For eMac owners: Likes and Dislikes
Is any one else confused about why they put the power button on the BACK right side of this big honkin' desktop?
I was so used to the power button on the keyboard and next to the disk drive. What's up?
Other than that, no complaints. I guess the fact that I upgraded my mac and got out of classic, was enough to make me happy & complaint free for a while.
The flat 17" screen kicks butt. Is there anything that you like or dislike about it in comparison to the other macs?
Jessica
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I was so used to the power button on the keyboard and next to the disk drive. What's up?
Other than that, no complaints. I guess the fact that I upgraded my mac and got out of classic, was enough to make me happy & complaint free for a while.
The flat 17" screen kicks butt. Is there anything that you like or dislike about it in comparison to the other macs?
Jessica
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put them to sleep... they wake up in 1 second and while in sleep uses virtually the same amount of power as being shut down.
all in all, a good entry level mac.
So you recommend leaving it on sleep, unless you are going out of town for a few days?
and gsf, so you think the emac is not as good display-wise as your other display. Hmm. I don't have much to compare it to.
Jessica
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So, i like the emac, but yeah, the screen just isn't as nice as mine. I think we even have the same graphics cards, so i don't fully understand it. GeForce 2 MX? right? yeah.
Also, the dimensions are a bit different, 1280x960 on eMac, 1280x1024 at school on my PM.
all i was really saying i guess is that i prefer my studio display to this display... no real problem.
<strong>Thanks applenut. I wondered about that. The sleep wake up is SO fast, blows the doors of the imac wake-up. I wondered if I should just sleep it at night as opposed to shutting it down each day like I did with the imac.
So you recommend leaving it on sleep, unless you are going out of town for a few days?
and gsf, so you think the emac is not as good display-wise as your other display. Hmm. I don't have much to compare it to.
Jessica
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definitely... i forget the exact numbers but its something insane like 5 vs 8 watts for power off vs deep sleep.
and u also dont churn through your hard drive as much when waking up as you do starting up
I heard somewhere that starting your computer up is somewhat analogous to driving your car into a brick wall: pumping electricity through when the machine has been off does the electronics a lot of damage. Is this true?
/thread hijack
low-fi
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<strong>I got my step-father an eMAC and it feels slugish. I have never used a model with an nVidia brand chip maybe I am just used to ATI.</strong><hr></blockquote>
How much RAM is in it? I know that the 700Mhz unit comes with 128MB, which is way too low. You can max it out to a GB for around $160.00.
<strong>yeah, about the 17 inch screen kicking butt... I assumed that it would be the same as my apple 17 inch studio display (CRT), but it isn't as crisp. in fact, i really don't like this screen at all.. It just seems prone to wierdness a bit more than mine... Other than that, the price/performance ratio is great for apple. yeah. the power button is in a dumb place, i agree.
all in all, a good entry level mac.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I have to agree, compared to the imac the emacs screen is no contest