The iMac is extremely simple to set up - less than 5 minutes, seriously that's how long it took me! I have set up a couple of PCs and they took at least an hour, if not two, to set up. Configuring/ setting up the system is really easy and intuitive to do. In general Apple Macs are more expensive than most PCs: For example: If an apple mac has, say, a 6GB hard disk and a PC has exactly the same size hard disk it would be logical to assume that they would be of the same quality. This is not always true, one thing to bear in mind with apple is that the quality of the products it makes is extremely high. So in this example the hard disk in the iMac would ...  Read the complete review

Am I all alone? I think I know how kamikaze test pilots must feel, so this opinion is going to be a bit schizophrenic. Is this a common problem with iMacs? Crashing. I have to confess to being a regular PC user at work myself, but I occasionally dabble in a little of the other, and am surrounded by iMacs. They all suffer from regular crashes, much more so than I notice on a PC. Perhaps they’re not set up properly, so the comparison isn’t fair, but I wonder if this is a widespread problem. It tends to happen when opening applications or files, but can come out of the blue, even when starting up. No complaints about the price, or problems ...  Read the complete review

I bought mine second hand off QXL last November after I realised it simply wasn't practical to share a computer with my family any more. It's a bog standard original model without the slot-loading CD Rom drive, and the previous owner upgraded it to 64mb of RAM. It has a 333 G3 processor and I use OS 8.6 which it came with.I use it for web building and just surfing. The 15" screen seems much bigger than most screens of that size when running at 1024x860 and it's fine, although not ideal, for running design programs like Photoshop or Dreamweaver that have lots of floating palettes. With 64mbs it's not really practical to have more than one RAM ...  Read the complete review

I have owned an imac since the the little blueberry scamp first came out. It is the first computer I ever bought or owned, and I love it. It looks great, has all the features and capabilities of an ordinary PC and more. The only thing that bugs me is the software developers. They prioritise PC users over Apple Mac users. This all sounds incredible geekish - PC's vs Macs, but it's not about that. This is about PC's and Mac's working together. They may be on two different format systems, but dual programs are possible to make and in some cases are, especially with the web and HTML making more and stuff both PC and Mac compatible. But I ...  Read the complete review

I have now had an iMac for almos a year. I also have PC's and a Laptop. It used to be said that 6 months in the pc world was equivelant to 2 years in the real world. Apple are no where near the stage that PC's are at. Carrying out normal task, word processing, internet surfing, and a bit of game playing, there isn't much difference in proccesing power between the apple and a well set up 400mhz pc. The crash at about the same regularity ( but the mac is so much easier to recover from a serious crash). A full recovery is an advantage - this takes about 15 - 20 minutes to install everything ! compared to pc 2 hrs to 10 weeks ( if ...  Read the complete review