I love my MAC; it is the best thing ever especially for photography and there are no threats from viruses; you won’t even need a virus protection program! I think you’ve made a good decision, Natalie. If you can afford the BIG monitor, go for it; it’s like watching a wide screen TV! Delightful!
Love how the old ‘Mac vs Pc’ debate fires everyone up!
I love my macs, and use macs for all my photo editing, but be aware of the downsides to iMac ownership:
VERY Expensive DDR-3 RAM (I’m looking at upgrading from 4-8GB, and it’s going to cost almost $1k) When you upgrade, you throw out a great monitor Upgrading isn’t really an option
Personally, I’ll be ditching my iMac and buying a Mac Pro as soon as I have the money, but given how ludicrously expensive they are, that may be a while!
@ Bonnie – that’s not entirely true – there ARE Mac viruses, just they’re rare. if everyone starts using macs, and they are popular enough to make it worth virus writer’s time writing them, we’ll all come crashing back down to reality. i don’t run any anti-virus either, but that doesn’t mean there is NO risk…
Ahhh it had problems and kept turning off itself. They wouldn’t replace it for DOA and insisted on fixing it. So they had it for 2 days and replaced the RAM thinking it was that. Came back and it wasn’t. It got sent back, then they changed the HDD thinking that was the cause. Since it wasn’t a problem that’d happen straight away, they couldn’t always be sure what the problem was.
Anyway, after changing the HDD, then another visit to change the Video Card… they then changed the motherboard. That finally fixed it but by then it had taken well over 3 weeks and I had purchased a new PC already to do my work :)
I was quite lucky I had purchased a new computer after a week because I would not have been able to tolerate the messing around they caused as well as the downtime in work. In the end, I just smiled, took the computer back, made sure it worked and sold it at a small loss. The new buyer was happy as it was a brand new computer that was discounted and had receipts too!
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RavenSoul
You will LOVE how fast it is!
lightsmith
So reliable too.
Steve Bullock
Nooooo!! My brothers has been a nightmare.. pray the battery doesnt die and blow up the thing.. lol
Natalie Manuel:
It’s not a LAPPY :P hehe
Bonnie T. Barry
I love my MAC; it is the best thing ever especially for photography and there are no threats from viruses; you won’t even need a virus protection program! I think you’ve made a good decision, Natalie. If you can afford the BIG monitor, go for it; it’s like watching a wide screen TV! Delightful!
Natalie Manuel:
Yep I’m getting 24 inch!
lindamiller
Congratulations on your new computer
Russell Greenwood
Enjoy your new world of fantastic typography in a web browser :) *and enjoy the fun Safari only things I drop in RedBubble every now and then!
nannajul
I am going to be a very envious person tomorrow :)
Cadence Gamache
Lucky =]
©FoxfireGaller...
Congratulations on your new toy. Can I borrow it sometime…hehehehe
Steven Lippis
I hope you have better luck with yours than I did with mine. Get the extended warranty!
Stephanie Johnson
Enjoy! You’ll never go back to a PC for photo processing.
Hien Nguyen
i bought a mac a couple years ago. hated it so much that i bought a brand new pc after 1 week. never looked back since :)
Natalie Manuel:
What did you hate about it? :)
earthairfire
Love how the old ‘Mac vs Pc’ debate fires everyone up!
I love my macs, and use macs for all my photo editing, but be aware of the downsides to iMac ownership:
VERY Expensive DDR-3 RAM (I’m looking at upgrading from 4-8GB, and it’s going to cost almost $1k)
When you upgrade, you throw out a great monitor
Upgrading isn’t really an option
Personally, I’ll be ditching my iMac and buying a Mac Pro as soon as I have the money, but given how ludicrously expensive they are, that may be a while!
Enjoy the new purchase :)
Tim
earthairfire
@ Bonnie – that’s not entirely true – there ARE Mac viruses, just they’re rare. if everyone starts using macs, and they are popular enough to make it worth virus writer’s time writing them, we’ll all come crashing back down to reality. i don’t run any anti-virus either, but that doesn’t mean there is NO risk…
William Greenf...
Go Mac, Mac rules
Natalie Manuel
Well I am on it now!
Hien Nguyen
Ahhh it had problems and kept turning off itself. They wouldn’t replace it for DOA and insisted on fixing it. So they had it for 2 days and replaced the RAM thinking it was that. Came back and it wasn’t. It got sent back, then they changed the HDD thinking that was the cause. Since it wasn’t a problem that’d happen straight away, they couldn’t always be sure what the problem was.
Anyway, after changing the HDD, then another visit to change the Video Card… they then changed the motherboard. That finally fixed it but by then it had taken well over 3 weeks and I had purchased a new PC already to do my work :)
Natalie Manuel:
What a dodgy up, they should have just given you a new one!
Hien Nguyen
I was quite lucky I had purchased a new computer after a week because I would not have been able to tolerate the messing around they caused as well as the downtime in work. In the end, I just smiled, took the computer back, made sure it worked and sold it at a small loss. The new buyer was happy as it was a brand new computer that was discounted and had receipts too!