iMac 27-inch

[HappinessNow]

seriously thinking about getting the 27 inch iMac!

As an artist and photographer I am seriously thinking of getting an iMac mostly for digital photography post production and movie production and editing.

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=138436&d=1259836740 http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=138437&d=1259836827

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB953LL/A?mco=MTM3NDc2NjA

I tried the new mouse out and it is outstanding!

[Diluted]

If you have the cash, I don't see why you shouldn't give it a try.

[HappinessNow]

If you have the cash, I don't see why you shouldn't give it a try.
exactly! :p

[jespdj]

Have you seen it in real life yet (in a shop, for example)? It's really awesome, the 27-inch 2560 x 1440 screen is great.

I don't know how well it will run Ubuntu, however.

[madnessjack]

my mates got one, they're simply stunning and the resolution is silly high :D

[HappinessNow]

Have you seen it in real life yet (in a shop, for example)? It's really awesome, the 27-inch 2560 x 1440 screen is great.

I don't know how well it will run Ubuntu, however.Yeah they have it at my University Bookstore, they are a certified Apple dealer, the resolution and picture quality is great! I also tried the new mouse out, best mouse I have ever used.

Not to also mention I have been using Apple computers for the past year in practically every Art class I have, mostly Digital Imaging, Digital Photography and film production.

Not really interested in toying with Ubuntu on this baby.

[Sand & Mercury]

I'm typing on one now (quad core) :D Had it for less than a week but so far I absolutely adore it, the extra screen real-estate is lovely and it just feels very good to use in general. Two thumbs up!

[HappinessNow]

I'm typing on one now (quad core) :D Had it for less than a week but so far I absolutely adore it, the extra screen real-estate is lovely and it just feels very good to use in general. Two thumbs up!
Good to hear overall! I will probably make my purchase this coming January 4th 2010 (one month and one day away). :p

[kellemes]

Extremely beautiful machine!

[HappinessNow]

Extremely beautiful machine!The beauty of this beast overall is stunning, breathless!

[Exodist]

@ 今幸福 (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=809266)
Get an additional 27" and dont worry about screen size ever again.. :-)

I am fixing to buy two 24" LCDs myself..

[cascade9]

Have you seen it in real life yet (in a shop, for example)? It's really awesome, the 27-inch 2560 x 1440 screen is great.

I don't know how well it will run Ubuntu, however.

For myself, I'd rather have a 30'' 2560x1600 monitor. I've seen a Dell 3008WPF and the image quality was great. Theres also the Samsung 305T, HP LP3065 and a few others around.

Mind you, the apple is an all-in-one unit. That (and apples, er, control issues) makes me want to say away from the iMac 27'', but if your pressed for space, or a big apple fan, I can understand looking at the iMac.

[HappinessNow]

@ 今幸福 (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=809266)
Get an additional 27" and dont worry about screen size ever again.. :-)

I am fixing to buy two 24" LCDs myself..I am actually thinking of getting an additional 27" :p

...most of the post production work I need to do would benefit greatly from having dual monitors. It is pretty much a standard.

[handy]

I also tried the new mouse out, best mouse I have ever used.

It's obviously not the mighty mouse then, 'cause that is the worst mouse I have ever used.



Not really interested in toying with Ubuntu on this baby.

I dual booted Ubuntu & then Arch on my 24" iMac.

I personally much prefer Arch due to its inherent configurability in comparison to OS X. Though I understand it is horses for courses & all that.

If you do ever want to install Linux (specifically Arch) I wrote a comprehensive how-to for the Arch wiki, found here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IMac_Aluminium

I've been using my iMac a LOT for the last 2 years. I had a noisy optical drive replaced under warranty, & fairly recently I upgraded the 320GB HDD to a 1.5TB WD Green HDD. I cloned the 320GB drive with multiple partitions, most of them for Arch - Fat32, HFS+, Ext3, JFS, were the file systems used. Clonezilla handled the job with aplomb. I pulled the 320GB HDD out & stuck it in another machine with the 1.5TB drive, & booted from the Clonezilla liveCD. Worked like a charm.

If you ever need to get inside your iMac, give me a yell, I can tell you how. It's easy, though its more fiddly & time consuming than getting into a standard type computer case.

Good luck with it, if you go that way, I'm sure you will enjoy the thing. :)

Hopefully OS X, 10.6 now allows you to adjust ALL of the font sizes, & beyond the standard 16 point max' size. This is a limitation that drives me nuts with OS X, 10.5. 1900x1200 resolution & tiny fonts is not the way to make for relaxed eyes.

[HappinessNow]

It's obviously not the mighty mouse then, 'cause that is the worst mouse I have ever used.



I dual booted Ubuntu & then Arch on my 24" iMac.

I personally much prefer Arch due to its inherent configurability in comparison to OS X. Though I understand it is horses for courses & all that.

