I have had my Imac for 5 months now. I bought it from the Apple store in London, where I must say the customer service is amazing and the staff had an answer to all my questions! Before this Imac I had an Ibook G4 which was the best thing since sliced bread, thats what made me want one of these. The IMac is all an all in one computer, all the bits are in the screen with only the keyboard and mouse separate. This makes it great for people with not so much space. This computer is very stylish and gets positive comments from people whenever they come round, the whole unit is a sort of brushed aluminum colour and my favorite bit is the small brushed aluminum keyboard, which has nice sized buttons and a nice feel to it (ie not big and chunky keys) The IMac loads up in no time, unlike a Windows machine and within less than say 30 seconds you are ready to go. The screen is Massive, bright and very clear, and the graphics can easily handle online TV and gaming, I use mine to play World of Warcraft and it is never jerky. Built into the screen is a webcam which is really good, I use Skype to talk to family and friends and our cam feed is always much superior to theirs. You can also video yourself and it comes with editing software but im not quite sure how all that works.
One of the main reasons I bought an IMac was because I was so impressed with the connectivity of my Ibook. It came with Bluetooth and Wifi, the same as this. The Bluetooth on this machine is just as easy to use with my Nokia and the bluetooth file manager is easy to use and fast. The Wifi on the other-hand has let me down slightly. Occasionally when I first turn my IMac on it doesn't instantly find my router. My Ibook never ever had this problem. Also some times when surfing the internet the Wifi drops out, this could be a problem with my router and ISP but im not sure.
THe IMac comes with apples own word processing and spreadsheet software, Itunes, Iphoto, Garageband and various other packages so its just as cabaple as a windows machine for everyday use. I did purchase Office for Mac though so I could be doubly sure of compatibility issues. Iphoto is a great package for storing your photos and its easy to sort them out too, this is probably the package I use the most, after the internet.
The sound from the IMac is really good quality to and its easy to adjust with the buttons on the keyboard.
Setting up the computer is easy too, just USB connections for the keyboard and mouse and its easy to transfer any of your old software from a previous Mac when you first turn it on with Target Disc!
It can be a pain getting compatible software for the Mac but more and more developers are making it it now so its not as much of an issue as previously. Also some TV streaming websites aren't compatible with the Mac but this is also being sorted now, I used mine to watch the BBC Iplayer last week.
Hope this has been helpful, Once you go Mac you never go back!
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Memory / capacity
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Range of Extra Features
Excellent
Instruction manual
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