My 21.5 is FINALLY HERE

[applelicious]

Just got back from Best Buy and typing this on my first mac - Imac 21.5 base model. Wow, what a machine. This is one beautiful computer. I can not wait to learn all about mac and this computer. Thanks everyone who contributed to this forum to help folks like me with their first mac.

I also got iwork (good idea?) and mobile me. Going to try these out soon. I have a question - I have seen some thread that talk about slow start up time. I am not sure what it supposed to be. If someone who has the same model, please let me know. I think I timed it and it took me around 55 sec to have it back and running. Is this OK? Should I restart Leopard before I load this computer with pics and everything.

Any suggestions as to the first mac user are greatly appreciated.

Thanks again to this great forums. :D

god, this thing is pretty :)

[EliteF50]

Congrats, can't wait to get mine. :)

[Corrode]

Just got back from Best Buy and typing this on my first mac - Imac 21.5 base model. Wow, what a machine. This is one beautiful computer. I can not wait to learn all about mac and this computer. Thanks everyone who contributed to this forum to help folks like me with their first mac.

I also got iwork (good idea?) and mobile me. Going to try these out soon. I have a question - I have seen some thread that talk about slow start up time. I am not sure what it supposed to be. If someone who has the same model, please let me know. I think I timed it and it took me around 55 sec to have it back and running. Is this OK? Should I restart Leopard before I load this computer with pics and everything.

Any suggestions as to the first mac user are greatly appreciated.

Thanks again to this great forums. :D

god, this thing is pretty :)

Not sure about the start up time, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to do a restart if it's your gut feeling.

First order of business: get some apps. The software for OSX is one of the most fun things about Mac's. Check out the best Mac apps thread to see some of the most used apps on the forum.

Until then, go download iStatPro, or iStatMenus. It'll show you at all times what's exactly going on with your computer.

Have fun with your first mac.

[applelicious]

Not sure about the start up time, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to do a restart if it's your gut feeling.

First order of business: get some apps. The software for OSX is one of the most fun things about Mac's. Check out the best Mac apps thread to see some of the most used apps on the forum.

Until then, go download iStatPro, or iStatMenus. It'll show you at all times what's exactly going on with your computer.

Have fun with your first mac.

thank you. I did some research on this forum and found that going to system preferences and choosing internal HD as start up helped me alot, basically cut my boot time in half and now it boots up under 20 sec. Highly recommend doing that for those who feel mac challanged :rolleyes: (like me) to do clean install

I am going to download this app that you mentioned. Thanks

[Bulldog3777]

thank you. I did some research on this forum and found that going to system preferences and choosing internal HD as start up helped me alot, basically cut my boot time in half and now it boots up under 20 sec. Highly recommend doing that for those who feel mac challanged :rolleyes: (like me) to do clean install

I am going to download this app that you mentioned. Thanks

I did the same and my start up time is about 23 seconds now. Was about 50-55 seconds.

[ljonesj]

Well even thou I have had my mini for almost a week I have decided in the spring to get a macbook. it will probably come from the refurb site. I will never buy another windows box in my life I hope. My windows machine i have i will upgrade it through Os's but never to buy another again mac is just to good

[applelicious]

well...been playing this this imac for some time now and it works like magic. Everything just simply works. I do not seem to have any flickering issues or dead pixels. However, I am still under 14 day return if things do go south. I am learning the ropes with mac OS. To those who might consider buying their first mac or just upgrading from older model - go ahead and treat yourself. Its really worth it.
I do have a question guys that I can't seem to find the answer to on these forums. My wife is in love with 'scrapbook' theme for slideshow. Is there are some other themes like iphoto comes with that I can download or buy. This seems like a great way to show people some photo events without really setting anything up. And iphoto comes with maybe 4 or 5 themes. I would love to get my hands on some cool ones

Thanks a bunch
Applelicious (now I really mean it :D)

[snowbound57]

Glad u are enjoying the mac experience applelicious, i'm a new user too and lovin it so far.

