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Re: So far

Posted By: Zach (70.177.5.89)
Date: Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 6:18 a.m.

In Response To: Re: So far (J242)

: Eh, set it to DL the updates before taking off for the day, come back and
: it's done. Pretty simple, never found that to be a problem personally. My
: FCS2 suite has regular updates and those I have to manage and research a
: bit before installing but standard updates? No biggy. I think this
: particular gripe is rather petty.
Well, like I said, the "bad" is mostly minor things.
: Damn, only with Apple will you get complaints about the screes being
: "TOO" bright. lol Just adjust your energy saver settings bro. :)
You don't understand. I'm not some noob with their first Mac. The brightness setting is turned all the way down. Can't go any lower. At this setting, in a well lit room, it's almost just right (certainly tolerable), but in a dark room (like if you want to watch a movie) it's still too bright. There is such a thing as too bright you know. There's nothing in the energy saver prefs that deals with screen brightness at all. Sometimes you are so quick to jump to Apple's defense that you don't realize there are legitimate complaints.
: ??? I don't get what you mean on this one. Sleep light?
Every other Mac I've owned has an LED that comes on when the machine is on and pulses when it's asleep. This iMac has no such LED. SO when it's asleep, it looks like it's off (and vice versa). I liked the little sleep light indicator. Fortunately, I have a 23" cinema display attached and that has a power/sleep light on it.
: Well, that's the entire point of the BT keyboard, it's meant to e
: ridiculously small from what I've come to understand. I keep as much of my
: gear wired as possible but that's just my choice in dealing w/ the cables
: and whatnot.
I'm not going to elaborate a whole lot on this. I bitched plenty when these aluminum keyboards were first released. I opted for the BT keyboard pretty much just to try it out. I figured I'd have to stick to my older one, and that's what I'm doing. It'd be nice if there were either a full-size BT keyboard available or if they at least put the virtual number pad on this little one. I enter a lot of numbers in spreadsheets and doing that with the numbers across the top is super inefficient. Gotta have a number pad (or virtual). OK, so I elaborated a little. :)
: Honestly, of those are your only main gripes I'd say it's a pretty good
: review. ;)
Precisely. A handful of little bad things don't put a dent in the good features.
: I've got some beef with mine as well like only apparently
: supporting NTSC drives over USB and not FW and whatnot but that's a whole
: different issue.
Are you talking about NTSF? Isn't NTSC the National Television System Committee?
: Dude, Apple charges you through the teeth for RAM and HD upgrades in
: comparison to 3rd party groups. Like I said before, it cost me $80 to
: upgrade to 4 gigs of RAM through a private group whereas Apple would've
: charged me $300 at the time. HUGE difference. If they are finally changing
: and not reaming their consumers, that's GREAT! But I don't really think
: that's the case and would love to be proven wrong on that.
Yeah. I know. That's why I didn't get my RAM through them. I'm just saying, they are getting less ridiculous. $200 for the upgrade to 4 GB RAM is "only" about double the cost of what I'm paying. It used to be 3-4 times as much (as you mentioned).
As for HDs, I think it depends on the machine. The MacPros and MacBooks are easy to upgrade HDs on. MBPs, iMacs and minis require a lot of dissection. With a mini, I'd probably still do it myself b/c they're relatively cheap and I wouldn't care so much about voiding the warranty. With the MBP or iMac, I'd want it done by an authorized dealer. Problem there is they charge about $90/hr and usually quote you an hour labor for something like that. So, I paid Apple $100 to go from 500 to 750 GB, rather than buy a 750 GB drive for $120-150 and pay $45-90 in labor to have it installed. Seemed like an OK deal to me.

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Finally, new iMacs
Zach (72.214.247.148) -- Monday, 28 April 2008, at 9:11 a.m.
- The BTO options look pretty sweet.
  Spiff (24.143.160.2) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 1:40 p.m.
  - Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet.
    Zach (72.214.247.148) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 2:12 p.m.
  - Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet.
    J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 11:44 p.m.
    - So far
      Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 5:00 a.m.
      - Re: So far
        J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 10:26 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 6:18 a.m.
        
        Re: So far
        J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 11:06 a.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 12:06 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Lord Crosis (209.112.185.71) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 1:15 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 2:17 p.m.

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Message: : Well, like I said, the "bad" is mostly minor things. : You don't understand. I'm not some noob with their first Mac. The brightness : setting is turned all the way down. Can't go any lower. At this setting, : in a well lit room, it's almost just right (certainly tolerable), but in a : dark room (like if you want to watch a movie) it's still too bright. There : is such a thing as too bright you know. There's nothing in the energy : saver prefs that deals with screen brightness at all. Sometimes you are so : quick to jump to Apple's defense that you don't realize there are : legitimate complaints. : Every other Mac I've owned has an LED that comes on when the machine is on : and pulses when it's asleep. This iMac has no such LED. SO when it's : asleep, it looks like it's off (and vice versa). I liked the little sleep : light indicator. Fortunately, I have a 23" cinema display attached : and that has a power/sleep light on it. : I'm not going to elaborate a whole lot on this. I bitched plenty when these : aluminum keyboards were first released. I opted for the BT keyboard pretty : much just to try it out. I figured I'd have to stick to my older one, and : that's what I'm doing. It'd be nice if there were either a full-size BT : keyboard available or if they at least put the virtual number pad on this : little one. I enter a lot of numbers in spreadsheets and doing that with : the numbers across the top is super inefficient. Gotta have a number pad : (or virtual). OK, so I elaborated a little. :) : Precisely. A handful of little bad things don't put a dent in the good : features. : Are you talking about NTSF? Isn't NTSC the National Television System : Committee? : Yeah. I know. That's why I didn't get my RAM through them. I'm just saying, : they are getting less ridiculous. $200 for the upgrade to 4 GB RAM is : "only" about double the cost of what I'm paying. It used to be : 3-4 times as much (as you mentioned). : As for HDs, I think it depends on the machine. The MacPros and MacBooks are : easy to upgrade HDs on. MBPs, iMacs and minis require a lot of dissection. : With a mini, I'd probably still do it myself b/c they're relatively cheap : and I wouldn't care so much about voiding the warranty. With the MBP or : iMac, I'd want it done by an authorized dealer. Problem there is they : charge about $90/hr and usually quote you an hour labor for something like : that. So, I paid Apple $100 to go from 500 to 750 GB, rather than buy a : 750 GB drive for $120-150 and pay $45-90 in labor to have it installed. : Seemed like an OK deal to me.
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