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Did I make the right decision?
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You act as if:
1) Installation is difficult
2) Ram constantly goes bad
3) I didn't get mine shipped for free (which I did)
Does Apple offer a lifetime warranty on your Ram (in the rare event a stick goes bad)? Do you not have 5 minutes, a screwdriver, and opposable thumbs (because if you don't have those thumbers, it really is a different story)?
Apple made installing Ram about as easy as it can get with the iMac, and yet you don't seem to understand why it's absurd to pay $100 more for the same exact thing. It's the same reason why Best Buy charging $30 to install a stick of ram is absurd.
What are you so worried about? There's no way to answer "Is it good or bad". It depends on what you are using it for.
Friend, if it was worth the money when you bought it it still is. Yes, you could save a little by installing your own RAM. You could also save money by making your own clothes. My wife can make a shirt faster than she could install RAM. My friend Lou thinks that people who don't fix their own cars are suckers. We all have our own skills.
You bought a fine machine. Look forward, not backward, and enjoy.
You bought a fine machine. Look forward, not backward, and enjoy.
Are you being serious? Why'd you spend $2000 on a computer if you didn't know what you were buying?
3.06 ghz is very good...
No, not at all. But:
1) Installation done by someone else is certainly less difficult than doing it myself. It's also faster, and it's one less box coming to my office. Small point, but these add up - keep reading.
2) It doesn't often go bad, but I HAVE had several instances of RAM not working when it was plugged in. Having Apple install it means Apple tested it in my computer before I got it.
3) Mine was shipped for free, but had I ordered from Crucial, as I pointed out, it would not have been.
No, but then they don't offer a lifetime warranty on the iMac, either. I guess when your iMac takes a nose dive in five years or so you'll sleep better knowing at least your RAM is still good.
Yes, and I can even walk upright, thanks for asking.
As I pointed out, I'm done with building 'em myself. After almost 20 years of it it got old.
I'm beginning to think that either (1) you don't read threads before you reply, or (2) you can't read threads before you reply. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, and repeat myself here:
First of all, I didn't pay $100 more; I paid $40 more.
Second of all, I didn't get "the same exact thing." I got free installation, a single warranty, and marginally less hassle by having only one box shipped to my office. Not bad for $40.
its okay to have an opinion.. however, not everyone is a nerdy as we all are for apple products.. he could of saved a lot of money building his own PC too and then hackintoshing it.. dont go all aggro just because he may not of known or didnt want the chance of killing his $2k investment.
Help where help is due
How does this seemingly pointless post get a ton of replies whereas my following iMac post received absolutely no attention?...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/706234/
How does this seemingly pointless post get a ton of replies whereas my following iMac post received absolutely no attention?...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/706234/
Because your post had more than 5 lines in it.
I don't know, it all depends on when you posted and who was signed in.
Its not the high end, its the lower end 24" iMac with the CPU, Ram and HD upgrades... If he'd gotten the high end iMac it would have been $100 more and he'd have gotten the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 512MB Video card...
Hell, for less than $200 extra he could have even had the ATI Radeon HD 4850. Seems like a no-brainer to me. Especially when you plan to do video editing and rendering on it. Should help a lot when Snow Leopard arrives.
I'm not stating that the OP made the wrong decision by any means, but it's not the decision I'd have made had I had the needs he has. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 is not exactly a fast card...
You answered your own question. We all like to wast time.
To the OP, just use the thing and then you can start complaining. It is impossible for any of us to know if it will be "good." I'm sure you could do editing on a G4, it might take a while, but, to each his* own.
Yes that's true. However believe it or not, there are non-tech people that simply do NOT feel comfortable doing the simpler things such as installing RAM, etc.
If these people are willing to pay to have the service done, that is up to them. Just like they could take it somewhere else and have the RAM installed. The OP felt more comfortable with Apple doing it, and that is their decision.
No need for the sarcastic attitude either.
OP- I think you will be incredibly happy. Enjoy the computer and have no regrets.
It's a number that is more than 3.05GHz and a number that's less than 3.07GHz
Well, depends.
See - It's the good iMac - Good!
It's better than a Macbook - Good!
It's better than a MacMini - Good!
It's not as good as a Mac Pro - Bad!
It's all perspective, and it all depends what you are going to use it for. If it was really bad - why would anybody buy anything except for the top of the line Mac Pro?
What made you decide to buy this one?
Edit: Unrelated: I also support your decision of buying the upgrades from Apple. We're here to answer the question "is it good or not", not "how can I save some money on my iMac purchase". Personally, buying things separately burned me in the past so I do understand.