I'm posting from my iMac [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

Renysmom

12-25-2009, 03:47 PM

I got an iMac for Christmas.

I'm in love.

Bluetooth keyboard...bluetooth Magic Mouse....huge LCD display.

Have I told you I'm in love?

Yea!!!! I love mine! Did you get eh 27"? If so I am jealous :)

DisneyKevin

12-25-2009, 04:08 PM

Have fun. You must have been good this year. :)

I'm always "good".:thumbsup2

DisneyKevin

12-25-2009, 04:09 PM

Yea!!!! I love mine! Did you get eh 27"? If so I am jealous :)

I got the 21 inch.

After working on a laptop all these years...this seems enormous.

*NikkiBell*

12-25-2009, 04:18 PM

Kevin and good in the same sentence?!! :X

G66

12-25-2009, 04:30 PM

Very cool! The new iMacs are beautiful.

As an early Christmas present, I upgraded the family to a Mac Mini from a windows machine. I can't tell you how much easier my life as the family tech support has been... love Macs!

I'm loving my Christmas Kindle.

Cave Nikki Cave! Kevin is right. ;).

disneyholic family

12-25-2009, 05:03 PM

oh geez Kevin!!! i feel an itch coming on....
first you get me to get an iPhone...
and the kindle is pretty much a done deal..

now a MAC???????????????

talk about upping the ante...

enjoy!!!!!!!! :goodvibes

ukwildcat

12-25-2009, 05:11 PM

posting from my new iMac as well. it's a sweet machine.

DisneyKevin

12-25-2009, 05:24 PM

posting from my new iMac as well. it's a sweet machine.

I'm loving mine.

I've been working on a Toshiba laptop forever.

DisneyKevin

12-25-2009, 05:25 PM

Sorcerer's Mickey

12-25-2009, 05:32 PM

Tech-no-geek:goodvibes I'll still slave away on my PC:surfweb:

OKW Lover

12-25-2009, 05:47 PM

I got an iMac for Christmas.

I'm in love.

Bluetooth keyboard...bluetooth Magic Mouse....huge LCD display.

Have I told you I'm in love?

Yes you have. John is a very lucky guy!

OKW Lover

12-25-2009, 05:50 PM

Glad you're liking the iMac. Val's daughter got a 13" MacBook Pro. Yes, she was very good this year too. :goodvibes

Me? I love my 15" MBP. We're looking forward to doing video chat using iChat and the built-in webcams.

pal-mickey

12-25-2009, 05:55 PM

Congrats Kevin I just downloaded the kindle app for my iPod touch and I'm thinking I may need a kindle soon

k5jmh

12-25-2009, 05:57 PM

My office gave away 3 IMacs at our Christmas Party this year. There were 3 VERY happy people that day. I still fire up my Mac LC every once in a while.

http://ourchicagoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mac_lc_1.jpg

Bornteach

12-25-2009, 06:52 PM

Kevin- We just bought three for our office (the 21") and my secretaries say it is like watching a tv! :)

I am jealous! Congrats!

DisneyKevin

12-25-2009, 07:04 PM

This was techie Christmas at our house.

I got the iMac and John got the PS3.

jimmaher69

12-25-2009, 07:18 PM

Did John get anything good?

jimmaher69

12-25-2009, 07:19 PM

John needs rock band........

DisneyKevin

12-25-2009, 07:22 PM

John needs rock band........

He's a Resident Evil fan.

He got lots of "entertainment" for the PS3.....games , blueray....peripheral stuff.

jimmaher69

12-25-2009, 07:25 PM

I hope is has a nice big HD flat screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell John Happy Hunting!!!!!!!!

DisneyDaddy-O

12-25-2009, 07:27 PM

Welcome to the world of mac, I bought mine a little over a year ago and will never go back. Have fun!!

simonkodousek

12-25-2009, 07:30 PM

Glad you like it Kevin! I got a Macbook this year, which is like my new best friend. :thumbsup2

Cyrano

12-26-2009, 04:52 AM

I love playing with the new iMac in the Apple Store.
Well done Kevin for the lovely gift :goodvibes

alexb

12-26-2009, 07:05 AM

I got a magic mouse for Christmas for our iMac......it's way better then the regular apple mouse, the trackball was horrible! I wanted to throw it out the window!

christygobar

12-26-2009, 07:18 AM

I got a new Macbook Pro to replace my dead Macbook, so I understand the excitement. Typing on it now - so awesome and sleek! (And am expecting a Kindle for my birthday on Monday.....)

dpuck1998

12-26-2009, 08:06 AM

He's a Resident Evil fan.

