I just bought a MacBook; took it out of the box last night. A Mac [not
MAC] has a setup program that runs when you first turn it on after
taking it out of the box--my MacBook was fully charged w/3-4 hrs of
power--just plug in the iMac. I set the location; it automatically set
the time. I have an iTunes account. I typed my login and password, and
the program filled out my name, address, and other info for me. When I
finished the basic setup, including creating two accounts [one for me
and one for testing] and got to the Finder desktop, I launched Safari.
The Mac had already found our wifi network by itself, and I was on the
Internet to download Firefox and Thunderbird, plus a few other utilities
like StuffIt, FinderPop, and Yasu.
From the time I opened the box to getting on the Internet to read my
email and listen to a web stream, it was less than 10 minutes. My
husband took a week to get his Compaq online, and he still can't get it
to play web streams with any sound!
Your wife will love her Mac. It's so easy to set up and use. Buy the one
that has the video card you want. Drives and memory are same as for PCs.
Find full specs here: http://www.apple.com/imac/
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html Ask Constance about more details if
you need them.
Betty
> Subject: [CGUYS] Buying First MAC
> >
> > I am planning to purchase an iMac for my wife. I have only owned PC's
> > since jobs was in the garage, and have a few hardware questions.
> >
> > 1.looks like 2 memory slots. does std DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300 ) ram fit,
> > or is it something that is mac only?
> > 1a. can I put a 2g in one slot and a 1g in the other and the machine
> > will be happy and run on 3g?
You can install up to 3GB of PC2-5300 SO-DIMMs.
> >
> > 2.can one change/ug the video card or add memory to it, or is it
unique,
> > and hardwired someplace weird?
> > such as, can one remove the nvidia 128 and put in an ati 256?
The base model ships with 128MB video RAM, the others ship with 256MB.
The
video card is part of the motherboard.
> >
> > 3.Is the hd a standard one, and can one pull the existing and put in a
> > larger one?
You can install any SATA drive but it will need to be done by someone
with
the proper equipment. It is not user installable.
> >
> > 4.have heard Leapord(?) will be out in oct. how realistic are apple
> > release dates and how buggy are typical initial releases? will there
be
> > enough thrill to wait?
Leopard is due sometime in October. I expect it to ship in October.
There
are some very nice features. I would wait since the iMacs are often
backordered anyway.
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