The iMac G5: A PC user migrates to a Mac
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Computerworld columnist Yuval Kossovsky touts the new iMac G5 to his wife and she makes the switch from her PC -- with the help of a few migration tools.
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âThe grace of Leopardâs interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update,â reports Elsa Wenzel . Awarding it an âExcellent 8 out of 10,â Wenzel maintains that Leopard not only âmakes Macs more enticing than Tiger did,â but that it âmakes it far easier to find documents and applications than Windows Vista. Leopardâs interface niceties made the daily mechanics of using the computer more pleasurable. Mundane chores, such as finding files and backing up data, become a visual treat.â
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Describing the new iMac G5, Chris Taylor writes in TIME, &#147;What you get for that money is quite possibly the coolest personal computer yet created. The cool is more than merely aesthetic. Unlike a lot of previous Mac machines, on which you could almost fry an egg, the iMac G5&#146;s beautiful white surface does not get noticeably hot. Nor, at a whisper-quiet 25 decibels, does it make enough noise for most people to hear&#133;&#148; [Sep 7]
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Apple Computer&#39;s new line of iMacs, which goes on sale later this month, gives the company&#39;s diehard fans several reasons to upgrade, including a big speed boost and more affordable prices.
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Attendees at Apple Expo in Paris are impressed at the look of the new iMac G5, but mixed on whether it&#39;s the right solution for their needs.
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After putting Leopard through its paces, Dean Takahashi (San Jose Mercury News) finds it is aptly namedââItâs fast and sleekââand concludes that the latest version of Mac OS X âgives Apple [an] advantage over Microsoft.â It offers âmore than 300 new features, making it the biggest upgrade in a long time,â and âa lot of the features allow you to do things more quickly and more easily.â That includes iChat, which, he says, âgot a good makeover. Besides doing video chats with the built-in Webcams on Macs, you can now use them to share any kind of file with the person youâre chatting with. You can also take over that friendâs desktop in case youâre diagnosing the machine from afar.â
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Jesse Noyes writes for the Boston Herald, &#147;&#145;Big.&#146; That&#146;s the first word that pops into mind when you sit yourself down in front of the new iMac&#146;s 24-inch display.&#148;
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At San Francisco shindig, Mac community gets first look at book-size budget PC and low-end music player.  Photos: Scenes from Macworld
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Virtualization on the Mac is a fairly new phenomenon, and getting here took some doing. Columnist Richard Hoffman explains.
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Compatible with both Macs and PCs, they cost from $149 will be available beginning in June.
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While Mac users get busy running Windows virtually, what's Apple got cooking? In Monkey Bites.
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The new model, unveiled at the opening of the Apple Expo in Paris, upgrades the iMac line with the faster G5 processors already used in Apple's top-end Power Macs.
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Apple Computer on Tuesday added a 1.8 GHz single processor Power Mac G5 desktop to its 64-bit Power Mac G5 line priced at $1,499. The new 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5 features 6.4GB per second of fast memory bandwidth
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And re-introduces the single-CPU Power Mac G5
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Apple&#39;s latest iMac G5 desktop computer once again raises the issue of style vs. cost. On the one hand, the iMac is more expensive than roughly comparable desktop computers running Windows -- therefore making Windows the better value.
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RUMOURS ARE rippling on the wires that Apple will unveil an iMac costing less than $500 at the Macworld Expo early next month. According to top gossip-mongers Think Secret, the device will be a G4-based machine
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The new iMac G5 is completely user serviceable. If something goes wrong, Apple ships you the spare parts and you do the work. It's the wave of the future: Soon most PC repairs will be done at home. By Leander Kahney.