He got lots of "entertainment" for the PS3.....games , blueray....peripheral stuff.

Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2 Get it...awesome!!

stitchlover

12-26-2009, 09:12 AM

I have an iMac that is 2-1/2 years old...I would love one of the new ones. But these Apples run so well, for so long that I really can't justify the expense of a new one. Enjoy it!

DVCJones

12-26-2009, 10:17 AM

Once you go Mac, you never go back;)

We are a Mac family too.......Enjoy!!!!!

zendisney

12-26-2009, 11:18 AM

That is a very cool toy!
Have fun.

Mish19

12-26-2009, 11:22 AM

Good for you! I love my Macbook, it's just over two years old and I don't regret switching to Mac for a minute.

DisneyKevin

12-26-2009, 11:45 AM

NC Belle

12-26-2009, 11:56 AM

I'm glad that Santa was good to you this year.

:surfweb: Back to trying to teach MIL how to use her new Tom Tom. She hopes that it can warn her of speed cameras and red light cameras.

zulemara

12-26-2009, 12:16 PM

So far...the only thing I kinda miss is Outlook.

I am using Entourage and I'm sure it will become as familiar as Outlook, but currently it's not.

Loving the iMac.

And I'm loving the Magic Mouse. One thing that's differnt is the amount of real estate you have to cover on the iMac. My laptop screen was MUCH smaller and you moved across it at warp speed. Everything on this is so far apart.

just wait till you start using spaces and having items on multiple desktops! It's crazy crazy fun!

I went MBP last oct and will never go back! I have a work at home Tech support job now though, so I'm really hoping to get an imac in the next year. I would love a full all out desktop now that I have this job. I need lots of room to do things...preferably dual monitors.

safetymom

12-26-2009, 12:22 PM

Outlook for the MAC is coming in the Spring.

Disneybridein2k3

12-26-2009, 01:10 PM

Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2 Get it...awesome!!
I got DH Call of Duty Reflex for Wii - I'm hoping it is good. Well, that and a gun.

He got me my shiny new mac book pro. I'm still trying to figure out how to go PC to Mac. It's a learning process but I'm loving it.

Congrats on being good this year, Kevin :)

rotlex

12-26-2009, 02:42 PM

Congrats! Here's thinking your going to love it!

I have a 24" from 2 years ago, it replaced an aging Powermac I had been using, which is now relegated to "file server" duty. Even after 2 years, it still holds it's own, even with the heavy duty stuff I do on it. (Aperture, Final Cut etc.).

On a side note though, we are now a 100% Mac house! My wife's birthday was on the 20th, and I got her a new unibody Macbook to replace her old Windows laptop. That's 3 Macs, 4 iPods, and 1 iPhone in the house now. I think Apple owes me something, LOL.

Have fun with the new iMac - they are a GREAT value any way you look at it!

sarahsar

12-26-2009, 03:05 PM

Congrats! I got a new 21" iMac for Christmas, too. Love it! I made the switch to Mac a few months ago and haven't regretted it for a moment.

Entourage is pretty similar to Outlook. I used it initially, since it was more familiar to me, but then eventually migrated over to Apple Mail. I prefer it - it's less busy and more "Apple-y."

dpuck1998

12-26-2009, 03:10 PM

So far...the only thing I kinda miss is Outlook.

I am using Entourage and I'm sure it will become as familiar as Outlook, but currently it's not.

Loving the iMac.

And I'm loving the Magic Mouse. One thing that's differnt is the amount of real estate you have to cover on the iMac. My laptop screen was MUCH smaller and you moved across it at warp speed. Everything on this is so far apart.

Did you download firefox about 10 seconds after you turned it on? I hate Safari!

I got DH Call of Duty Reflex for Wii - I'm hoping it is good. Well, that and a gun.

He got me my shiny new mac book pro. I'm still trying to figure out how to go PC to Mac. It's a learning process but I'm loving it.

Congrats on being good this year, Kevin :)

Tell me about this gun ;)

mommyceratops

12-26-2009, 04:44 PM

congrats Kevin!! We dream of a MAC someday...well, an iPhone and a kindle :rolleyes1 too... until then I can live through your happiness and dream... (the offer still stands to go home with you and John and clean house! :thumbsup2)

So what else did you get??