If you do ever want to install Linux (specifically Arch) I wrote a comprehensive how-to for the Arch wiki, found here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IMac_Aluminium

I've been using my iMac a LOT for the last 2 years. I had a noisy optical drive replaced under warranty, & fairly recently I upgraded the 320GB HDD to a 1.5TB WD Green HDD. I cloned the 320GB drive with multiple partitions, most of them for Arch - Fat32, HFS+, Ext3, JFS, were the file systems used. Clonezilla handled the job with aplomb. I pulled the 320GB HDD out & stuck it in another machine with the 1.5TB drive, & booted from the Clonezilla liveCD. Worked like a charm.

If you ever need to get inside your iMac, give me a yell, I can tell you how. It's easy, though its more fiddly & time consuming than getting into a standard type computer case.

Good luck with it, if you go that way, I'm sure you will enjoy the thing. :)

Hopefully OS X, 10.6 now allows you to adjust ALL of the font sizes, & beyond the standard 16 point max' size. This is a limitation that drives me nuts with OS X, 10.5. 1900x1200 resolution & tiny fonts is not the way to make for relaxed eyes.Thanks Handy, I'll contact you if I need help :p

Arch on my iMac (if I get it) sounds the way to go.

[Exodist]

I am actually thinking of getting an additional 27" :p

...most of the post production work I need to do would benefit greatly from having dual monitors. It is pretty much a standard.
Yep. I thought I would hate having 2 monitors at first. But now I dont think I can live without them.

[blackened]

seriously thinking about getting the 27 inch iMac!...

I had the good fortune of playing with one at Best Buy while helping a friend shop for a new machine. Granted, I'm no fanboy and share the problems that most people here do with Apple's hardware/software stream control fetish, but just a few minutes with this thing will have you dreaming lustily. Personally, I came to as the security guards were escorting me to the waiting police car. How I ended up wearing nothing but my right sock is beyond me, but in retrospect it kinda makes sense.

I envy you so much 今幸福.

[LinuxFanBoi]

Yep. I thought I would hate having 2 monitors at first. But now I dont think I can live without them.

This

[jespdj]

For myself, I'd rather have a 30'' 2560x1600 monitor. I've seen a Dell 3008WPF and the image quality was great. Theres also the Samsung 305T, HP LP3065 and a few others around.

Mind you, the apple is an all-in-one unit. That (and apples, er, control issues) makes me want to say away from the iMac 27'', but if your pressed for space, or a big apple fan, I can understand looking at the iMac.
The Dell 3008WFP looks like a great monitor, but it is very expensive - it costs € 2,376 here, even a beefed up 27-inch iMac with Core i7 processor and 8 GB RAM is cheaper than that.

There's also the 30-inch Apple Cinema screen (which also has a resolution of 2560 x 1600).

[cascade9]

€ 2,376? o.O

Umm...holland is being ripped off. Its 1294 quid in the UK (1425 euro)

http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=Dell+3008WFP&cat=all&x=13&y=10

$1800 here (1100 euro)
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/monitor_3008wfp?c=au&cs=audhs1&l=en&s=dhs

The guy I know who has one got it for less than $1800 .au, IIRC he paid a bit under $1500 (more like 1000 euro)

It would be a bit more, depending on where you are, to buy the dell and a box of the same specs as the 27'' iMac, but you've got a bit more flexibility that way, so its probably worth it.....for some people anyway.

[issih]

I shall be jealous!

[HappinessNow]

I shall be jealous!No need for jealousy, one day you may have one too. :p

[issih]

Heh true. For now I'll content myself with plugging my macbook into a big monitor...

I must set up dual boot on this thing again, I had to wipe it to get snow leopard working.

[HappinessNow]

Heh true. For now I'll content myself with plugging my macbook into a big monitor...

I must set up dual boot on this thing again, I had to wipe it to get snow leopard working.
I wonder if the new iMac comes with Snow Leopard?...I'll have to look. :p

[chucky chuckaluck]

i sort of don't get why someone would want to put something other than osx on a current mac, given the supposed integration between software and hardware.

[issih]

Because its nice to tinker with things....

In all honesty the macbook remains in OS-X probably 80-90% of the time, because it is very usable for the turn on and browse the web, do a bit of thesis writing, etc etc etc.

I like to have Linux there to play with..especially for the days when I am logging into the lab, where its useful to have the full range of Linux utilities under the terminal..(yes I know I could get these installed into the OS-X terminal, I just haven't yet). Generally the mac fits beautifully into a *nix environment (both at home and at work) but its not quite as seemless as another linux box.

I also prefer coding under Linux, partly because I'm used to it (and have never got into mac programming), partly because of the larger number of good code friendly text editors and partly just because I do.

Actually scrub everything else...why do I do it? because I feel like it :)

[handy]

i sort of don't get why someone would want to put something other than osx on a current mac, given the supposed integration between software and hardware.

