Apple iMac Desktop with 17" Display MA590LL/A (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)

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Apple iMac Desktop with 17" Display MA590LL/A (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Group: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers
ASIN: B000EPHSLK

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Apple MA590LL/A 17 Inch iMac - Featuring the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, this iMac gives you the power and speed that you need to fly through business and creative applications, like iLife, the suite of Apple apps that comes included. iLife has everything for, well, your life - your digital life that is. Seamlessly integrated with the Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger operating system, it lets you easily edit, share, and store your digital photos; play, edit, and create both audio and video, including your own DVD movies. This iMac also comes with an iSight camera built-in, which is perfect for video chats. Give your fingers a rest and :) for real with friends and family around the world. 160GB SATA 7200 RPM Hard Drive Slot-Loading SuperDrive - (write speeds) up to 2.4x DL DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+RW, 24x CD-R, & 16x CD-RW Slot-Loading SuperDrive - (read speeds) up to 8x DVD-ROM & 24x CD-ROM 17 Widescreen LCD Native Resolution - 1440 x 900 Built-in iSight Built-in 802.11g Wi-Fi Wireless Network Adapter Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB of GDDR3 of SDRAM Port - 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, 3 USB 2.0, 2 USB 1.1 (on keyboard), 2 FireWire 400, Optical Digital Audio/Headphone Out, Optical Digital Audio In/Audio Line-In, Mini-DVI Out with support for DVI, VGA, S-Video, & Composite Video via optional adapter Built-in Stereo Speakers Built-in Microphone Built-in IR Receiver Unit Weight - 15.5 lbs.

Customer Reviews:

Nice & Cool.......2007-06-12

The iMac always has something that exceeds your expectations. Fast and reliable. I understand why more people are switching to the macs.

Very pleased with Apple.......2007-06-11

I love macs, what can I say! They're good, they're pretty, they're reliable. I wouldn't ever get anything else but Apple.

imac.......2007-06-08

my new computer arrived in good time in great shape and so far we are having a love affair!

Don't switch yet..........2007-05-29

I'll probably get slammed by a lot of Apple Elitists out there, but I'm one of the people who was convinced that I should switch over from my PC to a Mac, and I have to say, I was a bit disappointed.

We have a Dell running the Media Center Edition of Windows that I bought in 2004. I also [had!] a notebook that we bought back in 1998. It worked fine for surfing the web, and acting as another access point to our shared drive via a wireless network, but not much else. The notebook finally gave up the ghost. The three options were (i) get a cheap notebook to replace the old one, (ii) get a notebook that was powerful enough to handle Windows Vista, or (iii) get a Mac.

Sick of buying all kinds of extras for my Windows computers to be sure that they work properly and/or are safe enough (or to be able to be compatible with new versions of the OS that come out), and not wanting something that would be completely obsolete in a few years, I decided to go with the Mac. In particular, I've been wanting to do some BASIC video editing, and was annoyed that after everything I've bought (including a Canon video camera that purports to have "Digital Video Solutions" software that manages only PICTURES!) I still didn't have anything that does this simply. BTW -- is it really THAT difficult to make video editing more like word processing? I mean, select a section of video, copy it, delete it, etc.? What's with having to copy a whole video and then "trim" ends off it to make the darn thing delete a scene in the middle? But I digress...

