My New iMac! :)

TheMagicPirate · 29 Dec 2007 at 14:11

Well, after a few months of thinking it over I've got myself an iMac. My PC threw in the towel recently and it seemed like a good excuse to spend some money.

I've got a 20", 2.4 Ghz, 320Gb HDD and 1Gb RAM. I've also bought a HDD caddy which will be housing a 320GB drive and a WD Passport 250GB portable drive. The extra RAM will be on its way soon, (I figured using the Mac for a bit would be good as when I get my 2 or 4 GB sticks it will be like a new toy again

)

The Mac was £950 with Office 2004 (which I'm sure you can upgrade to 2008 for free). It worked out a £20 more than you would pay with HE discount, but what can I say, I'm an impatient, impulsive guy

First impressions are very good, I've got my right click and finding OSX very easy to use. I'm a bit unsure about uninstalling programs but I'm sure I saw a guide on here recently about that.

Now, essential apps, what do I need?

EDIT:
Ok, now I have questions.
1) How do I format an external drive?
no doubt more to come...

Rameses · 29 Dec 2007 at 14:14

Excellent fella, Welcome to the fold!

Just upgraded to 4GB from 2GB, although I didnt get the boost I was thinking off. But still it will help more behind the scenes when playing my games!.

Enjoy, and pics are needed

(cos we are nosey)

electric ant · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:01

To format the external , use Disk Utility, which can be found in Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility

Will_3rd · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:01

Congrats!

Enjoy it

schoey · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:02

i use app delete to... err delete apps and proggys.

TheMagicPirate · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:14

electric ant said:
To format the external , use Disk Utility, which can be found in Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility

Found it, cheers mate.

It takes a bit of getting used to how all the programs are stored.

Spyhop · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:14

Install the Perian and Flip4Mac addons for Quicktime so that it can play all your video formats.

The Unarchiver addon for Finder (the file manager) will decompress all your compressed files.

Transmission is a good lightweight bit torrent client.

electric ant · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:16

TheMagicPirate said:
Found it, cheers mate.

It takes a bit of getting used to how all the programs are stored.

No probs, any other Qs just ask and im sure therell be someone to help here.

Enjoy your new iMac!

theheyes · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:22

I second the pictures request.

Spyhop · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:36

http://www.apple.com/imac/design.html

iSam · 29 Dec 2007 at 15:44

welcome to apple. Believe me you won't want to go back!

theheyes · 29 Dec 2007 at 16:01

wush said:
http://www.apple.com/imac/design.html

Very funny.

AJUK · 29 Dec 2007 at 18:49

As well as Perian and Flip4Mac you will need Real Player, especially for BBC Radio and vid content but don't worry, like most things Mac, it behaves very well and is actually a very nice app.

Two software reference sites i use a lot are:
http://www.pure-mac.com/
http://osx.iusethis.com/top
They have listings of every type of app you could ever need.

Felix E · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:30

wush said:
Install the Perian and Flip4Mac addons for Quicktime so that it can play all your video formats.

The Unarchiver addon for Finder (the file manager) will decompress all your compressed files.

Transmission is a good lightweight bit torrent client.

Or just get VLC which will play pretty much anything, tis what I use anyway.

I've also found that although transmission is small and simple, it seems to download slower than Azureus, don't know if anyone else has experienced this?

Spyhop · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:40

I think the Quicktime route is better because then the formats work everywhere else where it's built in to the OS, e.g. Front Row, Finder dialogs, etc.

Felix E · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:45

good point, I admit I haven't actually tried that route! I'll give it a bash and see

Deleted member 651465 · 30 Dec 2007 at 02:12

Felix E said:
Or just get VLC which will play pretty much anything, tis what I use anyway.

I've also found that although transmission is small and simple, it seems to download slower than Azureus, don't know if anyone else has experienced this?

Use the older 0.82 build.. all the others have borked the download speeds in my experience.

At least when I tried 0.96 I got 50% of my usual speed from Torrent Leech (private member), then downloaded 0.82 and it went to my usual full speed.

ichabod crane · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:34

no pictures yet of the lovely new shiny iMac!

UncleBob · 1 Jan 2008 at 04:05

Meh - If you've seen one iMac, you've seen 'em all

My New iMac! :)

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