I would suggest one of the old-style white intel Core 2 Duo iMacs. You
can get them for about the same price as a new Mac Mini on eBay, and
with 3Gb of RAM they are still very decent computers. (Plus I really
dislike Apple's new "mirror" phase, where they think you would rather
stare at bright lights behind you then the actual display. But if you
don't care, you could get the first-generation of those for probably
just a little more)
-Cyrus
On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Po-en Tsai wrote:
>
> intel :p apple just released a new line of mac's.
>
> On 3/12/09, owen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I haven't paid much attention to new releases since '04, so I'm
>> looking for advice on where the "sweet spot" is in flat panel
>> iMacs. I
>> could go with new, but I've had good luck with refurbs and with used
>> machines, and the budget it tight so cheaper would be very welcome.
>>
>> For background - my wife's Tangerine conked out in '04, so I got
>> her a
>> refurb G4 (1.25ghz 20") just as the G5s were being announced (I liked
>> the price, and the fact that it could still boot OS 9). I fixed the
>> tray-load 266 and used it to replace my 7200/90 until I found a
>> Flower
>> Power on eBay. Wifey fell in love at first sight with the 500mhz
>> slot-
>> loader, and gave me her G4. I wish I could say I planned it that way
>> but really I am just lucky.
>>
>> So now it's '09, and I can deal with the lack of DVD support, but the
>> 15" screen and 500mhz CPU just aren't cutting it anymore (even with
>> 1gb RAM installed). Also we've been running 10.3 and it feels like
>> time to upgrade that too (TurboTax online doesn't seem to be working
>> right, I want an upgraded iPhoto, and everytime I boot iTunes it
>> gives
>> me an irritating upgrade message that's not even compatible with
>> 10.3)
>> - and I'd prefer not to have to support multiple operating systems at
>> home.
>>
>> I was hoping Dan would have posted a "Guide to flat panel
>> iMacs" (hint), but between the individual profiles and the "value
>> equation" articles it's easy enough to pick up the specs. That
>> doesn't
>> tell me a lot about the relative merits and demerits though.
>>
>> We're also looking at laptops, but my Duo 250 and her eMate really
>> never got used as much as our iMacs.
>>
>> So what does everyone think? Should I pick up a second G4, upgrade to
>> G5, Or make the jump to Intel?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Owen
>>
>>>
>>
>
> >
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