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Introducing my Apple iMac

Posted in Bottlebrush, Apple, Life++ on Monday, 25th June 2007

I arrived back from the city on Friday afternoon with a big, brown box.

A big, brown box

After carefully removing the seals, I encountered another big box.

Another big box

A peek inside.

The first picture of the opened boxAnother peek inside the box

Low and behold, a wrapped iMac.

The iMac in its protective covering

Introducing my Apple iMac, featuring a 24″ display. The back is as elegant as the front.

The unveiling of the protective wrapThe back of the iMac

First boot, it works!

The iMac booting for the first time

After relocating my desktop computer and cleaning the work desk, my iMac sits nicely.

A picture of the iMac on the desk #1Another picture of the iMacA demonstration of the built-in webcam

Specifications:

  • 24″ LCD Display (1920×1200)
  • Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz
  • 2GB DDR2 667
  • nVidia 7300GT
  • 250GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
  • Built-in bluetooth, wireless and webcam

I purchased the iMac with the intention of becoming my workstation. I place an emphasis on work. The display is amazing, it’s insanely huge and the colours are vibrant. I haven’t had any difficulty adjusting from my dual 17″ LCD displays, an issue that I was concerned about.

Ultimately, I’m more than pleased with my purchase. If you’re interested in additional pictures, you can take a look here.

11 Comments to “Introducing my Apple iMac”

  1. David
    June 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    Dude, that’s one sexy piece of sex right there.

    Congrats :D

  2. Pascal Klein
    June 27th, 2007 at 12:00 am

    …I place an emphasis on work.

    …and pr0n.

    Nice piece of hardware dude. I’m thinking of getting a macbook or even a macbook pro for CNMA; no way around it. =\

  3. Tatey
    June 27th, 2007 at 6:32 pm

    No, just work Pascal. I have a 40″ LCD TV that I can use for porn.

    Seriously, thanks for the comments guys. I know I don’t update all that often.

  4. Jessmukkah
    June 27th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    YEAH YOU DONT.

    Sexeh as hell though. Don’t be surprised if it goes, y’know, missing or whatever.

  5. Ashley
    June 27th, 2007 at 9:08 pm

    Yeah, I’m thoroughly overcome with jeal. Jealous. Get it?

    That hardware is pretty trendy. Was it a reasonable price?

  6. Tatey
    June 28th, 2007 at 7:25 am

    I picked it up for just shy of $3000. The base configuration only included 1GB of RAM. I purchased an additional 2x 1GB of DDR2 SO-DIMM (Yes, it takes notebook RAM) from MSY to whack in to the Mac. Apple charges a fortune for “official” RAM. You’ll have to come see it next time you’re all over :)

  7. Tatey
    June 28th, 2007 at 7:27 am

    I’ll tell you what though, it’s FAST! Previously I was using Adobe Photoshop CS2 in a Windows Virtual Machine on my Athlon XP 2500+. It would take forever to do anything, especially if I was handling larger images. This thing is like “Okay done, what’s next?”. ^_^

  8. renegade
    July 4th, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    Hmm, thats purdy. I want one. Nice choice :)

    I’d love one of them plus my PC.. the tinkering part of PCs is fun :D

  9. Tatey
    July 4th, 2007 at 6:06 pm

    Thanks.

    I still have my PC, and I am looking to purchase a new one around the corner. You know, I enjoy playing games and I’m looking forward to Team Fortress 2.

    In reference to the tinkering part, you’re certainly right. Apple locks down their hardware.

  10. Nic
    August 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    http://www.katnoodle.com/2005/04/27/beer-server/

    Unfortunately for you that is the only thing macs are good for and yours appears to be too small to handle that much server load.

  11. Tatey
    August 21st, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Awww :(

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