Author Topic: YAY 7 Days till i get my imac (Read 12289 times)

robin1989 · « **on:** August 19, 2008, 07:38:37 AM »

Yup i just ordered my imac today.

3.06GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO
4GB 800MHZ DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GS W/512MB
1TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE
PPLE WIRELESSS MIGHTY MOUSE
WIRED KYBD & USER'S GUIDE-B
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 24-GBR
IWORK '08 RETAIL (V8.0.2)-INT
EMEA CC- HE CONTRACT UPLIFT IMAC-INT

it was painful though watching the £1536 leave my acount but it was cheeper than it should of been as i got a 14% discount for been a HE student.

i cant wait to get it

Chase · « **Reply #1 on:** August 19, 2008, 07:41:47 AM »

sounds sweet! HE student? Like he-Man? XD but srsly whats a he student?

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2008, 07:52:44 AM »

Lol, I knew apple sucked. That's about the same as my laptop except .6Ghz faster CPU and 840Gb more hdd space. Lol. I wanna see pics though, macs are soooo sexual :3

robin1989 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 19, 2008, 08:09:05 AM »

HE=Higher Education

and yeah pics will be given when i get it. but i still want one of these but cant afford it at the moment - http://www.trolltouch.com/slipcover.html

Chase · « **Reply #4 on:** August 19, 2008, 08:54:31 AM »

ohrite that makes sense ... And that troll touch is awesome with a funny neam XD

robin1989 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 19, 2008, 09:25:51 AM »

yeh it is awsome and has a funny name but i think i would really find it useful. especially for when using the slingplayer as then i just need to press the button on the virtual remote with my finger and not with the mouse. plus it would be so awsome

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 19, 2008, 10:03:52 AM »

Woah that touchscreen's awesome! Getitgetitgetit! lol

robin1989 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 19, 2008, 10:20:18 AM »

lol i love fg i was watchin that last night

noah03ark · « **Reply #8 on:** August 19, 2008, 02:38:48 PM »

imac sounds badarse...try crysis on it, that might do well considering it has an 8800 GS loaded in it..

or are you gona dual boot? if so, what OS?

robin1989 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 19, 2008, 03:47:12 PM »

i will likely dual boot, tri boot or quad boot - definatly dual boot
options
1 - mac os leapord/win xp
2 - mac/win xp/vista
3 - mac/win xp/vista/ubuntu

bit im going to use partitions for organisation as i have a 1tb drive so ima have my itunes on a separate partition and a partition for movies and a partition for pictures

if i was to go for quad boot i would set it out like this

10gb=ubuntu
60gb=vista
80gb=xp
50gb=movies
50gb=pictures & some documents
250gb=music & itunes (and other odd bits)
500gb=rest of mac osx partition

Tri-edge · « **Reply #10 on:** August 19, 2008, 03:58:28 PM »

how do you do a tri/quad boot with a mac?

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2008, 04:02:00 PM »

Quote from: dslitemodder on August 19, 2008, 03:58:28 PM

how do you do a tri/quad boot with a mac?

The same way as with a windows machine except you need to do a few extra steps in GRUB for linux or EASYBCD in Windows so it recognizes the mac part I think. Mac bootloaders are completely different then Windows.

robin1989 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2008, 04:48:24 PM »

you just need to create partitions for your data partitions, linux and vista partitions then you run bootcamp to create a xp partition and install xp then vista then linux(without grub) then you need to double check its left the mac partition as the boot partition and you just hold alt on boot up to choose what drive you want to boot into otherwise leave it to boot into mac. its quite simple i think

noah03ark · « **Reply #13 on:** August 19, 2008, 05:44:42 PM »

using rEFIt its super simple, check that out.
i had linux, windows, and OSX, but it wouldnt check out linux w/o this refit thing

for gaming i would certianly recommend vista (for me its better than xp was!), i heard 64bit was better for gaming..

i say go OSX, Vista, and Ubuntu, a good ol' tri-boot

robin1989 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2008, 06:12:27 PM »

i will definatly take a look at that as it looks very good and i prefer xp for some reason plus its what i have a copy of and at the moment cant afford a copy of vista.

Luke · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2008, 03:49:44 AM »

HATE YOU!!!!!!!

noah03ark · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:52:17 AM »

