What are you going to do with your new iMac?

suckfuldotcomsuckfuldotcom
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Me:



1) FCP3, baby! By plunking only $1800 down and getting a SuperDrive, that gives me plenty of dough for things like FCP3 and DV cam and so forth. Hell, want to see a copy of my latest masterpiece: here ya go!



2) The usual. Web, email, word processing, stuff.



3) Digital phtography. Once again, by not plunking $3K down, I can get me a nice little Camedia ES 100 Rapid Shot or 2100 UZ Ultra Zoom.



4) Rip Mix Burn. 'nuff said.



5) Games. The selection is not great, but with a GeForce 2MX (which my Duron has, and I love it), I can play any game I want to play, no sweat.



6) DVD player (attached to TV). you betcha.



Happy happy joy joy.



SdC

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 14
    thegeldingthegelding Posts: 3,230member
    yeah, me too....but will probably keep with iMovie2 for a while before plopping down a grand on FCP3...gotta make sure the kids are really using the camcorder for make movies and such...g
  • Reply 2 of 14
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Make DVD's baby!
  • Reply 3 of 14
    idogcowidogcow Posts: 111member
    What am I going to with it?



    Every ding-dang thing i can!
  • Reply 4 of 14
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    If I ever get one I'll do the same things that I currently do on my iBook.
  • Reply 5 of 14
    composercomposer Posts: 212member
    1. Use it as the hub for my new digital audio workstation



    2. Regain a significant portion of my desktop back by throwing out a CDRW drive, USB Hub, and thier damn spaghetti cables.



    3. Post to AppleInsider (duh!)
  • Reply 6 of 14
    ventralventral Posts: 51member
    Didn't you guys get the memo? We're supposed to be licking it
  • Reply 7 of 14
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    How much that thing weigh? If I buy one I want to put it on a shelf.
  • Reply 8 of 14
    cosmocosmo Posts: 662member
    21.3lbs (9.7kg)





    <a href="http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html</A>;
  • Reply 9 of 14
    imacfpimacfp Posts: 750member
    I'm looking forward to the CD-RW and the DVD-RW. The funny thing is I just finished a huge iMovie of my cousin's wedding that would have gone a lot faster on this new iMac.
  • Reply 10 of 14
    capt. obviouscapt. obvious Posts: 345member
    ViaVoice

    writing & editing

    audio recording, editing, mastering

    some video

    some photo

    iPod

    web stuff
  • Reply 11 of 14
    denverdenver Posts: 7member
    Door stop/trashcan basketball backboard.
  • Reply 12 of 14
    falconfalcon Posts: 458member
    Learn Mac OS X



    Belkin 6' Pro Audio "Y" Cable, Mini 3.5mm male to 2 RCA jacks

    Logitech Z-560 Speaker System 4.1 400watts THX

    Red Faction

    Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn



    iMac 700MHz TFT

    384MB SDRAM - 2 DIMMs

    40GB Ultra ATA drive

    Accessory kit

    CD-RW drive

    56K internal modem

    Mac OS X - U.S. English



    $1699 - Sound good?
  • Reply 13 of 14
    gordygordy Posts: 1,004member
    Once I purchase the new iMac, I will begin transferring the VHS Music videos from my youth (New Edition, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, etc.) to DVD. This will be good practice before I start using the iMac to pay for itself by doing the same work professionally.



    I'll also continue using it for photography, music, and general usage.
  • Reply 14 of 14
    jrcjrc Posts: 817member
    [quote]Originally posted by suckfuldotcom:

    <strong>Me:



    1) FCP3, baby! By plunking only $1800 down and getting a SuperDrive, that gives me plenty of dough for things like FCP3 and DV cam and so forth. Hell, want to see a copy of my latest masterpiece: here ya go!



    2) The usual. Web, email, word processing, stuff.



    3) Digital phtography. Once again, by not plunking $3K down, I can get me a nice little Camedia ES 100 Rapid Shot or 2100 UZ Ultra Zoom.



    4) Rip Mix Burn. 'nuff said.



    5) Games. The selection is not great, but with a GeForce 2MX (which my Duron has, and I love it), I can play any game I want to play, no sweat.



    6) DVD player (attached to TV). you betcha.



    Happy happy joy joy.



    SdC</strong><hr></blockquote>



    New NEW iMac or new OLD iMac? There are now TWO iMac lines.
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