Too bad, the iMac 20" has a terrible LCD display which lacks the ability to display grayscale reasonable.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:52:15 +0100, "Jatin Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still use both forms extensively. I have a development PC, which I am > slowly de-commissioning and a dell laptop that is primarily used for > off-site work. > > My new development machine is actually a 2Gb 24" iMac (am awaiting > delivery > of the additional 2Gb). Apart from the big screen, the main reason why i > bought this is the lact of wires. It has a single power cable, i have an > Ethernet cable & an additional DVI cable for a 2nd screen. But no other > wires (keyboard and mouse are wireless). Its got a built in cam for video > conferencing, and built in speakers. Where my development pc had upto 15 > different cables (power, additional monitors, speakers, keyboard mouse) > the > iMac makes my desk tidier. Oh yes and it looks good too. > > As a development experience, I am slowly beginning to lean towards the > mac. > Eclipse does not look as good/polish as it does on a PC. Expose & Spaces > is > very useful. But since I still need a lot of windows apps, which are > installed in VMs. I could do with more RAM though > > Regards, > > J > > > > > 2008/10/24 john fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> yeah, thanks, have that. Its much better than a couple of years ago. >> Probably plenty good enough for a bushwhacker like me if I just took >> some time with it. >> J >> >> >> Guy Morton wrote: >> > Inkscape is a reasonable Illustrator-replacement, and it's free. >> > >> > >> >>