OS X, has limited configuration options & is nowhere near as polished as at least some of the distros in regard the installation & upgrading of the system. imho. The rolling release of Arch & the ability to control all (I think) of the font sizes, theme & colours, DE/WM choices & then the configuration that they themselves offer re. panels & plugins makes Arch (personally) or whatever other distro a much more comfortable place to compute. & I spend a LOT of time looking at this screen. Also the openness & relative simplicity of the (Arch in particular) system & the relative ease of tweaking is a bonus for me. The only thing that OS X, has over the Linux world currently (& its days are numbered, though no one knows the number yet. lol) is that the ATi closed drivers are better under OS X, than Linux.

The iMac space usage really allows it to live in my crowded office comfortably.

That said, I won't replace it with another Apple when it does eventually become an uneconomic repair, as I do REALLY like to be able to upgrade my GPU from time to time.

[PhoHammer]

I'm typing on one now (quad core) :D Had it for less than a week but so far I absolutely adore it, the extra screen real-estate is lovely and it just feels very good to use in general. Two thumbs up!
+1
If I could never use GNU/Linux again, I would choose Mac OS X. I've had one of the new MacBooks since October and I love it.

[HappinessNow]

+1
If I could never use GNU/Linux again, I would choose Mac OS X. I've had one of the new MacBooks since October and I love it.Wow...this is an overwhelming positive recommendation, looks like I will finally be biting into the Apple. :p

[Aflack]

i kind of want a macbook pro for xmas but its the only thing they havent updated recently and im afraid if i buy it 2 months later o look a 17 inch for 1500 with 4gb ram and 512mb graphic card 3.06Ghz i7 or some crazy ****.

:(

[HappinessNow]

i kind of want a macbook pro for xmas but its the only thing they havent updated recently and im afraid if i buy it 2 months later o look a 17 inch for 1500 with 4gb ram and 512mb graphic card 3.06Ghz i7 or some crazy ****.

:(The want fizzed out for me, I guess this is what happens when you wait too long. :P

[Exodist]

seriously thinking about getting the 27 inch iMac!

As an artist and photographer I am seriously thinking of getting an iMac mostly for digital photography post production and movie production and editing.

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=138437&d=1259836827

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB953LL/A?mco=MTM3NDc2NjA

I tried the new mouse out and it is outstanding!

Hmm.. For what you do, they IMHO are still the best choice.. **sadly**

I wouldnt skip on the RAM tho or CPU, go 2.8 with at least 8GB.
1TB of HDD sounds like enough, but with HD video it may not be. You know more about this then I on that end.
I would order 1 addition monitor though if it can support dual monitors. I think I seen somewhere they could. Have to dbl check that.

[Exodist]

i sort of don't get why someone would want to put something other than osx on a current mac, given the supposed integration between software and hardware.
I agree, if I am going to shell out the cash for a mac. Its going to run OSX. If not I would just build a PC.

Only reason I have Jaunty on my old G4 eMac is becuase I cant a damn webbroweser that supports anything on my old OSX version. The latest Snowleopard doesnt support it anymore..

[handy]

I agree, if I am going to shell out the cash for a mac. Its going to run OSX. If not I would just build a PC.

If you get a Mac with a big 24" or larger screen, the inbuilt limitations on the font sizing IS an issue for many of us. If your eyesight is such that it is not a problem, &/or you like to sit very close to the screen, well then good luck to you.

I like to be roughly about 4 feet or so away from my screen, so I really need to be able to control ALL of the fonts in the system, & I need to be able to make them much bigger than the miserable 16 points (from memory) that is the maximum in OS X. & what makes it even worse, you can only adjust some fonts in OS X, most of them are beyond control.

There are one or two non Apple pieces of software that apparently allow you to control some more of the OS X desktop, though many months ago when I went looking for them, they didn't work on Leopard anyway, & if they work on Snow Leopard now well great.

I much prefer my custom built Arch anyway, I don't care what they do to OS X, I found my personal & most comfortable OS home early in 2008. :)

I've been inside the iMac a couple of times & I've upgraded its HDD from 320GB to 1.5TB, so it has become known to me on the inside as well.

My next machine will be built as an AMD quadcore/ATi GPU machine that will hopefully see me through the next decade, with only a graphic card upgrade or two.

The iMac will be my web interface & general workhorse.

If the corporations manage to successfully steal our internet freedom & try to charge us for every service they can manifest & promote, over the coming decade, then I'll just dump the net, play the odd solo game & read many magnificent books. :)

I refuse to participate in that kind of corporate controlled internet culture. /rant

[pwnst*r]

So did you get this or what, or is it going to wind up like a Hopippolliopiapo thread.

[yester64]

Thats even bigger than my tv. Way to go.

[schauerlich]

Want to buy me one?

[pwnst*r]

Thats even bigger than my tv. Way to go.

way to go what? he never bought it.

[ratcheer]

way to go what? he never bought it.

But now, I want one.

Tim

[pwnst*r]

But now, I want one.

Tim

k, cool?

[fatcrab]

Good to hear overall! I will probably make my purchase this coming January 4th 2010 (one month and one day away). :p

:)