2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2 MB shared L2 cache
512 MB (single SO-DIMM) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300); ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128 MB GDDR3 memory
250 GB Serial ATA hard drive; slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit); built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11g)3; built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
20-inch widescreen LCD with 1680 x 1050 resolution
Rating: - MACs are great!
I run a computer lab at school with 30 IMac flat screens. They are going on 7 years old and still running in great shape. I also have a Mac and a Dell laptop. I am on computers all day long and also repair and maintain the lab. My Dell laptop is only 3 years old and has had 3 screens, and 2keyboards replaced. The feel of the keys when you type is so much smoother on the Mac and if you work with graphics or photos the Mac is far more superior. They are by far the best.
Rating: - works ok, but too expensive
instead of buying the imac 20", buy a mac mini, a 20" monitor from any half-decent manufacturer, and a keyboard/mouse. it will cost less than half as much and work just as well.
Rating: - Best desktop on the market
Without a doubt, this is the best desktop computer on the market today. The price point is excellent, the software bundle is incredible, and the all-in-one design from Apple is beautiful. The only bad thing is is that if you go with the iMac instead of a Dell machine, you won't be able to spend time on finding device drivers, updating your virus software, and rebooting after every single program installation. Get a Mac! It just works.
Rating: - Windows, watch out!
I was a Mac user until 1998, when it appeared Apple was as done as three-month old bread. I gave up hope and went with Windows, fought through 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP (never bothered with Millennium), and pretty much considered defeat.
Until the iBook G4, and then, my daughter bought the iMac.
Yes, it is pricey, which will keep me out of one for a little while. But Windows users, the cost is WORTH IT! It boots up fast, it is sleek, when programs crash, they only crash the program, not the whole machine.
Get this, Windows users: It runs Windows XP (with Parallel), but even better, it boots Windows FASTER than my Athlon 64 computer with 512 MB ram. Much faster!
My daughter now has two solid computers for the price of one Mac. She has all the stuff she needs with her Mac, but also has a Windows machine for some of our software and programs we do not want to replace right now.
I truly believe that the Mac's prices will drop significantly as more and more people buy it...and I really like not having to deal with virus protection.
(Yes, I still have virus protection for the partition used to run XP on my daughter's Mac).
Before anyone thinks I am simply on the Mac bandwagon, I was tech coordinator at my old high school for three years and work with both every day as a teacher and free lance journalist. As soon as I have enough money, I will buy a Macbook, and also replace my desktop with an iMac.
They are worth the money, will be alive and kicking for a while to come, and for the first time since I first started using a Mac back in 1985, I believe Macs have made themselves a part of the landscape for a long time to come.
Thanks to the addition of the Intel chip and the ability to use Windows, Macs are worth the cost.
Apple iMac Desktop with 20" Display MA200LL/A (2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive) Reviews
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