POLL: What is your primary uses for the imac 27" model?

[gentleman00]

Could you please list the top three to five uses for your imac 27" inch. Mine are:

1. surfing the web
2. word processing, excel, powerpoint
3. Itunes
4. Iphoto
5. Movies

[neonkru]

1. Magic Online Play
2. Web Surfing
3. Movies

[DFXThomas]

- Internet (Safari, Mail, Adium, iChat, Skype, ...)
- Videos, Music, Photos (iTunes, iPhoto, QuickTime, VLC, Handbrake, ...)
- Gaming (C&C, CS, UT, WoW, ScummVM, DOSBox, ...)
- Web-Design (Dreamweaver, BBEdit, Transmit)
- Other stuff (Pages, Keynote, iCal, Pixelmator, ... )

[wodeh]

1) Virtualization (multiple LAMP environments plus Windows 7)
2) Simultaneously viewing large amounts of porn
3) Pretending to myself that I have a Mac Pro with a 30" Cinema display
4) Gaming

[Shawnstra]

1. Internet Browsing (forums, youtube, etc.)
2. Online Games
3. School Work (MS Office/iWork)
4. iTunes
5. iWeb

[SOLLERBOY]

1.photo editing
2.video editing
3.internet use
4.web design
5.online tv.

[Santabean2000]

1. Photoshop & Lightroom
2. Internet
3. Dreamweaver
4. iTunes & iPhone
5. After Effects & FCE (hobbie/favours)

[Jouhne]

1. Work: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Aperture, Word, Acrobat Pro
2. Internet: Safari, Mail, Transmit, Adium, Transmission, Mumble
3. Family: iPhoto, iMovie
4. Games: WoW, Dragon Age (Win XP)
5. Everyday's Tools: iTunes, Yojimbo, Thing, Evernote, iCal, FontExplorer Pro

[Kirbdog]

1. Internet, Email, Spread sheets
2. Editing photos. Photoshop, Aperture
3. Encoding Video. Handbrake
4. Front Row. Its in my room so I use it to stream media
5. Media Server. So I can steam media to my PS3 and 360

[Little HZ]

Don't have mine yet (plan to buy next Friday :rolleyes:), but here is what I WILL use it for:

1.) Heavy-duty photo editing
2.) e-mail
3.) word processing
4.) maintain several website
5.) Internet (research and miscellaneous browsing)

[fruitpunch.ben]

1. Word processing
2. Using as stereo to listen to music
3. Surfing Internet
4. Using as TV to watch movies
5. Video & photo editing and viewing

[itommyboy]

1. Snagging the ladys
2. Snagging some more ladys
3. Snagging even more ladys

Hot nerds with big sexy bright Macs ftw.

[Kronie]

1. Work: M$ office, Quickbooks, assorted Adobe CS3 apps, lightroom.
2. Internet
3. Music streamed to receiver in living room. (Highly recommended (http://www.audioengineusa.com/w1_home.php))
3. "backing up" movies/Mac the ripper/handbrake

[barefeats]

1. Benchmarking (for online articles)
2. Cartooning (Painter, Photoshop)
3. Desk sculpture and eye candy to impress my friends

[MT0227]

Photo/Video Editing
1) Photoshop/Lightroom
2) Premiere
3) Final Cut Studio

Audio Editing/Ripping
1) Bias Peak Pro
2) Max
3) xACT

- Looking to get into online TV