WebmasterKathy

12-26-2009, 05:02 PM

Oooooooh, shiny!!! :santa:

Glad you were able to fool Santa into thinking you've been good. We won't tell.

:)

SueM in MN

12-26-2009, 06:24 PM

Oooooooh, shiny!!! :santa:

Glad you were able to fool Santa into thinking you've been good. We won't tell.

:)
:rotfl2:

I guess I fooled Santa into thinking I was good too.
I got a new 13 inch MacBookPro for Christmas too.

The working Apple computers officially outnumber the people in our house. We have 3 people and 6 working Mac computers.
We have a 10 yr old iMac (maybe older), my 5 yr old Powerbook, my new MacBook Pro, my DH's Macbook, an old first version iBook and an old iBook that was modified into a tablet as a communication device.
Also, 3 iPod minis (all still work, despite DD dropping hers at least once a week) and 3 iPod touch (touches?)

Oh, yes, we have one Windows machine - a tablet computer that was used by my DD as a communication device, but the longest it worked at a stretch without having some issue with Windows was about 3 months.

daneenm

12-26-2009, 09:30 PM

Hooray Kevin! :banana::banana::banana:

I am hoping to buy myself the 27" iMac in January (when my discount renews). My sister has one and just loves it. Believe it or not, I have not even had the opportunity to try a Mighty Mouse yet.

Enjoy!

DisneyKevin

12-26-2009, 11:32 PM

disneyholic family

12-27-2009, 02:59 AM

Did you download firefox about 10 seconds after you turned it on? I hate Safari!

have you tried Chrome, i like it better than firefox....

minie_meese

12-27-2009, 08:43 AM

I got the new iMac for Christmas too and love, love, love it. It replaces my old iMac. Mine is the 27 inch and the screen is so wide it is definitely going to take some getting used to. I thought I would hate the Mighty Mouse because it looked like the old 1 button, but it is incredible. I love the interface. I love having no cords for the keyboard and the mouse too. Best Christmas present ever.

OKW Lover

12-27-2009, 09:23 AM

Did you download firefox about 10 seconds after you turned it on? I hate Safari!

Funny - I'm loving Safari more and more now. Its much faster than Firefox. I still keep FF around for some things but even that is fading.

Of course, in the office where I'm stuck with a Windows machine, I use FF over IE all the time. Much to the chagrin of our IT folks.

daneenm

12-27-2009, 10:58 AM

Funny - I'm loving Safari more and more now. Its much faster than Firefox. I still keep FF around for some things but even that is fading.

I use Safari almost exclusively and I like it too Jeff.

rtobe

12-27-2009, 11:01 AM

Kevin and good in the same sentence?!! :X

I'm with you NikkiBell :)

Kevin, enjoy the new toys!!!!:surfweb:

rotlex

12-27-2009, 11:32 AM

Funny - I'm loving Safari more and more now. Its much faster than Firefox. I still keep FF around for some things but even that is fading.

Of course, in the office where I'm stuck with a Windows machine, I use FF over IE all the time. Much to the chagrin of our IT folks.

This mirrors me now. I keep Firefox on the Mac as there are a few rare sites I visit where it just works a bit better. However, overall, I love Safari. It's cleaner, snappier and well, I just like it. :)

In the office, it's a different story. As we are a windows shop, we have a choice of IE or Firefox. Firefox is my #1 choice there.

SueM in MN

12-27-2009, 03:33 PM

Funny - I'm loving Safari more and more now. Its much faster than Firefox. I still keep FF around for some things but even that is fading.

Of course, in the office where I'm stuck with a Windows machine, I use FF over IE all the time. Much to the chagrin of our IT folks.
I actually have not downloaded Firefox to my new computer yet.
I had and used both on my old computer - some sites worked better with Firefox and some with Safari. I do agree that Safari seems faster and I like the preview pictures of bookmarks and frequently visited sites.

PeterPan09

12-27-2009, 04:52 PM

This was techie Christmas at our house.

I got the iMac and John got the PS3.

Wow, Santa was pretty busy at your place! I've had an iMac since 2006 and I LOVE IT. I will join the chorus about Firefox over Safari. I like it a lot better.

Between your new computer and John's PS3, nobody will be able to get either of you out of the house again! :lmao:

dpuck1998

12-27-2009, 08:02 PM

Funny - I'm loving Safari more and more now. Its much faster than Firefox. I still keep FF around for some things but even that is fading.