I do have screen issues(yellow tinge) but other than that, it's been great. I should have switched a long time ago. ;) :D

[Techhie]

I should have switched a long time ago. ;) :D

For me, it was the journey up until I used OS X that I am most proud of, because it prevented me from being just another kid who thinks they are hot stuff because they can operate a GUI. :rolleyes:

[applelicious]

Glad u are enjoying the mac experience applelicious, i'm a new user too and lovin it so far.

I do have screen issues(yellow tinge) but other than that, it's been great. I should have switched a long time ago. ;) :D

I know I feel the same way. It took me long enough as well. One thing I know for certain is that there is no going back. Bye bye Gates and hello Jobs.

Hey, how do you check for yellow tinge? I did not notice anything but maybe its a good thing :rolleyes: If I don't see it why bother looking for it

[gjw4u]

OP, happy your happy with your new iMac, but just hope, that not every new MR member will start a new post when they receive their 1st Mac.

[ScottFitz]

OP, happy your happy with your new iMac, but just hope, that not every new MR member will start a new post when they receive their 1st Mac.

Party pooper

[mx5apex]

I just got my 21.5" on Friday... I got a discount before the BF sale from Apple. It wasn't the full discount but hey every little bit counts.

[applelicious]

OP, happy your happy with your new iMac, but just hope, that not every new MR member will start a new post when they receive their 1st Mac.

Haha. I actually hope they do because the more we get these thread the more we can get more people to switch to mac :)

[applelicious]

I just got my 21.5" on Friday... I got a discount before the BF sale from Apple. It wasn't the full discount but hey every little bit counts.

Congrats! Enjoy your new imac. Let us know who it works out.

[ScottFitz]

I got mine from Amazon on Black Friday for 1049, free shipping and no tax. Damn nice deal, roughly 13% off. I've been waiting on BF for this and it came thru.

[miki66]

congrats! mine should be here no later than wednesday:p

[mx5apex]

applelicious-Congrats! Enjoy your new imac. Let us know who it works out.

It's working like a dream. Did all the updates and installed my CS3 design premium. I can't say anything bad about it yet.

[applelicious]

It's working like a dream. Did all the updates and installed my CS3 design premium. I can't say anything bad about it yet.

Don't forget to go into system preference and set your internal HD as start up. It should speed up your boot time by about half a minute. Mine boots now under 20 sec (if you interested in that sort of thing :D)

[mx5apex]

Don't forget to go into system preference and set your internal HD as start up. It should speed up your boot time by about half a minute. Mine boots now under 20 sec (if you interested in that sort of thing :D)

That was one of the first things I did. Thanks for thinking about me though.
You can see some of my work here http://nathanashmore.blogspot.com/

[applelicious]

That was one of the first things I did. Thanks for thinking about me though.
You can see some of my work here http://nathanashmore.blogspot.com/

Ohh wow. Those are some nice art designs. Do you actually make guitars or just design art for them? It seems like you do since you have pics of what it seems like a workshop. In your profile it says that you are art design. So I was not sure.

[mx5apex]

Ohh wow. Those are some nice art designs. Do you actually make guitars or just design art for them? It seems like you do since you have pics of what it seems like a workshop. In your profile it says that you are art design. So I was not sure.

In my day job I design shirt graphics... lots of hand drawing and photoshop painting. As a hobby I like to build guitars. I need to start selling them, I don't think my wife will let me keep anymore than I have now.

[shanmugam]

finally my first iMac is here (after 12" PB and 13" MB) and here are some photos

this is office depot desk

[shanmugam]

22" Viewsonic LCD Monitor with MacBook

[shanmugam]

and finally 21.5" iMac clutter free and easy

[shanmugam]

Summary
Section Description Score Geekbench Score 4292
Geekbench 2.1.4 for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Integer Processor integer performance 3551
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 6377
Memory Memory performance 3058
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 2060

[shanmugam]

everything is nice and running...

harddrive is seagate drive starting with letter ST

should i worry about the hard drive noise? i can hear ticking noise once in a while but not much of annoyance

[applelicious]

Congrats on your new toy. Thanks for posting pics. I would not worry about HD noise. My HD is only 500GB so I don't have this issue (I believe only 1TB and higher have it), it is a common thing and I read it on this forum that Seagate customer service confirmed it to be a sound of HD actually working properly

So no worries and enjoy your computer :D

[Trek2100]

Just got back from Best Buy and typing this on my first mac - Imac 21.5 base model. Wow, what a machine. This is one beautiful computer. I can not wait to learn all about mac and this computer. Thanks everyone who contributed to this forum to help folks like me with their first mac.

