lionheart

So Spugsy, please tell me what an iMac actually does coz I have no idea...by the way, did you get my PM?

al dente

24inch 2.4 processor 250GB

7999, NOT 7799dhs

lionheart

But what does the bloody thing do that an ordinary PC doesn't do? We are not all IT freaks.

al dente

Ooops speed read your reply and thought you asked what it cost!

I'm not entirely sure except with the amount of vids and photo's i download, combined with my itunes library and iphone, it seemed to be the best bet.

Also, it looks great but the HP Touchpad is now the front runner for moi!

x

Spugsy

they are lovely, fantastic computers - mine has a 24" screen, I download and store all my music, films and programmes, burn CDs and DVDs, use it for the internet and storing and cataloguing my various digital pics, we use skype to talk to mates back home in video conference stylee....

all that and more, plus I do all my work on it to make a wee bit of extra money when need be.

Spugsy

and aye I did, ta.

Spugsy

macs are more expensive, thats for sure, they are beautiful machines and incredible easy to use, for installing or whatever - piece of piss, you don't have to mess about, they are brilliant.

NorthernLad

Very few viruses (at the moment) is another plus.

They kick the living crap out of Windows PCs.

Spugsy

yeah all over the place, they are always more expensive though, but as a designer I've always used them, I would rather iron my balls than use a PC.

still.unsure

yes, they're brilliant at being a very usable machine and yes, not prone to virus' as much....

but...

(here comes the geek tirade...)

you pay a helluva lot in 'design tax' for an apple over a standard pc. (a good AED1k in some instances) and the software isn't as wide ranging as a windows box.

but off that topic for a sec, one thing to look out for is compatibility with your internet bank of choice. mac's have safari and firefox as web browsers and some (though very few now) internet banking applications don't play nice with them (some won't play at all!)

so if you're brand new to the mac thing, make sure you can use your normal web-based programs (banking, whatever) before you drop some dough on it.

(back to my corner now... where did i leave my bloody anorak?)

Spugsy

firefox works fine with hsbc UK, hsbc AE, cahoot, abbey etc

Inselaffen

had the first gen Imac but have been on windows PC's since then as thats what i work on. However, after my current HP laptop running Vista I may change again when it has to be replaced.

I am even contemplating replacing Vista with Linux

Spugsy

you realise macs thesedays have their whole system based on unix, it pretty much never crashes and it fairly bombproof.

Inselaffen

think it will be a year or two before I come to replace my laptop. and it will certainly depend on still having a job to pay for one

Bambi in Abu Dhabi

Al Dente, go to the i-Style shop in Abu Dhabi Mall, they are really nice and helpful there. And I am sure that somebody has posted this already, but there is a new model coming out this month, so maybe wait a while? That's what I'm doing...