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And one day someone will make a mac virus that will tear it down Comment made about the PC Authority article: New Apple iMac with high-res screen, bigger processor and Magic Mouse? Apple's latest update brings a beefier iMac lineup with better-than-HD screens and tasty new peripheralsWhat do you think? Join the discussion.
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One day . . .
- Sighs loudly.
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I can feel the hate from here!
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ummm, Sorry?
but have you considered that the hate could possibly be a side-effect of jealousy?
- not from my point of view, i think there's something really appealing about a big, shiny, powerful Mac - with windows 7 installed on it. lol
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Although they look great (which Apple really sets the standard), they are no way near realistic in pricing. The 27inch with a Core i5, 4GB DDR3, 1TB HDD and ATI 4850 will set you back $2800?! I know it looks nice but c'mon.
I don't know how useful that mouse will be for gaming, so apart from designers, who else needs that type of configuration? Very expensive toy for checking email and listening to music.
I haven't even mentioned OSX either.
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$2800 is a great price for an i7! ($2600 for i5) and a 27" monitor with 2560 x 1440 resolution. OS X comes with free commercial quality compilers (xCode), powerful graphing tools (think science and engineering not checking e-mail and music!), that would set you back $1500 on windows. Which reminds me must find $400 to replace Vista with the next dog on the block.
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Reggie wrote:$2800 is a great price for an i7! ($2600 for i5) and a 27" monitor with 2560 x 1440 resolution. OS X comes with free commercial quality compilers (xCode), powerful graphing tools (think science and engineering not checking e-mail and music!), that would set you back $1500 on windows. Which reminds me must find $400 to replace Vista with the next dog on the block. Sure, in that niche market it works. However you could get a comparable Windows based PC with Win 7 Pro for about $500 less. To add, I bet there are probably quite a few good open source compilers and graphing tools available via a Linux distribution? (I'm just guessing here!)
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Turns out I'll be getting one of these to use at work (27" i7). Funny thing is they don't seem so expensive anymore. oh well, it should run well with win7 on it. I think 7 is gonna have to be my new favourite number. 
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krazikiwi wrote:Turns out I'll be getting one of these to use at work (27" i7). Funny thing is they don't seem so expensive anymore. oh well, it should run well with win7 on it. I think 7 is gonna have to be my new favourite number. They don't seem as expensive as internally they are just the same as any run-of-the-mill PC. You're paying the extra $500 for the shiny looks.
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No, I'm not.
It doesn't seem so expensive now because I'm not paying for it.
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blockcentre wrote:krazikiwi wrote:Turns out I'll be getting one of these to use at work (27" i7). Funny thing is they don't seem so expensive anymore. oh well, it should run well with win7 on it. I think 7 is gonna have to be my new favourite number. They don't seem as expensive as internally they are just the same as any run-of-the-mill PC. You're paying the extra $500 for the shiny looks. I thought the same, until I realised the LCD is worth $1000 itself.
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really? WOW.
That actually makes the price seem ok to me.
- Not that I could afford one myself.
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Yeah, it's not your standard LCD. It's the proper IPS panel, rather than the common TN variety. In other words, much better colour reproduction. But, for the general home user, it's still a lot of money.
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I think it was more illuminating to discover this system on Apple's web site, rather than wait for you to rehash someone else's story.
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