Steve Kidd wrote: > Here's where you get really offensive. "iCraps"? First, Eric, there's no > doubt a lot of people on this list that use iMacs, and love them. No reason > to insult their choices or their Macs.
Yes, I have an "iCrap" and I found that choice of language a little insulting. To me, "crap" means poor quality. The iMac is not poor quality, it is a good quality "basic" computer. Some friends bought a well known name brand PC around the same time I bought my iMac. They are on their third computer and about the 5th hard drive. Now, that is what I call "crap". Luckily all replacements were covered by the extended warranty they bought, but each time they lost some data and were without a computer for a while. > The wonderful thing about the iMac is that a lot of the more serious users > have found it to be perfectly capable for their uses. That's me. When the iMac DV came out with FireWire and iMovie, I thought "That's exactly what I want to do with my computer!" and ran out and bought an iMac and a digital video camera. I had been considering a G4 with the new-at-the-time 22" Cinema Display, but came to my senses and realized an iMac will do what I "need". >>The iMacs are useful for the flush-toilet society. Buy a "cheap" computer. >>Use it for a few years and throw it away. My Performa 580 (6 year old iMac ancestor) is the computer I use when my son is hogging the iMac to play Shockwave games. I also have two Colour Classics (8 year old iMac ancestors). One Colour Classic is upgraded (Mystic) so the kids can use it for CD-ROM games. The other is waiting for me to find the time and a Power Mac 6500 to upgrade it to Power Colour Classic status. Then it will replace the Performa. Up until 10 months ago, this "upgrade limited" Colour Classic amazed the PC users at work: scanning and editing images, writing and illustrating manuals, creating PDF files and web pages, submitting files to the printshop over the network, and all with a 512x384 screen. 1024x768 on my iMac is not too small for me. That's why I told the department head an iMac is fine when they decided to replace the PC I hadn't been using. I could have asked for a G4 with a 22" monitor, but the truth is, the iMac is overkill for what I do at work. Everything gets done a little faster than using the Colour Classic, but not much. So, to the original poster, please don't apply your PC advertising induced "bigger numbers are better" thinking to the iMac. If you want a 17" screen and 1.7 GHz for $1200, buy a PC. But, be forewarned, my "iCrap" has outlasted three such computers. Jim -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
