iMac G5

[IBM]

Seen these?

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...re?family=iMac

[Jonny M]

Look nice, underpowered for gaming though.

But I suppose if you want to game a Mac isn't your first choice of machine.

[pickers]

Can't say I like it, there is too much below the actual screen, looks strangely proportioned. Bit pricey for what is under the hood, can't believe you still only get 256Mb of ram

[daverobev]

I like it, nice and solid looking...for £900 not bad at all, but you'd really want the superdrive...although putting an external one in via firewire wouldn't be a huge problem.

£900 for a 17 inch tft, just think that to buy that would be £200+ if its a decent panel, plus the computer...okay 1.6GHz is gonna be similar to a 1.6GHz Athlon 64. My 2800+ socket 754 setup cost me not much less than £500 without monitor (okay with 1Gb of RAM...actually more than £500 I think, now that I have put a dvd burner in)...

IMHO, its actually pretty good value, graphics card and low memory aside, and I'd bet its a DAMN site quieter than my computer!

Ah if only I'd waited...maybe...

[mrplow]

Stunning if you ask me... not that anyone did but hey!

More and more I find myself pining for a mac. Why why why do they have to be so damn shiny and pretty and and... :|

[Stoo]

ahh, so it's very nearly a mac tablet on a stick

[IBM]

My wife'd get one if it was more powerful, but as it is she'll be shelling out the difference and going for a 2.5GHz G5 with a 23inch monitor...

Still, it's very pretty, and as with a lot of new LCD screens, you don't notice the extra bits under the screen once you start watching it...

[pritsey]

Don't forget that the 17" screen that comes on it is 1440 x 900 compared with 1280 x 1024 on most other 17" panels.

I reckon I'll get the 1.8 17" after Xmas, unless there's a 2GHz out by then. I've only had my iBook a few months and I'm already converted.....

[pickers]

So you get less pixels for your money then

[myth]

What are macs good for? I saw a vidio demo of the G5 dual cpu.. It looked great! Made me whant to go out and buy one! lol...

[Basher]

What are macs good for? I saw a vidio demo of the G5 dual cpu.. It looked great! Made me whant to go out and buy one! lol...

Certainly a major advantage of a mac (I've just bought a powerbook), is impressing your mates with its sexyness!

[Shogun]

I just love how you have to pay an extra $1125 dollars to get it upgraded to 2gb of ram.

[Stoo]

Well yeah, They're all a bit Dell like that, Crucial is a much more sensible price and it's all guranteed for the machine..

But then there are always those with more money than sense

[IBM]

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje....3.1.1.0?47,13

How about an extra £3000 for an 8GB RAM upgrade...