I was trying to stay out of this, because my initial reaction to
someone making such stark pronouncements is to flip them off as just
ignorant that there are different users with different needs and
environments. I've had mostly towers (mini-towers?) since I got m
first Mac, a IIx, in 1989. And for all the possibility of expansion
the towers gave me, I never actually needed to add anything to them.
And they used up more space than i needed to give up. Now, maybe my
needs are kind of simple--I don't play games, work in video, or
program--I'm a book designer. Aside from more and more monitor real
estate and RAM, I've never really needed to expand anything.
Of course, I'm just one person with one set of needs, but that's the
point of my finding the original statement kind of, well, ignorant.
So, anyway, when my G5 tower fried rather suddenly about 6 months ago,
I needed something in a hurry and I got a 24" iMac. Turns out it's
more computer than I've ever owned: more RAM, faster processor,
largest monitor (handles most two-page spreads I work on very nicely
at 200%), plus it also runs my 23" Cinema Display.
It's the first time I've ever had a two-monitor setup--I didn't need
to buy any adapter for ADC to DVI--very cool for page layout with
multiple programs open. I usually have my InDesign doc open on the
iMac's monitor, with palettes, email, Twitter, and sometimes Word and/
or Photoshop on the Cinema Display.
So, yeah, it can matter that the CPU is in the monitor. But not to the
negative, as the "no point" poster seemed to suggest. For me, at
least, it makes for a much more satisfying work experience. But that's
what I do with my Mac: work. So I have more boring, practical, grown-
up concerns.
Stephen Tiano
Book Designer, Page Compositor & Layout Artist
I don't see a point of buying a Screen with a CPU in the butt. Sorry.
Just curious: Why does it matter where the CPU is?
-Jon
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