Re: eMac iMac your mac

[Ralph Plumb]

I just purchased and converted to a new 1ghz emac a couple of weeks ago 
and I am very pleased. It has nice large bright screen and fits in the 
same footprint as my old iMac DV which is now my wife's email machine. 
The emac seems to be quite fast. Mine has 512 ram and I plan to add 
another 512 to it. About the only thing so far that I do not like is 
the location of the power switch far back on the right side.  It seems 
to much better designed than the old imac in regards to adding ram and 
replacing the battery. Also I added an extreme airport card and that 
was very easy as it goes right above the DVD/CD tray. I did splurge and 
buy the optional stand which is a real plus and fairly easy to install 
but will have to be removed before adding Ram.  So far the jump from 
400mhz speed to 1ghz speed has been the most noticeable difference plus 
Panther which came with the computer. So far I am very pleased and 
think I did the right thing.  I did not go for the SuperDrive because I 
already have an external Sony drive which is now recognized by iTunes 
and iPhoto but not iDVD which will recognize no external drive. Go 
figure. I saw yesterday you can get the same machine as mine for $899 
with the superdrive, 80gb HD and 128 Ram which I think is about the 
best price around.
Ralph

On Jan 22, 2004, at 12:39 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote:

Ok anyone out there used an eMac I have not seen anything posted and I 
have stopped at the pismos and waiting for the next generation. So I 
need a little real world education and advice. I need to get my son 
another computer for the dorm room.

Are the eMacs reliable, I remember when they 1st came out there were a 
"few" problems but so far from my reading they are fairly reliable.

Are easy to upgrade? The ram, get at the hard drive to replace it and 
is the screen clarity good for the price. I would prefer to be at 1 
GHZ models although a drop or 2 from that might be alright. From what 
I have seen I am looking at $800 to 1K for the refurbs, the student 
discount keeps the new ones in this price range also

The G4 1 GHZ iMacs are awful close in price when your looking at new 
models and refurbs, $1200 to about $1400 with student discount, again 
are the iMacs easy to get into and upgrade with the various components 
listed above. Also are the video cards set or can they be removed and 
upgraded. in either machine.

So eMac iMac what's going to be my sons next mac.

Appreciate the help,
Geoff
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