I also got iwork (good idea?) and mobile me. Going to try these out soon. I have a question - I have seen some thread that talk about slow start up time. I am not sure what it supposed to be. If someone who has the same model, please let me know. I think I timed it and it took me around 55 sec to have it back and running. Is this OK? Should I restart Leopard before I load this computer with pics and everything.

Any suggestions as to the first mac user are greatly appreciated.

Thanks again to this great forums. :D

god, this thing is pretty :)

You mentioned "I also got iwork (good idea?) and mobile me." I have been using MS Office (PC) ever since and including Office 4.1 (pre office 95) at work and here at home. I also have to help others when they have questions/problems with Office. When I bought my MBP (late 2006) I started using iWork along with Office 2004 for Mac. With my new iMac I'm only using iWork '09. If your into all of the power user (advanced) functions of MS word then Pages may not live up to your expectations however, the vast majority of users don't use. Pages is an excellent word processor. I have 2 friends at work who just bought their first Macs, iMac 21.5" core 2 duo. They love iWork '09 even though they have been using MS Office for many years. They also find Numbers to be easier to use than Excel. Keynote is better than PowerPoint and that is not just my opinion.

I love MobileMe. It keeps everything synced, my iPhone, MBP and iMac. And, I can access my MobileMe account from my PC at work.

Have fun with your new iMac:). I'm having a blast with mine.

[applelicious]

You mentioned "I also got iwork (good idea?) and mobile me." I have been using MS Office (PC) ever since and including Office 4.1 (pre office 95) at work and here at home. I also have to help others when they have questions/problems with Office. When I bought my MBP (late 2006) I started using iWork along with Office 2004 for Mac. With my new iMac I'm only using iWork '09. If your into all of the power user (advanced) functions of MS word then Pages may not live up to your expectations however, the vast majority of users don't use. Pages is an excellent word processor. I have 2 friends at work who just bought their first Macs, iMac 21.5" core 2 duo. They love iWork '09 even though they have been using MS Office for many years. They also find Numbers to be easier to use than Excel. Keynote is better than PowerPoint and that is not just my opinion.

I love MobileMe. It keeps everything synced, my iPhone, MBP and iMac. And, I can access my MobileMe account from my PC at work.

Have fun with your new iMac:). I'm having a blast with mine.

Thanks. I actually find iwork easier to use. I am in no way power user for MS Office. Maybe that is why iwork seemed that much more "fun" to use. It even lets me open MS Office excel files that I had on my external HD for personal finances and it works great. I did not know about that feature until I saw it on the back of the iwork box at home. So it is even better value for me.

I am having a blast with imac and mac os. It is very easy to use and is just so much more fun. Yeah, sometimes I have to google how to do certain things, but that is part of the fun. And this new imac just takes that experience to a whole new level. It is one amazing piece of computer engineering. It has plenty of power for everything I want out of this computer on a daily basis. I just couldn't be more happier.:D

[shanmugam]

Congrats on your new toy. Thanks for posting pics. I would not worry about HD noise. My HD is only 500GB so I don't have this issue (I believe only 1TB and higher have it), it is a common thing and I read it on this forum that Seagate customer service confirmed it to be a sound of HD actually working properly

So no worries and enjoy your computer :D

thanks, who is your HD manufacturer? is all of the 500GB made by one manufacturer?

[applelicious]

thanks, who is your HD manufacturer? is all of the 500GB made by one manufacturer?

Check out this thread -http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=825849

I am not sure on 500 GB manufacturer, but I would imagine that it is the same as for 1TB. I think 1TB might be making these noises due to higher capacity of the drive, but like you will see in that thread it seems to be normal for 1TB+ drives to have this noise.

Applelicious

[3121]

congrats on your purchase! wouldnt mind to get one myself.