New Imac

[37F5V]

Gent's,

I recently purchased one of those new 20" Intel Core 2 Duo Imacs to replace my 3 year old Sony. The specs are:
OS X (Tiger)
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
256MB VRAM
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVDR-DL/CD-RW)
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0

I've had this Machine for a week now and I must say that so far I am quite impressed with it's performance. It's pretty darn fast and seems stable as all get out. I'm no computer wiz but this thing is beating the pants off of any PC I have ever owned.

Cheers,

John

Just curious as I hear they run Windows stuff "seamlessly"...though the exact definition of seamless remains TBD ;-)

I am probably going to upgrade my G5's to the new ProMacs when Adobe ports the CS suite over.

j

[Kyobanim]

They do run Win XP seamlessly if you use XP w/SP2 as a complete package. In fact, it's an excellent configuration.

Buying a MAC to run Windows is like buying one of those boat/cars from the 60s. If you want a boat and a car, buy a boat and a car; if you want a MAC and a PC, buy a MAC and a PC.

I would just like to not have to have a AMD or Intel box just to run Maya (which all I use on Windows because it has a lot of short coming performance wise on Mac) and then another machine to do all my design/coding/editing stuff.

As it is my home office is like an oven if I run both ^o^

j

[jfhiller]

I'm not surprised the new mac is blazing. Intel's new Core 2 Duo chips are a major step ahead in CPUs. They beat the pants off of corresponding AMD chips and previous Intel chips while running at a lower temp. Great stuff! I'm glad you're enjoying the new machine!

[Kyobanim]

. . .and the quad chips are expected out next year. Those should be smokers.