Just ordered my iMac G5 from Apple !!

[Zech Marquis]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:Oh yeahhh!!!! :evilgrin; I'll be taking my week's vacation next week too, so my new baby will most likely be brught into my arms by next weekend or so.I'm just going to relax and chill out until then...

Oops, can't do THAT, I also picked up my copy of Halo 2 :bounce: I'll think of the Covenant as being freeps and repukes :evilgrin:

[da_chimperor]

1. Can I touch it!!! PLEASE!!!!

:D

[Richardo]

2. If I may ask, how much does one of those set you back?

Mrs R is an Apple-head from wayback. :)

[emulatorloo]

6. shop for mac deals @ www.dealmac.com

They usually have the best prices listed.

Here also is a place to find best prices:

http://www.lowendmac.com/

Look for topics that say "The Week's Best Deals"

example here

http://www.lowendmac.com/ibook/ideals.html

[Zech Marquis]

7. here's my config and pricing

17 inch iMac G5, comb drive 512 MB of RAM, otherwise standard model. I didn't go for the Bluetooth nor Airport stuff--I'll add the Airport card and base station later. After Thanksgiving, I'll get the 3 year service plan, then the iSight and a game or 2 for Christmas. The Mac specialist gave me $50 off, so after expediated shipping and the Virginia sales tax, $1424. A vry very GOOD deal for such a great computer!

I did consider the Superdrive model, but I wont get y extra vacation pay until next week. I had the money saved up anyway so I went witht he combo drib=ve model.

[DS1]

3. To quote Life of Brian

You lucky bastard!

[LightTheMatch]

4. Man, those are so beautiful

I loved looking at them at my local apple store. They are SOOOOOOO much cooler in person than they look on the Apple web site. You should be proud, it'll be a great computer you can use for a long time!

[Zech Marquis]

9. the display

being able to see an entire webpag in one on placeon the 17 inch model--that blew me away! I'm lving it already man :bounce:

[Demit]

5. you are gonna LOVE your G5. it really screams!

I've had mine for about a month and it only froze once, just this morning.

Did you get a Cinema Display too? Finally, a monitor I can lift! And the titanium color is cool too.

[gratuitous]

8. Better get in touch with a neighbor or friend

To come over and turn you toward the light occasionally. Congratulations, Zech. What made you choose the desktop over the iBook?

[Zech Marquis]

11. alot of rethinking

as most of you know, I was set on the iBook for quite some time. But...while it would have been very nice, I was concerned about havng a system which could have missed ut of taking full advantage of Tiger. That and the thought of my nephre alking into my room while I'm gone one day nd"losing" the iBook or worse...

So each time I used the iMac G5 at CompUSA, the more impresed I became. And I do want a widescreen dispaly with enjoy dvds on--not an HDTV, but something good and easy on my eyes.

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Awesome Zech, mucho jealousy!

I'm still on a G4 and G3, pretending I still need to boot into Classic.

I gather from your post Tiger will require G5 to take full advantage of the new OS. Darn, that's something I hadn't thought of. Panther seems to run fine on my dualie G4.

[emulatorloo]

10. Congrats I am so happy for you!!!! 17 or 19 inch?

[Zech Marquis]

12. 17 inch combo drive

The 20 inch would have been TOO big LOL 17 will be fit just fine.

[emulatorloo]

13. The 17/Combo Drive is a super machine!

I was helping my brother-in-law shop for a new iMac the other day @ an Apple Store. . .you are gonna be so happy.

[OrwellwasRight]

16. Congrats Zech!

I've been a Mac fan since 1988! And I've never seen a more beautiful computer than the new iMacs.

Thank you Steve Jobs! Is he a Dem, by the way?

[Downtown Hound]

27. He's a big time Dem

[OrwellwasRight]

29. Yeah!

And I learned a few weeks ago that Bill Gates is a big time Repub donor. Just one more reason to hate Microsoft and avoid giving it any of my money.

Macs rule!

[Nomad559]

33. Bill Gates is a big time Repub donor

Not true

Newsmeat - Bill Gates
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=WA&last=Gates&first=William


Open Secrets - Microsoft
http://www.opensecrets.org/

Year - 2004

Dems 61% - $1,577,400

Repubs 39% - $1,014,107

Total
$2,596,532

[OrwellwasRight]

34. Well, I heard it on NPR, so

strike up another mistake for them...or blame me for not hearing the whole story.

My bad. Thanks for the info.

But ARMPAC and Jeff Sessions are kind of scary... and I still hate Microsoft for lots of other reasons!

