Joel,
I am brand spanking new to the Mac experience and decided after much
consultation with my mac junkie brother-in-law to go for broke. I
purchased an 800 MHz G4, 17 inch Flat screen with 1 Meg of RAM. How it
compares to the emac, I couldn't tell you. As far as being silent.
The only noise I ever here is when the Superdrive fires up to read a
disc. My external Hard Drive makes much more noise than the Imac.
As for the monitor withstanding teenage "normal wear and tear" I also
have one of those beings. The great thing about this monitor, in
addition to its cool looks, is the 2 inch wide glass frame surrounding
the more delicate LCD. That border is a great handle. And, it cleans
really easily.
Having had no experience with any previous OS, I only know OS X 10.2
and am having a time finding an all in one office machine to work with
it. HP tells me "by the end of Sept." new drivers should be out...
Other wise, the applications that come with Jaguar are really easy to
use and have so far met all of my needs.
On Friday, Sep 20, 2002, at 13:40 US/Eastern, Joel Stern wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I found out about this list from a bicycling list I am on..I am in the
> process of buying a new mac, I have used my strawberry iMac for about 3
> years now, it was my second mac. I have been looking at both the new
> iMac FP
> 15inch combo and the eMac combo. Both will do what I need, the
> questions
> have to do with:
>
> CRT screen vs. LCD. From what I have been told radiation should not be
> a
> concern, the LCD might be a bit harder to keep, but easier on the
> eyes..
>
> Noise: my strawberry is pretty noisy, it has a fan, I think the eMac
> should
> be quieter..they did not seem noisy in the apple store, but at home it
> may
> sound different. I know the iMac is pretty quiet, any comments on this?
>
> OS X..I hear this is not a very easy transition and there are some
> quirks..I
> am using 8.6.. I am not a computer expert, I just like to go on and do
> my
> business, correspondence, email, internet. I am sure my 13 year old
> will
> figure it out and teach me when she is in the mood..and speaking of a
> 13
> year old, will the LCD hold up to fingers etc. that an adolescent will
> subject it to?
>
> I was thinking of upgrading either of these machines with an additonal
> 512
> of memory. I think that should be enough for anything I would do.
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
>
> Joel Stern
> East Longmeadow, MA
>
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