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RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:09:19 GMT

hmmm thinking about it Safari is starting to annoy me a little now, its always beachballing when im loading two or more tabs.

well i had mine fold all weekend and i was very pleased, the system didnt go over 42'C all weekend - not bad i reckon :)

think we should start a "post your mac setup" thread :)

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

nitrowing — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:42:25 GMT

[quote][b]SirTom909 (23/05/2008)[/b][hr]well i did say id get round to folding a while back....but didnt get round to it, thik ill give it a go tonight.

i remember my 1.6 CD Mini folded like a beast...loved that machine....

how are you finding your iMac? using iTunes, safari, wow etc it hits about 41'C however when i run Vista....i gets alot hotter and the harddisk grinds allll the time.[/quote]

I actually only use the iMac for web browsing which is a right pain in the butt - the OS fonts are impossible to increase in size apart from a few of them.
I can't stand iTunes - I use VLC.
Safari got binned for firefox.

It folds 24/7 and the CPU's are in the high 50's.

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

Pixel Kid — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:56:18 GMT

I seem to recall hearing something about Windows not recognising some things like fans properly in boot camp. Not entirely sure though??

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:00:09 GMT

well i did say id get round to folding a while back....but didnt get round to it, thik ill give it a go tonight.

i remember my 1.6 CD Mini folded like a beast...loved that machine....

how are you finding your iMac? using iTunes, safari, wow etc it hits about 41'C however when i run Vista....i gets alot hotter and the harddisk grinds allll the time.

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

nitrowing — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:23:33 GMT

I bought the 24" iMac a few weeks ago - it folds like a demon!
I still have the Mac Mini folding too (I use it as a media centre/ DVD player these days!)

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:56:48 GMT

i dont think its a universal binary, only Intel

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

Pixel Kid — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:54:38 GMT

Keep us informed! Is CS3 Intel native? Can't remember if it is or not, I could just check myself I suppose :D

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:56:28 GMT

you read my mind Spike, i think im gona give it a whirl this evening, heard good things bought C2D's folding.

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

spike09 — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:36:21 GMT

you could always load the new mac folding client and do some beta testing :)

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:46 GMT

yeah ill pm you my work

lol...installed the lego star wars demo and run flawlessly, heh going to install WoW and Eve this weekend (Mac) and see how they perform.

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

Pixel Kid — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:20:37 GMT

Would be interested to know how you rate your new iMac for games, I'm waiting for Spore to come out and if it lives up to the hype then I will either build a PC or get an iMac, leaning towards the iMac as I'm not a huge gamer and it seems silly to build a PC just for one game :P

Do you have a website with your work on?

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:09:38 GMT

i do alot of graphics design and web development so used to be able to get buy on my PowerBook alone. Bought this namely to game on and take advantage of CS3 on Office 2008 really.

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

Pixel Kid — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:22:17 GMT

Something tells me WWDC will be quite iPhone focussed this year with the SDK coming out. They are always good though :D I'm hoping they bring back the G4 (lamp style) iMac design one day that was just awesome.

I used to have MS Office but never used it so gave it away to a friend. Started using Pages but I just prefer the simplicity of TextEdit, it does what I need. Numbers is quite good though, some of the templates are quite handy.

What are you using your iMac for? I'm finding these days that a lot of what I do is online, so I don't need the fastest machine or most up to date. Although it's good for those times when you do need something with a bit of umph.

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:54:46 GMT

yeah think XP is the preffered rig for gaming - Vista takes my fancy only because ive been running it on my Mini. Think ill delay the purchase however as its not critical really.

im going to test Office 2008 tomorrow, been running it on my 1GHZ PowerBook and it runs like an absolute dog, so im hoping itll will run better on the iMac. :)

think i might get a MacBook next month following WWDC, i wonder if MM will cover WWDC at all? Ian?

RE: Just bought myself an iMac

Pixel Kid — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:23:58 GMT

Hey nice purchase! :) Very jealous! I wish I had one of the new iMacs, had an older G5 one before I got my MacBook.

Starting to realise me working in an Apple Store is going to mean I am permanently broke. I will probably blow my first wages on a new iMac :P

Is it worth putting Vista on at the moment? I thought XP was the prefered OS for gaming?

Just bought myself an iMac

SirTom909 — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:09:13 GMT

24' iMac 2.4GHZ intel C2D 1GBRAM ATI Radeon HD2600

(image attached)

this things is beast!! bought it brand new today, the Mac Mini just wasnt up to the job. Been using it all afternoon, the migration assistant says it will take 14 hours to transfer everything over from my PowerBook so im tempted to transfer files manually as I dont need everything.

first thing im doing tomorrow is buying some more RAM for it, then I think ill install Vista HP 64 just to see how well it performs, plus i need to do some work in MS Access and *ahem* CoD4 :)

Pixel Kid, didnt you say you recently bought an iMac?