For those of us used to Windows, a lot of the Mac OS usage is NOT intuitive, and it doesn't come with a manual. Thankfully, the vendor I bought it from included an OS X guide on DVD. But it's a 2-hour DVD. Also finally found the "Mac 101" series on the apple website, which has helped some (took a while to find that, before that all I had found on the apple site were tutorials you had to pay for). The setup was (relatively) simple (not that I ever thought setting up a PC was all that difficult). But I'm spending time trying to figure out how to do EVERYTHING. My "weather" Widget for some reason defaulted to Atlanta, NY (I presume, never did give me a zip), instead of Atlanta, GA (?!). Had to figure out how to fix that. A program locked up on me -- had to figure out the equivalent of "Ctrl-Alt-Del" to stop it. Trying to print through my network -- it recognizes the network, and even the printer, but I can't figure out the equivalent of "preferences" in the windows print dialogue, and also can't seem to get it to actually PRINT. Wanted to open something with a non-defaulted program -- had to figure out the equivalent of "right-click" (particularly with the stupid "Mighty Mouse", more in a sec) to get to "open with". I wanted to look at some photos saved on the Dell. Can't do it with iPhoto (finally figured out I have to do it through "Preview"). I had to copy the photos to the Mac first, THEN iPhoto will recognize them. I've copied a few of the folders over (even though they were already backed up), but not sure what I'm going to do about the other few thousand. I tried copying some video. Some worked, but on the rest, it's looped/locked into OS X somehow -- won't let me open it, won't let me delete it. After a couple hours on with Apple tech support it still wasn't resolved, they're calling me back in a few days when they can get in touch with an engineer. It was w/in the first 90 days though, so it was free, and they were very nice (and English-speaking!). Next I tried video-conferencing with family. We've done it on our Dell through MSN's chat. But MSN's Mac version isn't video-compatible yet, and we were having trouble getting any of AIM, AIM Pro and Yahoo to work (some problems on our end, some on theirs). Hopefully we'll figure it out eventually.

On the Mighty Mouse -- doesn't work on my white counter-top. Fine. I got a mouse pad. Doesn't cut it. Can't make it all the way across the screen without picking up the mouse. I'm used to that, generally not a big deal. EXCEPT that on the Mighty Mouse, when you pick the dang thing up, you're no longer clicking it! So you can't click and drag something across the screen, have to move things around and make sure the two windows are near each other for it to work. Or to delete something, if the window's not close enough to the trash folder, you need to use two hands to hold down the apple key and tell it to throw it in the trash, for example.

The ultimate insult came when I tried editing some of the video I was actually able to copy. Evidently, for the editing software to be able to read my videos (just about all of which are saved in MPEG-2), I have to buy a $20 plug-in (I understand Microsoft incorporates this cost into its software, evidently Apple doesn't). I just hate being forced to buy add-ons (the whole reason I bought a Mac in the first place!), particularly when I told them at the Apple store what I wanted to do.

On the plus side, it looks cool. I like that it's got the webcam and the airport built-in. And I like that it's an all-in-one box that fits easily in the space we have (which is why we didn't consider a desktop PC), and as far as the available Mac's go, this one fits us just fine -- I was considering the 20-inch due to bigger screen and better capabilities, but really, the whole thing would be too big for the space we have it in, and this is plenty fast/capable for our needs). And for the most part, it did network with my PC a lot easier than I thought it would. I've had very little trouble getting access to the files on my Dell, and even found a free converter that allows me to view video recorded through the Media Center in Quicktime.

But if I had to do it all over again, I think I'd get the cheap notebook; don't know how this compares to Vista, but it didn't seem worth spending enough to get a Vista-capable Notebook at this time. Having found Mac 101, I'm learning how to do things a little better, and am a little less bitter about the process. (To the Apple people that read this, if any, I'd make it easier to find the Mac 101 page, and also try to explain what the .Mac account is all about - I just got offered a free trial and said "no", but that's particularly true now that I see how much it costs!) But there is a learning curve, it's still a computer, so there are still going to be things that go wrong that you'll need to figure out, and there are still some compatibility issues with PC's.

I made the transition.......2007-05-24

After some careful research I finally decided on a MA590LL/A. When I first started up OS X I thought "What I have I gotten myself into" I had been a Microsoft user for years and at first felt overwhelmed. After about 20 minutes that all went away. OS X is great and very user friendly. I am now just about three weeks into owning my iMac and everyday I find something new and exciting that makes me extremely happy I bought it. This computer is gorgeous and very efficient. Everything just works and not once have I had a error or conflict arise from me tinkering. Do yourself a favor and make the switch; its easy, painless and very, very rewarding.

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