Originally, it was supposed to be one of the new G5's(dual 2.0), but budget constraints worked their magic... we have 3 kids in daycare, can anyone say "kaching"?
We decided to buy an iMac, but the local store only had the combo drive left and only 1ghz and no price reduction. At that point, I noticed my oldest son playing with one of the eMacs. No one had told him how to use it, and his little brother and sister(twins) were also enthralled.
So, despite the coolness factor of the iMac, we decided to go with the eMac. Got some extra software(office mac,.mac, procare and some writing software), got a faster system, and still managed to save $400 over the purchase of an iMac.
It's been over 20 years since I owned a mac(Apple IIe), so this works as a great re-entry into the mac world. Right now, everything is kind of confusing, especially having spent so long in the Windows platform arena... but we'll get there.
Just wish the brainiacs at the store were a little bit more helpful. I'll be going to see them tomorrow about a couple of "issues"... no paperwork on upgrades, no pw on what got transferred, and something that's really bugging the piss out of me... no access/links to old email accounts. This was supposed to have been taken care of.
At any rate, this is a fun little machine and should do us nicely for at least the next year. There's no way we could have spent this little on a pc and gotten this much. It's funny, a Bestbuy sales manager(we've bought plenty of other things from him) recommended either the eMac or iMac for our needs. Now that's good service. They are now an Apple supporter and he could have ordered us what we wanted, but sent us to the local Apple store instead since they have the models in stock.
We paid for what we could afford and got what we paid for.
Peace,
Mark
We decided to buy an iMac, but the local store only had the combo drive left and only 1ghz and no price reduction. At that point, I noticed my oldest son playing with one of the eMacs. No one had told him how to use it, and his little brother and sister(twins) were also enthralled.
So, despite the coolness factor of the iMac, we decided to go with the eMac. Got some extra software(office mac,.mac, procare and some writing software), got a faster system, and still managed to save $400 over the purchase of an iMac.
It's been over 20 years since I owned a mac(Apple IIe), so this works as a great re-entry into the mac world. Right now, everything is kind of confusing, especially having spent so long in the Windows platform arena... but we'll get there.
Just wish the brainiacs at the store were a little bit more helpful. I'll be going to see them tomorrow about a couple of "issues"... no paperwork on upgrades, no pw on what got transferred, and something that's really bugging the piss out of me... no access/links to old email accounts. This was supposed to have been taken care of.
At any rate, this is a fun little machine and should do us nicely for at least the next year. There's no way we could have spent this little on a pc and gotten this much. It's funny, a Bestbuy sales manager(we've bought plenty of other things from him) recommended either the eMac or iMac for our needs. Now that's good service. They are now an Apple supporter and he could have ordered us what we wanted, but sent us to the local Apple store instead since they have the models in stock.
We paid for what we could afford and got what we paid for.
Peace,
Mark
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