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[Day Permalink] Friday, August 10, 2007

[Item Permalink] Getting an iMac -- Comment()
On wednesday I ordered a 24" iMac from Apple Store, customized with 2 GB of memory and 750 GB of disk. The iMac will be used by everyone in the family, for photos, videos, movies, music, and tv (I also ordered EyeTV and a usb digital tv stick).

In October 2004 I had a 20-inch iMac G5 for testing at home, and it was quite a nice experience. The price of the 20-inch iMac G5 was about 2000 euros, with a much slower processor, only 256 MB memory as standard, and disk space starting at 80 gigabytes. In the end I decided to pass and did not buy an iMac. (The iBook G4 was sufficient at that point.)

The current iMac pricing is competitive, and I'm waiting eagerly to get my hands on the new machine. But I expect that we'll run out of disk space at some point, and the memory needs to be upgraded to 4 GB to make the machine last longer. But for now the new iMac will suit our family nicely.

Update: The estimated delivery date is August 28-29. A long wait ahead.