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Posted on 08/15/2007 4:09:33 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Where's he getting his memory, Apple?? I got an extra two gig chip for less than that. It only takes about 30 seconds to install it once you find your screwdriver.
I had problems accessing files on my home PC via the wireless network.
I have an easier time accessing files from the PC over a wireless network with a Mac than I do using the other PC.
Turning on a computer shouldn't be a guessing game.
No, it shouldn't. Hint -- never normally turn off your Mac. He must be used to how Windows gets unstable after too many sleep cycles and is afraid to use sleep. Only turn it off to move it, are unplugging power cords, or are adding memory.
In the iMac's favor, power consumption in operation is low, at around 75 watts according to my meter. That's comparable to a laptop,
Duh, that's because it has a high-end laptop CPU/mobo in it.
Microsoft's ClearType technology produces text that has better contrast and is more legible.
I can't stand ClearType for exactly the reason he says. Font designers go through great pains to make their fonts look perfect. You'd be surprised at how much information is in a font file. ClearType has the OS guessing what the font should look like, screwing it up, making it fuzzy and unreadable. It is not enabled on any of my Windows boxes.
However, unless you're shopping for a computer in preparation for the fall semester, wait to get an iMac in October, when Apple is to roll out a new version of its operating system, called "Leopard," with improvements to the user interface. If you've already bought a computer, the upgrade will cost $129.That's good advice. And a memory upgrade before taking it home is probably a good idea, no?
No, it shouldn't. Hint -- never normally turn off your Mac. He must be used to how Windows gets unstable after too many sleep cycles and is afraid to use sleep. Only turn it off to move it, are unplugging power cords, or are adding memory.
He has, however, identified a genuine, which has drawn a lot of comment on the Mac sites. Closing the lid of a MacBook, or letting an iMac fall asleep, sends OS X to standard sleep mode. It is possible to inadvertently awaken by triggering a paired Bluetooth device, such as your mouse. If this happens inadvertently while carrying your laptop, this can cause the dreaded "red hot laptop in bag" syndrome. You can, however, disable Bluetooth awakening in Preferences. There is another, related problem: if you have a laptop with extra batteries, Sleep mode is insufficient when swapping batteries. There is a "deep sleep" mode that is supposed to write the contents of memory to disk in case you do change batteries during sleep - but it doesn't work yet. For my new Santa Rosa laptop, I have to use a custom French widget to deep-sleep the machine when I change batteries; at other times, I can use standard sleep.
Let's hope they fix all this in Leopard.
i’m tempted.
but i cannot afford to buy an apple just yet.
meanwhile, i have problems with my microsnot xp.
it runs badly.
Thanks for the info. I don’t have a MacBook and have the wired mouse, so everything works fine. The PS3 and Wii are Bluetooth, but the iMac hasn’t even tried to recognize them. If a kid hits a key it will wake up and then go back to sleep, no problem.
I keep hearing complaints about the glass screen, that it doesn’t have anti-glare coating like the CRT’s did, and is thus useless for serious graphics work. Haven’t seen it for myself yet...
Actually I opted for glossy screen on my MBP, which I use heavily for Photoshop. It's wonderful. No glare problem, and colors look great on it.
Every Mac I’ve ever had has a sleep indicator, a glowing, pulsing light. Is this not true with the new iMac?
I have the glossy screen on my black MacBook. I love it!
Hint: I purchased a keyboard cover from RadTech (http://www.radtech.us/Products/NotebookScreensavrz.aspx) which also serves as a cleaning cloth.
The only light on the new iMac is for the iSight.
It is better than any other LCD I've ever used. Glare isn't a problem at all, although fingerprints are. But it comes with a cleaning cloth.
and is thus useless for serious graphics work
If you're doing serious professional work you probably should be using one of those pro-level calibrated LCD monitors anyway.
Please excuse the question from a newbie Mac user - why not turn off the machine? Sleep mode makes me nervous - we get a lot of storms around here and I am nervous leaving it on and plugged in all the time.
You never have to close down your work, and you only have to wait a couple of seconds after getting to the computer before you can start working again.
Sleep mode makes me nervous - we get a lot of storms around here and I am nervous leaving it on and plugged in all the time.
I never use a computer without an uninterruptible power supply. They're cheap these days, decent ones that can power an iMac going for under $50. The Mac sleep is a combination of the Windows sleep and hibernate. It can write your RAM to disk, but leave the RAM powered for quick wake-up. If power goes out you'll resume from disk instead of from memory. But even a relatively small UPS can supply a sleeping iMac with power for a long time.
I do have a UPS. Compared to the Windows machine I have my Mac Mini takes no time at all to boot. It never ceases to amaze me!
It does boot pretty fast, even without the tricks Vista plays with flash memory. I've used and played with Macs a lot before, but this iMac is the best of them all, definitely better than any Windows box (and even better at being a Windows box than my other Windows boxes).
Is your UPS plugged into the Mac via USB?
Instead of all this guessing I just decided to do a test. I set my power settings to turn off the computer if it goes on UPS power. Then I put it to sleep and unplugged the UPS. It woke back up and shut itself down.
You should get approximate results with the mini if you have it connected to the UPS with USB.
I do have it set up on USB. I do not have Vista and will not get Vista. I am comparing it against an XP box.
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