OMG This thing is amazing!!! [Archive]

Skywatcher

23-11-2009, 07:03 PM

It took 3 minutes to set up

It is jaw droppingly beautiful :jawdrop:

The keyboard is wonderful and is so thin it makes my credit cards look fat!

The mouse is so instinctual to use that TBH I haven't even thought about how it works, I just 'use' it.

And when you turn it on for the first time you get a funky video

and I kid you not

of the Orion Nebula!!

Photos in a bit

Must eat and put the kids to bed

catrancher

23-11-2009, 07:10 PM

And when you turn it on for the first time you get a funky video

and I kid you not

of the Orion Nebula!!

Look anything like this?

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Tom (:macwave:... knew you'd like the startup video!)

Skywatcher

23-11-2009, 07:19 PM

:mental:

josh.p.

23-11-2009, 07:21 PM

I love the start up video :D I'm so excited!

Skywatcher

23-11-2009, 07:23 PM

I am in love with this machine :mental:

The boys are :jawdrop:

We have just watched some of cars on it

josh.p.

23-11-2009, 08:12 PM

:mental: PICTURES

Keith

23-11-2009, 09:47 PM

:wiggle::wiggle::wiggle::wiggle::wiggle::wiggle: :wiggle:

Ursula

23-11-2009, 10:39 PM

Get a room......

josh.p.

23-11-2009, 10:43 PM

Helly..... :slap:

catrancher

23-11-2009, 11:53 PM

Get a room......

:ROFL:

Tom (:macwave:... I'm so easily entertained)

Tink

24-11-2009, 02:34 AM

It's HERE!!! :9: :9: :9: It's HERE!!!!! :9: :9: :9:

I CANNOT WAIT !!! Oh, wait a second...

It's at YOUR house! :sigh:

Those faeries don't listen too well... :hopmad:

ENJOY!!!! :9: :hug2:

foreverducky

24-11-2009, 07:24 AM

Get a room......

:lol:

Okay, everyone sing along, sky and mac, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Skywatcher

24-11-2009, 08:05 AM

I can't kiss this - its too lovely!!

Its in a temporary home on the dining table at the moment awaiting the 'transfer of files' from the desktop.

Thomas came into the bedroom this morning and said

' I'm just so excited about the new mac I keep sneaking downstairs just to look at it even when its not turned on' - ' can we please please learn how to use it together at the weekend'

:D

Oh and the speakers will do us just fine , nice deep rumbling base and the film clips we watcher were fantastic.

The magic mouse is absolutely incredible though :yes:

I know I have only scratched the surface of using it so far but it is the first computer ever ( sorry Keith even including the macbook which I love) which has literally made me go WOW!

Lisa especially loves the fact that there is only 1 wire the power supply and even that looks neat and fits flush to the keyboard everything else is woireless including out printer which is upstairs.

It is remarkably thin even thinner than our other TFT monitors! and as a machine it is whisper quiet the ONLY time I could here anything at all was when it was spinning a disc.

Camera ran out of batteries last night :lol: so will post some when I get a chance won't be today though

catrancher

24-11-2009, 11:44 AM

Thomas came into the bedroom this morning and said

' I'm just so excited about the new mac I keep sneaking downstairs just to look at it even when its not turned on' - ' can we please please learn how to use it together at the weekend'

Chris,

Keep in mind that you can, if you wish, setup separate accounts for you, Lisa and Thomas. That way you can setup "Parental Controls" for Thomas that will allow you to do such things as restrict internet content, set limits on email, set computer usage time limits, restrict certain applications, or setup a simple interface for a specific account. The other nice thing about doing that is that everyone gets their own home directory. So you don't have everybodys files getting mixed up together. Just something to think about.

Tom (:macwave:... it's all good.... real good!)

catrancher

24-11-2009, 11:47 AM

Camera ran out of batteries last night :lol: so will post some when I get a chance won't be today though

Ahem...

iPhone has a camera! Is it dead too?

Tom (:macwave:... :worthless:)

Skywatcher

24-11-2009, 12:27 PM

OK had no idea about extra users - will need a mini tutorial on that - along with how to find clip art on iwork at some point :D

catrancher

24-11-2009, 12:50 PM

OK had no idea about extra users - will need a mini tutorial on that - along with how to find clip art on iwork at some point :D

Multiple user account tutorial here:

User Accounts (http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/tutorials/useraccounts.html#useraccounts)

Parental Controls tutorial here:

Parental Controls (http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/tutorials/parentalcontrols.html#parentalcontrols)

There's a bunch more on those pages also.

iWork clip art??? What are you looking for? iWork doesn't really have it's own clip art collection like MS Office. They kind of rely on you to furnish your own. The good news is that I'm sure we can find you all kinds of clip art to use. :yes:

Tom (:macwave:... you and Thomas can watch the videos together... Lisa can watch too. If she wants. :unsure:)

Keith

25-11-2009, 11:42 AM

Well the beast arrived this morning, perfect timing as I was working from home today.

