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Advantages: Cool, great movie authoring
Disadvantages: Why didnt I buy one earlier.

...discovered the ease of the apple interface when I purchased my first iPod. How easy to use iTunes, hence did some research into Apple and video editing then took the plunge. Have had the imac G5 now for 8 months and absolutely love it. It takes a little while to get used to how to do things, but what I found is that tasks are far simpler than using the windows platform. The OSX system is excellent and comes complete with all the tools I need. I have ...
...screen! All regular experiences on my windows machines. Safari: Excellent web browser. Itunes: The simplest and most effective music management software I have used to date. Want to burn a compilation CD, no problem. All very easy to follow and to manage. Iphoto: Again a very simple system for managing your digital photos, and so easy to email large size files of my many photos, so the inlaws don't complain about long down load times of the mails ... Read review

Advantages: Very reliable, all in one design. Good looking. OS X superb. Display and sound excellent
Disadvantages: Lack of expansion, can't replace graphics/ sound card. Small initial memory (256mb)

...comes with a pair or Apple pro speakers which give a very good, clear sound. The LCD screen is very clear with no dead/ hot pixels and is very adjustable. The keyboard and mouse are very comfortable to use. The dvd-rw/cd-rw is at the front of the machine with the eject buttons on the keyboard. The drive burns dvd's and c.d.'s perfectly. At the back are 3 usb 1 ports one of which is taken by the keyboard, 2 firewire ports, 1 ethernet port, power ...
...be complete without mentioning the Apple OS X operating system, it is just great. I have had no freeze ups, crashes etc. I am currently using 10.3 (panther). If an application does crash (usually a shareware program I am trying) the machine just carries on as if nothing happened. The dock which holds your most used applications and documents is very useful. The iapps (which come free with the computer), itunes, iphoto, idvd, imovie, ichat and safari ... Read review

Advantages: Small, stylish
Disadvantages: Not powerful enough, WiFi is useless, discs get jammed

I owned on of these for about a week before I returned it. The reason I think this is a failure is because it is not mini after all the adapters you have to plug in before it even gets close to being any use. First of all you will have to have the VGA adapter connected to it, because the Mac Mini only has DVI output, before you can connect a monitor. Then comes connecting up the keyboard and mouse (its supplied with wireless keyboard and mouse ...
...of the two USB ports. Now you will also to by an external usb floppy drive, there goes port 2 of 2, and if you wish to use a printer, then you will have to buy a USB hub. The networking is standard, however is you want wireless its going to cost you. The Mac Mini has very little power, so expect long waiting times and slow downloads due to the 167 Mhz bus speed. The slot-loading combo drive only works with standard sized disk, try using the 80mm ... Read review

Advantages: Everything is in one place
Disadvantages: Very heavy!

I bought my eMac nearly a year ago now and I am really pleased with it. I love the design, it looks really modern and the fact that everything is held within the monitor saves lots of space! The computer comes with lots of programs already installed, such as Tony Hawks 4 and AppleWorks. All the iLife programs on OSX Panther are really simple to use and look good. I primarily bought the Mac to use for music, movies and photos and although I have put ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Clean Easy to access upgrages
Disadvantages: old ppc architecture large

I personally have all ppc g4's in my house and the 775 MHz is so faster its like 1.25Ghz. Also these macs never loose any of there value and you can resell the mac if you wish not to keep it in the future. The macs design is unlike any other PC on the market i have seen. Also the mac is brilliant because of its easy access to all the upgrades you would ever need to do if you so wish so. All Macs from G3 to the intel macs come with USB's this is a ... Read review