Quote from: PspKicks316 on August 19, 2008, 07:52:44 AM

Lol, I knew apple sucked. That's about the same as my laptop except .6Ghz faster CPU and 840Gb more hdd space. Lol. I wanna see pics though, macs are soooo sexual :3

thats a common misconception, apple does actually not suck; their warranty policies and service can, but the products are amazing; and his specs are much higher and better than the m1530
considering the imac has desktop quality hardware, not mobile chipsets, better graphics card that isn't faulty like in the m1530, better display, better drive...better everything. becasue its a desktop

i wouldnt mind an imac for mehself, but then again i prefer mobile... though i do have a base station i treat my computer as destkop in sometimes (and why i got the fancy keyboard)

as for robin, dont forget to check out the zefyr for your macbook pro, its a neat little fan/heatsink thingy for the macbook and macbook pro line

i have one and its super neat

robin1989 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2008, 12:10:47 PM »

yeh i just got a email saying its been shipped - should have it by the 29th or before. only another 2 years till my next computer purchase as my computers are each on a 6 year rotation with a 3 year offset so

year 1 - desktop computer
year 2 - nothing
year 3 - laptop
year 4 - nothing
year 5 - nothing
year 6 - desktop computer
year 7 - nothing
year 8 - nothing
year 9 - laptop
etc etc

and thats how i manange to stay relitavly up to date i think plus it means i will be able to sell each item at a resonable price as macs dont depreciate as fast (at the moment) so i can afford a new one

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2008, 12:11:46 PM »

Noah. You don't need to go and say my stuff sucks because it's a laptop. I don't have a retail m1530, you CAN'T go and buy this one from the online store, even customizing it, so stfu. My graphics card isn't faulty, either. So know my

first before bashing it, thanks.

noah03ark · « **Reply #19 on:** August 20, 2008, 01:10:30 PM »

Quote from: PspKicks316 on August 20, 2008, 12:11:46 PM

Noah. You don't need to go and say my stuff sucks because it's a laptop. I don't have a retail m1530, you CAN'T go and buy this one from the online store, even customizing it, so stfu. My graphics card isn't faulty, either. So know my first before bashing it, thanks.

i never said that. the m1530 is a fine machine, its just that you said apple sucks because a top-of the line desktop is equal to your computer, which it isn't, laptops always have been and will be second to their desktop fathers, and even if it is completely custom, which seems unlikely that its so incredably custom that one cannot do it online with the whole dell customize center, it is still second to robin's new imac, as it is a brand new beast. heck, my computer is in the crapper compared to robin's machine

. in any case, i hardly find comparing a laptop to a brand spankin' new super desktop reason to bash an entire company.

as for the GPU, apparently all the mobile 8X nvidia's are all defective, big nvidia scandal, all over engadget and gizmodo. dell even confirmed it themselves, and to stave it off for the time being, sent out a bios update that kicks in the fans earlier to help prevent failing due to heat. so far i think HP and dell were responders, havent heard anything from apple (so i'm hoping that the apple one's arent defective, but it might be the case [though that dosn't matter, because if mine fails i just get a new one, perhaps the penryn...])

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 20, 2008, 01:42:29 PM »

Well, I've had the A08 BIOS since I got this, just updated to A09. Never had a problem with my GPU, never had a problem with overheating or the fans, either. I've left my laptop on for over a day and it's been fine. Maybe I'm just lucky.
And I never said Apple in general sucks I suppose. I guess how I thought it and how it was typed was different xD I was just saying it apple sucks cuz like, the specs are the same as a good laptop by Dell. I never said it was WORSE then the laptop.

I dunno. Lol.

Back on topic.

robin1989 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 21, 2008, 01:17:31 AM »

yay back on topic ftw. its says its been dispatched but doesnt say where from so i dont know if thats from china or wherever its made or wether its from the shipping company in the uk - i guess time will tell

robin1989 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 21, 2008, 02:04:51 AM »

Quote from: Alien_X on August 21, 2008, 01:18:39 AM

Well, all apple products are manufactured in USA, so let's hope it is from there

no apple products are manufactured in the usa. there in places like malasia, tiywan and china that they are made

noah03ark · « **Reply #23 on:** August 21, 2008, 07:32:18 AM »

on every apple box it says designed in california, then below it in print that only an ant can read it says built in china

s'built in china, though they have repair centers USA wide, so repairs are done here... mine went to texas once

MattZani · « **Reply #24 on:** August 21, 2008, 12:03:33 PM »

Awesome, top of the line! Would have gone for the Base Mac Pro though :p

robin1989 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 21, 2008, 01:38:16 PM »

a mac pro + screen + second screen + my Speakers + hard Drives = no room in my dorm and no money left in my pocket

Imac + Second Screen + speakers + hard Drive = some room left in my and some money left in my pocket

as a base mac pro with a 23" screen, 4gb ram, 1 tb hard drive, and a 512 mb graphics is over £3000 where as my imac came to £1800.

i will get a mac pro in 6 years time (next time i get a desktop), and a new macbook pro in 3 years time.

MattZani · « **Reply #26 on:** August 21, 2008, 02:38:46 PM »

I Suppose, but im a speed addict.

