New Flat Pannel I-Mac....
Monday, January 7, 2002 by mormegil | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Apple annocend the new Flat Pannal Imac about an hour ago. I have to say it is real computer, as long as you are running OSX, but i cant help but think the form factor may be the Cube all over again. Check it out over at apple.com all you OSX fans.
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paxx
Reply #22 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:00 AM
Reply #22 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:00 AM
And by the way, I have at home an 21 inch Apple monitor (actually a Sony Trinitron, but sold under the Apple brand), and it works perfectly fine. Apple screens work just as well on a PC, granted you have an adapter and that you can find the drivers.
jtfolden
Reply #23 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:50 AM
Reply #23 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:50 AM
From what I've seen, LCD monitors are generally created to work best at specific resolutions - 15" at 1024x768, 17" at 1280x1024, etc... That's one of the reasons I chose to go with the CRT Apple Studio Display when I purchased my Mac G4, rather than an LCD... However, I don't generally switch resolutions frequently so my next monitor will no doubt be one of the Apple LCD's.
...and yes, Renita, the iMac is a complete and rather powerful all-in-one computer. The entire computer is in the half-melon shaped base.
...and yes, Renita, the iMac is a complete and rather powerful all-in-one computer. The entire computer is in the half-melon shaped base.
craeonics
Reply #24 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:14 AM
Reply #24 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:14 AM
Trouble with TFT (not LCD) screens is that that default resolution is too low for me. I'm the type that goes 1600x1200 on a 17" CRT.
loopylilac
Reply #25 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:49 AM
Reply #25 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:49 AM
renita here,
so i take it that there is not much upgrading going to be happening in this new i-mac? i'm the kind of person who can't keep her fingers out of the computer case, you should see the bills! hehehe
so i take it that there is not much upgrading going to be happening in this new i-mac? i'm the kind of person who can't keep her fingers out of the computer case, you should see the bills! hehehe
jtfolden
Reply #26 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:06 PM
Reply #26 Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:06 PM
lol, Crae... same here. I was running 1600x1200 on my 17" for ages. Came back down to 1280x1024 in the last month or so though due to some stuff I've been working on...
Renita: the iMac line of computers (both the CRT and new LCD model) has always pretty much been made and marketed like an appliance... there's very little there in the way of internal upgrades that a user can perform other than adding memory or an Airport wireless network card...(which is why there's such a huge market of firewire drives for iMacs
) anything else normally requires an apple approved techie or someone who just loves to spend some serious time taking things apart - very carefully.
OTOH, I don't like lots of external doodads hanging off my machine and I do like digging around in my computers and doing all the upgrades myself, as painlessly as I can, which is why I went for the Power Mac tower where the entire motherboard side of the case hinges down with the lift of a handle.
Renita: the iMac line of computers (both the CRT and new LCD model) has always pretty much been made and marketed like an appliance... there's very little there in the way of internal upgrades that a user can perform other than adding memory or an Airport wireless network card...(which is why there's such a huge market of firewire drives for iMacs
) anything else normally requires an apple approved techie or someone who just loves to spend some serious time taking things apart - very carefully. OTOH, I don't like lots of external doodads hanging off my machine and I do like digging around in my computers and doing all the upgrades myself, as painlessly as I can, which is why I went for the Power Mac tower where the entire motherboard side of the case hinges down with the lift of a handle.
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Reply #21 Monday, January 14, 2002 11:58 PM