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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

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: Fast machine for its time, easy to maintain
Disadvantages: Now replaced by the Mac Pro Intel machines

...it's still listed on the Apple UK store website. It may suit you if you have particular requirements. For example, if you have older applications written for the PowerPC (PPC) architecture you will not get much performance gain using the new Intel machine. Apple has moved most of its applications to the new "Universal Binary" format so they run on either PPC or Intel machines. However, some makers of the major third party applications like Microsoft ...
...As with most Apple machines it starts straight out of the box. I ordered mine with the optional GeForce 7600 graphics card for extra graphics performance. I also ordered third party - 1GB of memory and an additional 160GByte SATA drive. Opening the machine to access the memory slots and drive bays is very easy - much easier than most Windows machines I've dealt with. The machine has a full range of USB and Firewire connections both on rear and front ... Read review

Advantages: fast, powerful, upgradable, easy to use,
Disadvantages: big and heavy to get it home!

...looks great. I purchased an Apple 20" screen to match - i'm a firm believer in matching underwear! Set up couldn't be easier, thats the beauty of the Apple system. For any PC users reading this, wondering whether to switch or not - go down to your local Apple dealer and try it. Thats the only way you'll know whether its for you or not. The G5 processors (x2) make this computer excellent for multitasking e.g. if you've got more than one application ...
...computer will perform brilliantly. Though Apple now use Intel processors, this computer is still a powerful work horse. Plus i can still install the latest operating systems without the need to upgrade. Thats the beauty of spending a bit more on a computer - it will keep its age better. The RAM supplied is sufficient for everyday use, but 1GB-2GB would make this computer blisteringly fast. Apple are known for being a touch stingy with supplied RAM. ... Read review