Of course, in the office where I'm stuck with a Windows machine, I use FF over IE all the time. Much to the chagrin of our IT folks.

Since I build all our machines, Firefox is the default browser for every machine in our district! About 1000 of them. I haven't given safari a chance in a year or more, maybe I'll try it out for size again. I'd be very surprised if I take a lik'en to it however.

Willow1213

12-27-2009, 10:35 PM

Congrats on the new iMac Kevin!

I am going to buy a new 21" iMac when our tax return comes in this year. It's my belated Christmas/Birthday present. We are a mostly PC household because I could never justify the cost of a mac desktop. I finally can justify it, after going through 2 desktop PCs in the lifespan of one iBook. My iBook is 5 years old and still runs great! It's slow by today's standards, but for web browsing and word processing its still excellent. I'm hoping the new iMac will hold as well as the old iBook does!

astrodrummergirl

12-28-2009, 03:18 PM

Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2 Get it...awesome!!

Must have game = Little Big Planet! And the theres POTC levels and characters as downloadable content! But I agree, MW2 is a great game, not played it on PS3, since my main console is Xbox 360, mixed with a little PC gaming, thus I only own 5 games for the PS3 :P

Hope you enjoy the iMac Kevin, maybe oneday I'll learn to be able to not get frustrated at one, for not being a PC, and a lack of a right mouse button, and not being able to play Left 4 Dead :)

DisneyKevin

12-28-2009, 03:43 PM

Have I told you how much I love this machine.

I am now all Apple.

iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPod.

Apple needs to make appliances and cars,:thumbsup2

OKW Lover

12-28-2009, 05:19 PM

Have I told you how much I love this machine.

I am now all Apple.

iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPod.

Apple needs to make appliances and cars,:thumbsup2

Hot rumor is that they are announcing a Kindle-killer in late January.

DisneyKevin

12-28-2009, 05:28 PM

Hot rumor is that they are announcing a Kindle-killer in late January.

B&N's nook was supposed to be a Kindle - killer.

This is the third time I've posted this....but the word is that Apple is releasing a tablet PC that will have the ability to read ebooks.

This ability has been around for about 10 years and has always been a disaster.

It's not comfortable to read on a computer screen

Ereaders mimic paper. They are not backlit as the screens are opaque.

Anyone with a netbook can currently read on their device. This hasnt killed the Kindle either.

I dont know about you....but I dont want my book to beep, buzz, ring, play music or movies or any of the other things this tablet is supposed to be able to do. I want my ereader to offer the opportunity to read books.

PeterPan09

12-28-2009, 05:36 PM

Have I told you how much I love this machine.

I am now all Apple.

iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPod.

Apple needs to make appliances and cars,:thumbsup2

The iPod was my gateway drug....what did you start with? ;)

I took my parents to get an iMac on Saturday (yeah, I know-I'm an idiot going to Millenia the day after Christmas) I can't wait until the data transfer is done and they get to bring it home. My niece has a Macbook and I have an iMac-we can all iChat!!! :banana:

dpuck1998

12-28-2009, 08:34 PM

Have I told you how much I love this machine.

I am now all Apple.

iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPod.

Apple needs to make appliances and cars,:thumbsup2

Be careful what you wish for Kevin.

You would then have to buy proprietary tires, gas and oil. All of which will be 3 times more than for other cars.

ADP

12-28-2009, 08:45 PM

Be careful what you wish for Kevin.

You would then have to buy proprietary tires, gas and oil. All of which will be 3 times more than for other cars.
Wouldn't you know though....It's all about consumer demand. :happytv:

Justin Jett

12-28-2009, 08:52 PM

Congratulations Kevin!

You deserve it :):thumbsup2

robind

12-28-2009, 11:12 PM

All of our laptops were stolen back in November. I bought a netbook for my brother to be able to get onto the internet until I could replace them. Well, Best Buy had a good deal on the macbook, the basic 13" model. So I bought it for him for Christmas. He doesn't like it. I don't get it, I loved my Apple Air (also stolen). So it looks like I now have a 13" macbook. I'm kind of bummed because I wanted to replace my air w/ another air.

I haven't decided for sure to keep this one, but they will change me 15% restocking fee, which is ridiculous. I wanted to give them a call and see if they would bypass the restocking fee, if I bought an Air instead.