Shipped from Shanghai on 21st, arrived oop north in UK 25th and to be honest, that seemed to be with a couple of delays. Amazing really

Got it out of the box and talk about minimalist! The unit and a small box with keyboard/mouse/disks inside. Frankly for the money I expected Steve Jobs to hop out of the box and give a tutorial.

The thing looks absolutely amazing. It's so nice and well done that I almost sigh that there's no real competition for them out there at the moment. It CANT be beyond sony/toshiba and co to come up with kit that looks this good surely?

It was so cold when it arrived that I was worried about condensation and the like so I left it for a good while. Hardest couple of hours ever!

Came to turn it on and nothing happened for the first few presses, then burst into life. Some kind of programmed in joke to worry me I guess.

I'm trying not to be all WOWSOME in case I tempt fate but it's hard not to comment on the speed, slickness and all round polish of the thing.

josh.p.

25-11-2009, 12:25 PM

:( I feel out of the loop now!

catrancher

25-11-2009, 01:29 PM

Keith

25-11-2009, 01:35 PM

Rather interesting comment I read the other day about these new iMacs. Some technology reporter was commenting that with the advent of these quad core iMacs, they're now a viable option instead of the Mac Pro.

Perhaps the Pro needs updating? And better looks! :unsure:

It's a hard one that. I think for RAW processing power, I'd still put my money on a mac pro even if the benchmarks are climbing up that way for the imac but with that having been said, ALL the stuff I do day to day that I'm throwing at the imac, it's eating up. Everything is instant and though I know it's early days, I feel like this would be the desktop for "everyone" and the mac pro would be for specialist apps.

I can't see me using my mac pro again to be honest (which is kinda sad)

catrancher

25-11-2009, 01:41 PM

Here's a question for Keith and Skywatcher now they've got these things. How heavy are they. :questionmark:

Here's the reason I ask. I have my MacBook Pro. My office is in the basement of our house and that's where I normally work during the week. However, on the weekend, I pick everything up and come upstairs to our kitchen where my DW has her "office" area setup. We both then work upstairs. After the weekend, I pick it up again and back downstairs it goes.

How feasible would this be with the iMac? :unsure:

I really only have the laptop because at the time I bought it, there wasn't any other options. Now... who knows.

Tom (:macwave:... thinking out loud)

Keith

25-11-2009, 01:58 PM

Perhaps sir skywatcher will feel differently, but I wouldn't want to be carrying it up and down, not even once a week. I think your 17" megabook would be far better for that

josh.p.

25-11-2009, 02:28 PM

I wouldn't do it just through fear of dropping it!

catrancher

25-11-2009, 02:35 PM

Probably correct. I'm just being seduced by that 27" screen. It's just a little smaller than our TV! :jawdrop:

Tom (:macwave:... who sometimes thinks that bigger is better!)

Ursula

25-11-2009, 03:43 PM

coughstravelodgehavecheaproomscough

Claire

25-11-2009, 04:07 PM

:unsure: Have I missed the photos? :D

josh.p.

25-11-2009, 06:23 PM

Probably correct. I'm just being seduced by that 27" screen. It's just a little smaller than our TV! :jawdrop:

Tom (:macwave:... who sometimes thinks that bigger is better!)
Couldn't you just have both? Use your laptop for the weekends and your computer for the weekday? :unsure: Or the other way round?

catrancher

25-11-2009, 08:43 PM

Couldn't you just have both? Use your laptop for the weekends and your computer for the weekday? :unsure: Or the other way round?

I could... but...

In truth, my Macbook Pro is perfectly adequate for my needs. I need an iMac like I need a new hole in my head. Just doesn't make sense. I was just being seduced by the siren call of the 27" screen.

Tom (:macwave:... I will refrain from indulging this time!)

Skywatcher

26-11-2009, 12:05 PM

I love my macbook pro and it will ALWAYS be my computer of choice for my astronomy as I simply need portability

The 27incher isn't portable not because of the weight really just the size of the screen

The keyboard and mouse are however ridiculously portable

I still haven't had any time to load up all my photos and music and programmes onto it yet or even set up my email account - the weekend will do that

The boys are just playing for hours on 'photobooth' as there is now a rollercoaster backdrop :lol:

I can see me having this computer for a long long time

Lisas ister is here at the moment and when her and her husband came in they just went 'WOW' it is an achingly beautiful thing and i havent even scratched the surface of whatit can do

Being a windows chap all his life he was amazed I was upa nd surfing in 17 seconds after turing it on :lol:

Whether I will rue the day I didn't get the i7 rather than the i5 I don't know but suspect it won't be for many years yet.

