Very Annoyed.

[macOSX-tastic]

i agree with the vast majority of posters here. your machine is a great machine, and a lot of people would more than likely be happy to take it off your hands, even with new updates.

i have a 15"G4 powerbook. and i still love it, even though it has none of the features of today's machines. i wont be upgrading for ages!

be happy with what you got.

S

 

[Mirai 11]

yeah ur all rite, the mac os is a great operating system, really gud, the short time it takes when i switch the power on till it reaches the desktop is brilliant, and all the programs just seem to work, and work well wiv ( ) each other seamlessly, it is a great machine.

 

[iGary]

yeah ur all rite, the mac os is a great operating system, really gud, the short time it takes when i switch the power on till it reaches the desktop is brilliant, and all the programs just seem to work, and work well wiv ( ) each other seamlessly, it is a great machine.

You know, Safari and OS X have a built-in spell checker.

 

[Sun Baked]

You might find somebody here willing to throw a rock through your window, beat you up, and take your machine -- so you can file an insurance claim for a new computer. ;P

 

[Mirai 11]

lol, its from too much typing on msn . hopefully me taking A-Level English in a couple days will help me out lol

 

[Sesshi]

From what I see these days, I doubt it.

gud luk anywy lol

 

[ph0rk]

lol, its from too much typing on msn . hopefully me taking A-Level English in a couple days will help me out lol

Taking the extra fraction of a second to make oneself appear edified wouldn't kill you.

 

[Foxglove9]

You know, Safari and OS X have a built-in spell checker.

You know what? I never realized Safari had a built-in spell checker! Why didn't I ever think to check?

 

[dukebound85]

I finally bought a 20 inch iMac after a full year of planning on switching to it a couple of weeks ago. I thought that it was the perfect time to get one, i had heard of no rumors about new revised iMacs on the horizon at all. so the last couple of weeks were great, got boot camp installed wiv no faults, im usin mac os x about 95% of the time still, because its such a great OS.
But now, i come back on a saturday to read that new iMacs are on the horizon, and will probably be showcased on the 12th, which is a week from now. to say im annoyed is an understatement really, ive paid 1200 of my own saved up money for a year, to only find out now that its goin to be obsolete in a week. so now im not sure wot to do. So any help would be appreciated.

apparently you have not been on the boards in the last month or two since this has been a topic for a while.

please tell me how is it going to be obsolete?

 

[macwanttobe]

I'm hoping

It will reduce the price of the existing stock of imac's to something more affordable, I am looking hard for a compact Computer and am having the same problem on the window's side with the Dell XPS 200 [ outlet store $600+], but new $1200+ it won't run the new to be window's Vista w/o 1 gig ram and a preminum video card. The cheapest 17 in iMac to be found right now is $1099 at the refurbish store. My window's gru genius say wait till Xmas for the new flood of Vista Computers. I'm getting a little tired of needing a whole toolbox 4+ of filters to use my existing Windos computer on the internet.
It took a few hours of looking around to realize this is the best place for Mac info and price/shopping info. Lets wait and see those new prices before are all annoyed???

 

[faustfire]

and the truth is, normally, the new stuff is always "CPU" which is indeed doesn't mean a thing. even if they have "Core8Duo" out in next 3 years, you computer won't be significant slow than that **** anyway. And all universe knows that the Bigger Ram make system runs better, not CPUs.

Are you kidding! More ram is not the main thing that makes a system run better or faster. The CPU is the heart of the system. For example, a 1 MHz system with 16 gigs of ram will never run faster than a duelcore 2.5 MHz with 2 gigs of ram. And a Core8Duo will run significantly faster than todays imacs.

 

[clevin]

Are you kidding! More ram is not the main thing that makes a system run better or faster. The CPU is the heart of the system. For example, a 1 MHz system with 16 gigs of ram will never run faster than a duelcore 2.5 MHz with 2 gigs of ram. And a Core8Duo will run significantly faster than todays imacs.

no, Im not, for most everyday usage, such as your lovely safari, or DVD player, you can pick a pentium3 1.2GHz, compare to your lovely core duo, you wouldn't see significant diference. "CPU decide the performance of a computer" is a very amateur statement since 2000.

 

[mandis]

I finally bought a 20 inch iMac after a full year of planning on switching to it a couple of weeks ago. I thought that it was the perfect time to get one, i had heard of no rumors about new revised iMacs on the horizon at all. so the last couple of weeks were great, got boot camp installed wiv no faults, im usin mac os x about 95% of the time still, because its such a great OS.
But now, i come back on a saturday to read that new iMacs are on the horizon, and will probably be showcased on the 12th, which is a week from now. to say im annoyed is an understatement really, ive paid 1200 of my own saved up money for a year, to only find out now that its goin to be obsolete in a week. so now im not sure wot to do. So any help would be appreciated.

Had you checked the "Buyer's Guide" section of this site you would have noticed that the current imac is nearing the end of its life.
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//
If you really wanted the latest and greatest imac money could buy, you should have done some basic market research.
Nevertheless, i agree with what most people have said. Your system is still pretty good.

 

[jne381]

Seriously, as of a couple of weeks ago you didn't know that they were going to be updated.

In any case, the machine you have is great. The updates may have the new processor, but the speed boost will probably minimal. If your worried about it having 64 bit capability, which I'm guessing your not, you should have waited it out no matter how long it took.

The other reason I could possibly guess you would want to wait, is for the Rev B updates. Fortunately, there have not been any major problems reported with the Intel iMac, so regret for buying this machine now is not worth the anguish you are putting yourself through. IT IS A GOOD PURCHASE AND JUST ENJOY IT.