On 3/4/02 8:14 PM, "Anne Keller-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> At 12:12 -0800 3/3/02, Cecil Farrell wrote:
>>> When is the plain cd-rw new imac coming out?>
> 
> At 9:15 PM -0800 3/3/02, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
>>  Top of the line (SuperDrive) released by the end of January. I have mine.
>>  Middle of the line release (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) around the end of February.
>>  Bottom of the line release (CD-RW) around the end of March. At the
>> rate you are going, you should be ready to buy in June/July.
> 
> How much do you all guess it will cost?

No guessing required. Apple has the prices right there on their web site.
The iMac starts at $1299.00.

> My sister is considering an iMac
> of some variety and she's on a tight budget. Would one of the older iMacs
> that are being d/c be a good bet as well? It's for word processing and
> Internet surfing, basically (she's struggling along on a Performa with
> 16MB Ram if you can believe).

It would probably be fine for her.
 
> What will the prices on the old ones go to? I guess the Rev.A is not a good
> one to get, what about one of the late models?

You can no longer buy the Rev A's new from Apple.

> And ... if you have time, what would be the minimum RAM that makes sense?

256.

> And ... in OSX, how do you get it to tell you what apps are using up what
> RAM while open? "About this computer" told me only what processor
> and how much RAM total.

Because in OS X, that is no longer an issue.

Shawn King
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CmdrTaco, Macromedia, Sony & MUG News!
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