budget) but I got a MacBook, so... can't complain. How is it anyway? Does it work really fast?
I only saw them at apple.com and one in a store, but it was without display and turned off. -sigh-

[chevy]

Originally Posted by Go3iverson

I've been waiting to hear some feedback on the 24". Congrats! I used to have an iMac G5 and just loved the unit. Super quiet, ran cool and handled even complex tasks. Of course, the Intel iMac, with the dual core chips just took that a step further!

I just received my new Intel baby as well. Just got the Quad 3GHz MacPro with x1900 GPU. I'm happy to write in my thoughts on it, if y'all are interested. I can compare it to the Core Duo Mac Mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro even, if you all are interested. I've been pretty happy with the Intel transition, if you hadn't noticed!

Michael

Oh yes, just do it. User's reviews are always interesting for new machines.

[Go3iverson]

Cool. I'm happy to add in whatever feedback I can. Like I said, I have four different dual core Intel machines here, so I'm happy to provide any info I can!

I did make some changes to my Mac Pro config. I added a Raptor 10k RPM 150GB HD as the primary disk. I had a 160GB SATA drive that I put in for any sort of dual booting I may want and then moved the new 500GB to be media storage. Next time I open it up, I have a Fibre Channel card which will link it into an Xserve RAID for additional storage and disk I/O.

As for speed, it boots incredibly fast. I mean, 10 seconds type fast on 10.4.7. When I get the MPEG2 Apple software installed, I can give you guys some info on mpeg2 transport stream conversions and so forth, which can really tax out a CPU.

Michael

[Satcomer]

Originally Posted by Go3iverson

As for speed, it boots incredibly fast. I mean, 10 seconds type fast on 10.4.7. When I get the MPEG2 Apple software installed, I can give you guys some info on mpeg2 transport stream conversions and so forth, which can really tax out a CPU.
Michael

If you want benchmarks on everything that the new Macs vs older Macs can do with every possible part then look at BareFeats.