:argh:

[Elidor]

14. I'm surfing on one now

1.8 dual G5 with 20-inch flat-panel. Alas, I don't own this bad beast, I just get to work on it. If I had $2,700 to spare, I'd have one at home. This pooter is awesome.

[OrwellwasRight]

15. Hey Mac Tech Peeps-- Can you help?

My cat jumped on the keyboard of my 14 in white iBook recently, displacing the left shift key. Try as I might, I can't get it back on.

What do you suggest? Any cheaper options than buying a new keyboard? I do have a service contract with MacMall, but my suspicion is that I'll pay more in shipping (and spend at least a week without my computer) if I actually try to utilize that service than if I try to solve it locally.

Thanks for any suggestions you can provide. :loveya:

[Awsi Dooger]

19. You might try this site, they have helped me previously

It's free: http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=1063

Also, MacFixIt.com is very good. They might have something regarding keys on an iBook. But I think they have become a subscription site in some areas. Not sure if that includes the archives. I know there are also iBook specfic sites. Try a Google search on that.

Good luck!

[OrwellwasRight]

24. Thanks!! n/t

[DrZeeLit]

17. I LOVE my G5! oooh baby, baby!

Have a blast with all your new "toys"!

[LVdem]

18. LOVE THE MAC!!!

[n2mark]

20. I'm a Mac lover

You are so lucky, I'm still using the IMAC.

[Abelman]

22. me=jealous

I'm hoping to just get an ibook early next year. Then, I'm going to save up for a dual processor G5.

Apple is the greatest computer company ever.

[n2mark]

23. Is there any trade in value on an IMacDVD?

[Zech Marquis]

25. trade in value/

anything below a G4 won't have much of any trade in valu, but you can still try:-) Local dealers would be more open minded than say, CompUSA.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

37. A Mac monger in Minneapolis gave me $125 for my vintage

clamshell iBook when I bought my new iBook.

It's strange--the new computers are so wonderful that even though I bought this new 12-inch iBook just for travel, I like it so much that I hardly ever use my desktop iMacDVD anymore.

[Zech Marquis]

26. how it all came about

This morning I woke up--being my first day off from work--and checked my checking account--$1900 and change :) So after my showr and geting dressed,i took a short trip to..EB Games and picked up my copy of Halo 2. and let me say, Halo 2 must be played to be believd! Especially on Live :bounce:

Then I went to CompUSA to give the iMac G5 on display a good test drive. It was the midrange model with a Sperdrive and slightly faster frontid bus. Otherwise, exac same thing as the one I ordered. When I was able to view an entire window in Safari without having to scroll over, I knew I was making the right choice. I didn't buy the Firewire cable--for $30 no way!

I returned home in mid afternoon, played Halp 2 for a few hours, and at 5:30 I called my bank (my debit card has a Visa logo, so I told them I was about to make an order with Apple and needed a spending limit increase). Then to Apple, and bingo!

Not a bad day off, huh? :evilgrin:

[bif]

28. I finally am switching my G4 over to OSX

And it's a pain in the butt. But you should ber rockin'. Macs rule, don't they?

[Downtown Hound]

30. You're going to love OS X

It is infinitely better than OS 9.

[Awsi Dooger]

32. Agreed, OS X is much more stable

Not quite as intuitive, especially at first. But if you go to VersionTracker.com they have plenty of little freeware and shareware gizmos that restore some of the missing goodies from Classic.

[OrwellwasRight]

35. Yes, definitely get X-Assist

if you use the app switcher function in the upper right corner alot. It's weird to keep mousing up there and find you can't switch apps from that point.

Also the windows like menus, instead of hierarchical menus are annoying.

But super stable -- the only thing that crashed my OS X in two years (knock on wood) was a dvd my friend made with some weird format.

[Dukakis88]

31. MY G3 FINALLY ARRIVED TODAY! AWESOME!

They charged me extra for a G3, because they wanted to sell me a G5, but I like the industrial design of the G3 better. The color matches my wallpaper.

[Dukkha]

36. Quit making me Jealous!!!

I'm still stuck with my 733mhz G4 for probably another year.
I need more spped baby!

[Zech Marquis]

38. "your order is now being processed"

I got the order acknowldegement email from Apple this afternoon. No problesm at all with my debit card ransction--it went striahgt in without a hitch! My iMac is expected to be shipped "on or before 11/19" and since it's not loaded with the Bluetooth and other etxtras besids the added RAM, I hope it's a day or two sooner :bounce:

One teresting note--the order form said that my iMac G5 will come with a US/Japan power supply uniy. hmmmmmmm....so I CAN take it with me after all! :D