Hello from my new desktop.
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Hello new GDNet. First off I must say I really love the look and feel of the new website just phenomenal. Despite the small hiccup where somehow during the migration my password got corrupted the staff did a wonderful job in getting me the information I needed to get up and running again on the site in record time. Excellent support guys.
Now on to the real reason for the post. I am saying hello from my brand spanking new iMac. It takes some getting use to but I am in love. The computer is fast, responsive, well integrated, and extremely powerful all in one. Not to mention it feels great to have the power of a *nix kernel + tools without the really nasty support issues and continuity/integration issues of the open source Linux system. Granted I was able to do wonders with a Linux system but I just got sick of the crappy support and things getting broken all the time with kernel updates and what not. So I decided it is time to make the switch to a Mac. Boy I am so glad my $1200 was well spent I would have been pissed if I hated the system. So what is in this beastly computer. Keep in mind I did not by the best iMac on the market so the video card is not the top of the line but I could not justify spending the extra $300 for the kind of development/other purposes I use my desktop for. I am a console gamer so my PS3 handles that for me.
So the specs.
21.5" Screen with speakers mic and webcam built in.
Mac OSX 10.6.6
Intel Core i3 3.06 ghz
ATI 4670 256 mb
4Gb of 1333 mhz ddr3
500Gb serial ata hd
8x Superdrive + sd card reader
Bluetooth wireless keybaord
and a Magic mouse Bluetooth wireless.
So my first impressions is the integration with the hardware is slick. For the specs the machine is a total speed demon. The construction quality is superb I am really impressed with the care taken to make sure everything is top notch materials aka aluminum and glass instead of plastic. The clarity and brightness of the monitor is top notch as well. The os ui is easy to navigate and does so without taking away the power house *nix features and gives easy access to those as well. My favorite so far is the Magic mouse. This mouse is the most well designed / innovative things I have ever used. First it is very aerodynamic but at the same time it remains comfortable and reduces wrist stress. Second it is constructed out of aluminum and the top of it is glass. Great responsiveness from the mouse with great precision. My favorite feature is the lack of a scroll wheel and only having one button. The mouse is multitouch capable. This allow for 1 button to actually work as both right and left click by recognizing which finger is touching the mouse at the click time. Sliding the finger down the mouse allows for scrolling and you can even flick fast it hit the end or beginning of a list or web page. Flicking two fingers left or right allows for back or forward in your web browser just fantastic. You may think the mouse might go flying but it does not move at all thanks to the nice weight to the mouse not to heavy not to light just right. Hold down control and move your finger like you are scrolling and you zoom in and out of the desktop from pointer origin. Very nice for accessibility or doing web video screen casts. The keyboard is nice as well. Very comfortable. I was using a microsoft ergonomic keyboard however, this keyboard is just as stress free. They got just the right angle and the key placement is excellent. The keys don't take much effort to respond to input so it is great for touch typing like I do. It also give you accessibility to all the features of the iMac/OSX like ejecting a cd, expose, brightness, volume, hidden widget dock and media keys.
Software installation is a breeze and initial setup is amazingly simple. Can't wait to give the TimeMachine backup cloud a spin to back up all my documents and such as well. Will let you know how that works out.
Conclusion if you are on the fence of buying a Mac or sticking with windows the answer I can give you is if you play a lot of games and like to constantly upgrade you hardware to stay cutting edge use windows and build your PC I have done that. If you want a amazing stable computer experience without any hiccups and don't mind not having the best video card on the market go with a Mac you won't be disappointed not to mention you get all this great and amazing software that you will never see on a PC. I will say the software for Mac computers is just phenomenally well designed and works like you expect it to with very few bugs. I hit a few bugs with the Safari web browser so I am using Firefox atm but it is not Safari's fault I blame it on bad web coding from my online universities software. I am sure in time those bugs will go away especially with the impressive power of the Safari beta getting ready for HTML 5. The decision is yours either way you will be happy as for me I think I am now officially addicted. I was skeptical at first but now I see why they say once you go Mac you never go back.
