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"Get an iMac, they're amazing"..They are certainly not!!!!

Advantages: Design, Manufactures Support
Disadvantages: Crashes sometimes, hard to use, very expensive.

Overview Many of my relatives and friends, who actually own an iMac, always tell me about the beauty of it, and how amazing it is. However, this is not the case, yes I agree with the fact that the iMac runs smoothly however the operating system is no ...

P_J123 05.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Apple iMac Core i5 2.5 GHz - 21.5" TFT

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Can an iMac truly replace your classic desktop computer?

Advantages: Speed, Display, Memory
Disadvantages: Size and Screen Resolution can pose problems.

To begin with - I think that the answer to the question is definitely yes. At this moment in time the Mac OS is far better than Windows 7 or Vista and the computers on offer are far superior. What I am most impressed by with the iMac is it's speed. It i ...

tombobeast 07.09.2011 · Read full review
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iMac - International Market Abusing computer

Advantages: Pretty, All in One, Inte's Sandy Bridge technology
Disadvantages: set up on random hardware with random cooling techniques in even more random space

I had the 'pleasure' to use this system with quite a bit of its features for over a year now (school 'studio'). First of all, as a hybrid of both Mac OS X and Windows, finally as a Mac OS X only system. It is one of the slowest, hottest (temerature-wise!) ...

pawwilon 19.11.2011 · Read full review
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A PC's Worst Nightmare

Advantages: Simple to set up, simple to use
Disadvantages: Still some compatability issues

After growing up with various PCs my whole life, it was breathe of fresh air to bring home my iMac 6 months ago. Five minutes after opening the box I had all of my music and photos loaded onto my computer and it immediately became MY computer. Macs are i ...

glucas1022 10.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Apple iMac Core i5 2.5 GHz - 21.5" TFT

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Lovely to look at, a horror to use

Advantages: very physically attractive product, fast
Disadvantages: does not work

After years of using Windows-based machines, I was persuaded to splash out and buy an iMac. It cost about £1,000 but I was delighted with the beautiful piece of machinery sitting on my desk. Sadly the dream soon turned to disaster. After a week or so it b ...

normthehat 18.11.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Apple iMac Core i5 2.5 GHz - 21.5" TFT

Speed

Design

Manufacturer Support

Ease of use

Value For Money