iMac vs. eMac vs. PowerBook?
Hi All:
I am a switcher trying to decide between one of the iMac, eMac and 12" SuperDrive PowerBook. I would not have considered the PowerBook until the price drop this week brought it into a reasonable price range. Screen real estate is not crucial to me; I'd be happy with a 12" screen as much as a 17" one. More important to me is which of the three is going to give me the best and most consistent performance, is the most practical to have around (i.e. is the eMac's weight really a big hassle, is the iMac practical to have around or just good looking, etc.) Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I am a switcher trying to decide between one of the iMac, eMac and 12" SuperDrive PowerBook. I would not have considered the PowerBook until the price drop this week brought it into a reasonable price range. Screen real estate is not crucial to me; I'd be happy with a 12" screen as much as a 17" one. More important to me is which of the three is going to give me the best and most consistent performance, is the most practical to have around (i.e. is the eMac's weight really a big hassle, is the iMac practical to have around or just good looking, etc.) Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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P. S If you don't want to read all my gabber up there. lol I'd go for iMac. 8)
if not...the eMac is a good buy if you want to save some bucks, but the iMac is more than just a pretty face...
the iMac is much quieter than the eMac...the flat screen is highly mobile and that is nice to adjust and move to relieve stress after sitting at you mac for hours iChatting and writing to AI...the lcd uses less power....etc etc
and your friends will be jealous
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All the way. It's gorgeous.
Lemon Bon Bon
Wanted to buy an Imac 17" .
But find out that the USB port of this Imac are still using ver1.1 instead of ver2.0 and also firewire 400 instead of firewire 800.
jus wondering should i buy it now or wait till they come out new model that have USB ver2.0 and Firewire 800.
my purpose of buying this imac is more on doing video editing(leisure)as i m quite interested with the imovie soft ware and the superdrive that mac offer.
But i have read quite a no of complaint from the apple forum that the imac superdrive and the latest imovie 3,iDVD,are giving a lot of problem...
Is anyone here have ever using imac to create home DVD?do u face any problem...care to share..
i m using a Canon ELURA 40MC digital camera (NTSC)and wonder is it compatible with the imac 17" for video editing.
thks...
I would love if you share your experience in digitalize video of VHS format... Which editor to use? etc...
Sit tight for a few weeks, see what happens after WWDC.
Originally posted by Altivec_2.0
Firewire2, PCI-X, Triple Pumped 500Mhz FSB, Double Stacked 4MB L3 DDR Cache, SCSI320 Support.
All yet to come.
Perhaps you should update your sig.