Anyone got an iMac?

[StonehamPark]

My (Acer) laptop's gone kaputt so I'm looking at my options.

I'm not really interested in anger laptop, more interested in desktops.

I REALLY want an iMac but the £899.00 price tag is making me blush.

Although, PC World are offering interest free finance on Apple products so my arm is slowly twisting.
£90.00 p/m is very manageable but it's still £900 bones!

I want a desktop. Should I buy a half-decent PC at around £400 or splash out on the interest free iMac?

First world problems eh.

 

[Cold Gettin Dumb]

Get one from eBay a year or two old.
It's what I do and have had luck so far.

 

[Itman-dan]

What do you want it for? If its gaming then spend the money on a decent gaming rig. If you are doing more media stuff like photo and music editing maybe the mac would suit you more. My personal opinion is the money spent on a mac can get you a very good machine which will do pretty much anything thrown at it, just it will be running windows which I know a lot on here hate.

 

[Superphil]

I use my iMac with both Windows and OSX. It's very reliable, great spec (even though it is over 3 years old now) I run PC & Mac versions of CS4 without any problems. When this one dies, or is finally outpaced, I'll have no hesitation in buying a new one. Just budget for a decent replacement for the keyboard and mouse.

 

[Bozza]

My (Acer) laptop's gone kaputt so I'm looking at my options.

I'm not really interested in anger laptop, more interested in desktops.

I REALLY want an iMac but the £899.00 price tag is making me blush.

Although, PC World are offering interest free finance on Apple products so my arm is slowly twisting.
£90.00 p/m is very manageable but it's still £900 bones!

I want a desktop. Should I buy a half-decent PC at around £400 or splash out on the interest free iMac?

First world problems eh.

A cheaper entry into Mac would be a Mac mini. You could use your existing monitor, mouse and keypad and change those to matching Apple kit, or other stuff of your choice, as and when.

It's not as pretty as an iMac, but they're decent bits of kit.

 

[Bozza]

Sorry - just read your post properly about having a laptop currently. The Mac mini is still a good option. You can buy decent non-Apple monitors for peanuts nowadays.

 

[8ace]

There's also refurbished ones

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/imac

 

[Springal]

Go Mac. I've just changed job and had 5 years of MacBook Pro at work, and one on my coffee table for various bits. New job is Windows based, and using my Dell 'thing', with Windows 7 is pretty horrendous experience. Then again depends what you are doing

 

[willyfantastic]

Apple also do financing - don't get it from PC World they are a bunch of jokers, and I'm not sure you will get after-sales support from the Apple Store if you don't buy direct? the difference between booking a timeslot quickly to fix a problem with an apple, and having your apple being sent away for 2 weeks with pc world is massive

 

[Superphil]

Apple also do financing - don't get it from PC World they are a bunch of jokers, and I'm not sure you will get after-sales support from the Apple Store if you don't buy direct? the difference between booking a timeslot quickly to fix a problem with an apple, and having your apple being sent away for 2 weeks with pc world is massive

Are you suggesting Apples go wrong, how dare you, wash your mouse out.

 

[Beach Hut]

On the subject of iMacs ours is about 5 plus years old and just recently the mouse loses connection quite a bit - is it time to invest in a new one ?

 

[Superphil]

On the subject of iMacs ours is about 5 plus years old and just recently the mouse loses connection quite a bit - is it time to invest in a new one ?

Nah, just get a new mouse

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

In the old days on NSC you could get a fair amount of Macs v PCs bickering. What's changed? In recent years the threads on Macs seem to attract very little anti-Mac sentiment.

 

[8ace]

I do find I have to purge my mac a lot.

 

[Dover]

I cleaned the Mac keyboard a little too vigorously. Went to the Apple Shop and they replaced it for free.

I have never had service like that from any PC outlet, and morso as it was just out of warranty.

 

[Beach Hut]

Nah, just get a new mouse

That is what I meant, may need to indulge then

 

[jackanada]

In the old days on NSC you could get a fair amount of Macs v PCs bickering. What's changed? In recent years the threads on Macs seem to attract very little anti-Mac sentiment.

Oh I'll have a go then. The rest of my family all have Macs.
If Macs are so reliable and the OS so intuitive why do I have to keep going round and fixing them?

(Sent from my ancient android phone not my 7 year old acer laptop)

 

[Bozza]

Oh I'll have a go then. The rest of my family all have Macs.
If Macs are so reliable and the OS so intuitive why do I have to keep going round and fixing them?

(Sent from my ancient android phone not my 7 year old acer laptop)

Fixing what, exactly?

 

[Rambo]

I have had my iMac for 3 years now and it's as good as the day I bought it. It is quite simply the best computer I have ever owned.

If anyone try's to tell you windows machines are better they are deluded.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Oh I'll have a go then. The rest of my family all have Macs.
If Macs are so reliable and the OS so intuitive why do I have to keep going round and fixing them?

(Sent from my ancient android phone not my 7 year old acer laptop)

That's more like it! For a moment, I thought all anti-Mac thought was being censored on NSC.

[typed on a glorious MacBook Air]