> On Apr 23, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Bill Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not at all dead-set on an iMac, it's just that's what I've been using > for many years. The Mini+monitor idea sounds just fine with me, although > since I already have a keyboard and mouse (I use the Logitech Trackball, > M570, because of pain issues in my hand/wrist), would I really need to > replace those?
Oh, no. if you’ve already got that stuff you’re set, and you’ll save a $100 or so. > I will most likely get the best internal drive I can manage, because I've > been increasingly unhappy with the molasses-like response of the > standard-issue one. Also, since I haven't bought a monitor in probably 20 > years, what suggestions do you have for models at around $150 or so? I assume > a 24-inch (diagonal?) would be fine, I don't really need Cinerama on my desk. You would be surprised at just how quickly a large monitor goes from ‘I don’t really need this’ to ‘Hey, this is nice’ to ‘Oh man I don’t know how I’ve gotten along with such a dinky monitor for so long I need a bigger one’ :-) Most LCD monitors today are very nearly commodity products (and all the ‘computer brand’ ones are made by other OEM’s; for example I believe Dell’s are made by Acer? and such. If you move fast (It’s on sale today only) Woot has a Samsung 24” for $140 <http://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-24-full-hd-led-backlit-monitor-4> that’s not bad. I got mine form them for about the same price; it’s an de-branded HP monitor that was resold as a refurb. It’s done yoeman service for a couple years now. Newegg has lots of sales on, to so it shouldn’t be hard to score a 24” monitor for that price. That size is pretty quickly becoming the inflection point between cheap commodity monitors and more expensive larger ones. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
