I'm posting from my iMac

[mommyceratops]

congrats Kevin!! We dream of a MAC someday...well, an iPhone and a kindle 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! )

So what else did you get??

 

[KathyTX]

Oooooooh, shiny!!!

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

 

[SueM in MN]

Oooooooh, shiny!!!

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

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]

Hooray Kevin!

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]

Hooray Kevin!

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!

The mouse is incredible.

Loving da mouse.

 

[disneyholic family]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

I'm with you NikkiBell

Kevin, enjoy the new toys!!!!

 

[rotlex]

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]

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]

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!

 

[dpuck1998]

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]

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]

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

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]

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,

 

[OKW Lover]

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,

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

 

[DisneyKevin]

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]

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,

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!!!