Now on to the real reason for the post. I am saying hello from my brand spanking new iMac. It takes some getting use to but I am in love. The computer is fast, responsive, well integrated, and extremely powerful all in one. Not to mention it feels great to have the power of a *nix kernel + tools without the really nasty support issues and continuity/integration issues of the open source Linux system. Granted I was able to do wonders with a Linux system but I just got sick of the crappy support and things getting broken all the time with kernel updates and what not. So I decided it is time to make the switch to a Mac. Boy I am so glad my $1200 was well spent I would have been pissed if I hated the system. So what is in this beastly computer. Keep in mind I did not by the best iMac on the market so the video card is not the top of the line but I could not justify spending the extra $300 for the kind of development/other purposes I use my desktop for. I am a console gamer so my PS3 handles that for me.
So the specs.
21.5" Screen with speakers mic and webcam built in.
Mac OSX 10.6.6
Intel Core i3 3.06 ghz
ATI 4670 256 mb
4Gb of 1333 mhz ddr3
500Gb serial ata hd
8x Superdrive + sd card reader
Bluetooth wireless keybaord
and a Magic mouse Bluetooth wireless.
So my first impressions is the integration with the hardware is slick. For the specs the machine is a total speed demon. The construction quality is superb I am really impressed with the care taken to make sure everything is top notch materials aka aluminum and glass instead of plastic. The clarity and brightness of the monitor is top notch as well. The os ui is easy to navigate and does so without taking away the power house *nix features and gives easy access to those as well. My favorite so far is the Magic mouse. This mouse is the most well designed / innovative things I have ever used. First it is very aerodynamic but at the same time it remains comfortable and reduces wrist stress. Second it is constructed out of aluminum and the top of it is glass. Great responsiveness from the mouse with great precision. My favorite feature is the lack of a scroll wheel and only having one button. The mouse is multitouch capable. This allow for 1 button to actually work as both right and left click by recognizing which finger is touching the mouse at the click time. Sliding the finger down the mouse allows for scrolling and you can even flick fast it hit the end or beginning of a list or web page. Flicking two fingers left or right allows for back or forward in your web browser just fantastic. You may think the mouse might go flying but it does not move at all thanks to the nice weight to the mouse not to heavy not to light just right. Hold down control and move your finger like you are scrolling and you zoom in and out of the desktop from pointer origin. Very nice for accessibility or doing web video screen casts. The keyboard is nice as well. Very comfortable. I was using a microsoft ergonomic keyboard however, this keyboard is just as stress free. They got just the right angle and the key placement is excellent. The keys don't take much effort to respond to input so it is great for touch typing like I do. It also give you accessibility to all the features of the iMac/OSX like ejecting a cd, expose, brightness, volume, hidden widget dock and media keys.
Software installation is a breeze and initial setup is amazingly simple. Can't wait to give the TimeMachine backup cloud a spin to back up all my documents and such as well. Will let you know how that works out.
Conclusion if you are on the fence of buying a Mac or sticking with windows the answer I can give you is if you play a lot of games and like to constantly upgrade you hardware to stay cutting edge use windows and build your PC I have done that. If you want a amazing stable computer experience without any hiccups and don't mind not having the best video card on the market go with a Mac you won't be disappointed not to mention you get all this great and amazing software that you will never see on a PC. I will say the software for Mac computers is just phenomenally well designed and works like you expect it to with very few bugs. I hit a few bugs with the Safari web browser so I am using Firefox atm but it is not Safari's fault I blame it on bad web coding from my online universities software. I am sure in time those bugs will go away especially with the impressive power of the Safari beta getting ready for HTML 5. The decision is yours either way you will be happy as for me I think I am now officially addicted. I was skeptical at first but now I see why they say once you go Mac you never go back.
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