Still so so much to learn

Keith

26-11-2009, 12:16 PM

I truly dont think you'll EVER have to consider the i7 v i5 issue. It's incremental and by the time you'd be thinking hmmmmm this is slow, the i7 will be slow too. I only went that way because the discount was larger on it. If I'd been in a shop and they had i5s I'd have snagged one in a heartbeat :yes:

Achingly beautiful is an excellent way to describe it, it's amazing (and I'm not an easy customer to please)

Hardest part of setup was finding the on button for the keyboard :lol:

Skywatcher

26-11-2009, 12:34 PM

I am so impressed with the mouse as well

Keith

26-11-2009, 12:36 PM

I am so impressed with the mouse as well

I'm amazed how intuitive the mouse is. After using it I wonder why the pc at work isnt working like that! Really impressed

catrancher

26-11-2009, 01:22 PM

I am so impressed with the mouse as well

The only thing I would wish for with the mouse is to have the battery indicator available in the menu bar rather than having to open the mouse system preferences. Course, my menu bar is getting pretty crowded over there as it is.

If it bothers me enough, I suppose I could open up Xcode and the Bluetooth manuals and see what I could come up with. :unsure:

Tom (:macwave:...who likes to know where he stands, battery wise!)

Keith

26-11-2009, 01:24 PM

The only thing I would wish for with the mouse is to have the battery indicator available in the menu bar rather than having to open the mouse system preferences. Course, my menu bar is getting pretty crowded over there as it is.

If it bothers me enough, I suppose I could open up Xcode and the Bluetooth manuals and see what I could come up with. :unsure:

Tom (:macwave:...who likes to know where he stands, battery wise!)

yeah good idea that Tom!

Ursula

26-11-2009, 05:57 PM

smilie wouldn't take :(

Skywatcher

26-11-2009, 07:23 PM

? :unsure:

josh.p.

26-11-2009, 09:28 PM

I have been into the apple store and now I am severely dissapointed at the size of my mac LOL... I was getting funny looks. I asked how much it would be with student discount and it was still very expensive but it does seem to knock quite a bit off! Enough for an iPod at least :yes:

I was *this* close to spending some of my car fund on a magic mouse BUT they didn't have them in stock. In hindsight I'm glad as my Mouse is good enough until I can get one :yes:

Keith

26-11-2009, 09:31 PM

It's the best desktop computer I've ever had, no exceptions or doubts. (the best laptop being my macbook pro).

I have ZERO hesitation in recommending it

josh.p.

26-11-2009, 09:49 PM

If I get made permanent in M&S I shall definitley be saving for one.

Skywatcher

27-11-2009, 07:57 AM

It's the best desktop computer I've ever had, no exceptions or doubts. (the best laptop being my macbook pro).

I have ZERO hesitation in recommending it

:geekon:

I have both of those you know

:geekon:

not sure if I mentioned it

:wink:

josh.p.

27-11-2009, 01:42 PM

I wish the phrase "size isn't everything" applied here, but I can't find it within my heart to say that :(

Skywatcher

27-11-2009, 02:21 PM

Josh mate, your time will come and we will be pining over your 42 inch iThrustEagleHammerhead with quantum core and a flibblebyte liquid crystal hard drive taht sucks thoughts directly from your brain , whilst at the same time Keith and I will be trading tips on how to tape our ancient 27 inch machines together with gaffa tape :yes:

josh.p.

27-11-2009, 02:21 PM

Britchick

27-11-2009, 07:13 PM

whilst rocking backwards and forwards and dribbling! LOL

Josh do you know how much the student discount was?

Keith

27-11-2009, 07:19 PM

Josh do you know how much the student discount was?

There are several different kinds of educational discount such as one for schools, one for colleges and then universities. You can find the lowest couple of discounts by going into the educational store online (dont know if this link will work Student Discount - Apple Store (U.K.) (http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/education_routing?mco=OTY2ODQzMg) )

If you can wangle yourself someone with a university card then you can find a much higher level discount by asking at an apple store or phoning up.

It can be of the order of 15% or thereabouts

Britchick

27-11-2009, 07:44 PM

thanks Keith, i can cover all of those eventualities! lol

Claire

27-11-2009, 08:25 PM

Can you believe there is a thread running on another Disney board where a chap bought a Macbook and he hates it! He's had such a rant. Believes it's the biggest waste of money he's ever spent and is sending it back for a full refund. It appears it may be faulty and that is why it's not doing what it should be doing but he refuses to consider getting another. Happily there have been plenty of pro Mac replies!