Will get new MBP in 2 or 3 years, and Mac Pro when i go to Uni, or leave.

robin1989 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 21, 2008, 03:01:04 PM »

yeh i have each system on a 6 year rotation so i will get a new laptop just as im about to do my year out in industry wherever that may be and a new desktop the year after i leave.

i am a bit of a speed adict as well but only ocasionally and an imac will be fast enougth for me plus i can wait 6 years till i can then aford a very high end mac pro

robin1989 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 22, 2008, 04:30:07 PM »

i just got an email back from troll touch and decide that im not going to get the touch screen as with postage etc it comes to over $1000 and i just cant afford that at the moment

noah03ark · « **Reply #29 on:** August 22, 2008, 05:08:43 PM »

D: aaw thats too bad

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 22, 2008, 05:16:06 PM »

Wow that's expensive o_o

robin1989 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 23, 2008, 02:40:43 AM »

yeh man its rediculous i thought that the 899 included postage and also thought that i could get maybe a bit of a discount for been a student

robin1989 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:59:23 AM »

DOUBLE POST

YAY it arrived. now all thats left to do is tri boot it when xp and vista arrive but now im not quad booting as i decided to just emulate for linux. i will put some pics up later on

noah03ark · « **Reply #33 on:** August 27, 2008, 03:50:51 PM »

MattZani · « **Reply #34 on:** August 27, 2008, 05:20:30 PM »

PICS NAOW

noah03ark · « **Reply #35 on:** August 27, 2008, 05:28:55 PM »

Quote from: MattZani on August 27, 2008, 05:20:30 PM

PICS NAOW

i second that...

robin1989 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 28, 2008, 05:22:07 AM »

pics will be up tonight i just want to finish setting it up and also find my card reader

edit
just done the formating

in this order

80gb=vista ultimate sp1 64bit
50gb=pics n docs
80gb=xp pro sp3
450gb=mac os x
271gb=music n movies

and noah refit is great i installed it to test it out before i whent and formatting my drive and it works i might also try and customise the icons as well with your guys help in the art department if i can.

i will update as i go on

noah03ark · « **Reply #37 on:** August 28, 2008, 11:29:32 AM »

i believe huzzahs should be in order

huzzah!

Reaper · « **Reply #38 on:** August 28, 2008, 01:14:11 PM »

But can it play doom?

robin1989 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 28, 2008, 03:12:06 PM »

i dont know wwsjs

i got vista installed and then spent ages trying to find the drivers as apple said 64 bit vista didnt work with the imac but i knew it did so i when in search of compatible drivers. so now its all working i think and just done the windows updates. next is to install a few programs and antivirus then i want to buy the first decade and then tommorow evening i will install xp which will hopefully run smoother as it isnt the 64 bit editition so should all work very nicely.

treemty · « **Reply #40 on:** August 28, 2008, 07:42:47 PM »

Quote from: PspKicks316 on August 19, 2008, 07:52:44 AM

Lol, I knew apple sucked. That's about the same as my laptop except .6Ghz faster CPU and 840Gb more hdd space. Lol. I wanna see pics though, macs are soooo sexual :3

dude!!!!!! apple does not suck and also you have to double the spped cuz its a mac

Reaper · « **Reply #41 on:** August 28, 2008, 07:55:21 PM »

Quote from: treemty on August 28, 2008, 07:42:47 PM

dude!!!!!! apple does not suck and also you have to double the spped cuz its a mac

that doesn't make any sense... don't you mean you have to double the price?

noah03ark · « **Reply #42 on:** August 28, 2008, 08:26:21 PM »

Quote from: Reaper on August 28, 2008, 07:55:21 PM

that doesn't make any sense... don't you mean you have to double the price?

probably..

robin1989 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 29, 2008, 04:20:38 PM »

windows xp boot time is 42 seconds. havnt times vista yet

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #44 on:** August 29, 2008, 04:25:49 PM »

Quote from: Mactastic Mendez on August 29, 2008, 04:20:38 PM

windows xp boot time is 42 seconds. havnt times vista yet

that is horible. I had xp booting in 18 seconds from the time i selected the drive to the login screen... On a macbook. You should check and make sure everything is working right and installed.

robin1989 · « **Reply #45 on:** August 29, 2008, 04:36:44 PM »

well it was just after i had installed a load of stuff on it and it was the first reboot after installing it so it may be quicker - i will redo it. but i just did vista ultimate and had that at 35 seconds

noah03ark · « **Reply #46 on:** August 29, 2008, 05:40:01 PM »

Quote from: loganbyers07 on August 29, 2008, 04:25:49 PM

that is horible. I had xp booting in 18 seconds from the time i selected the drive to the login screen... On a macbook. You should check and make sure everything is working right and installed.

my gawd, so terrible

what has the world come to that he had to initially wait 24 extra seconds

24 seconds...what has the world come to D:

Reaper · « **Reply #47 on:** August 29, 2008, 06:18:04 PM »

I know right

I have my vista premium system booting in under 20 seconds, never bothered to time it though

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #48 on:** August 29, 2008, 06:48:07 PM »

i was just saying there must have been something wrong. yea i know it is not the end of the world. so how do you like your imac so far?

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Author Topic: YAY 7 Days till i get my imac (Read 12289 times)