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New iMac cheaper than 19" All-in-One from Gateway, HP & Sony
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I thought, I'd take on Steve Jobs challenge, when last Monday while unveiling the new iMacs, the Apple chief suggested Apple's computers were not necessarily the pricier alternatives they are generally perceive to be. It took me a while to come down to a small selection of what I think are the closest competitors to the new iMacs. Because none of the competing machines matched the high-end iMac in screen size (24"), I had to compare them with the entry level 20" iMac.
And to my surprise, Apple's computer was actually the cheapest out of the 4 "volume" PC makers of "All-in-One" machines I've looked at: Gateway (yes, I did say volume!), HP and Sony.
First, we can already brush aside the Gateway Profile 6 with a design so "20th Century" and a price close to $1,700 for an ugly 19" system. That's $500 more than the new 20" iMac... I wonder what you would do!
VAIO All-in-One: way too expensive
The next comparison is with the nicely designed Sony VAIO All-in-One VGC-LS37E (that's a mouthful!). That's the latest All-in-One PC from Sony shipping on Aug 11th. It's only a 19" system but with characteristics very close to the iMac. I liked two features on the Sony PC that was not on the iMac: the ExpressCard and PCMCIA support and the TV Tuner. But it's also a whopping $650 more expensive than the 20" iMac! For that price, I can buy a nice external TV Tuner, the Apple TV and an iPhone ;-)
HP TouchSmart: expensive but has a touchscreen
Last but not least, is HP's "kitchen PC". At first I hesitated to bring up the HP machine because it's not truly an All-in-One: the base unit houses the motherboard, processor, disk drive, DVD... But it's close enough. The HP machine comes with a 1.7GHz AMD Turion and I compared it with the 2GHz Core 2 Duo entry-level iMac. Like the Sony VAIO, the HP TouchSmart is also a 19" All-in-One PC but with this unique distinction that its screen is touch sensitive, just the like the iPhone. I guess that's one of the reasons it's also $300 more expensive!
"We think it [a multi-touch screen] makes a lot of sense in the iPhone, but not so sure it makes a lot of sense on an iMac. So who knows. But I'll classify them as research project", said Steve Jobs at the launch.
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Why is it that when someone points out one little flaw in a Mac, that the person goes ballistic over it? I'm seriously beginning to think that Apple is a religion, not just a cult as I previously thought.
You add Windows to it and its a pretty smart purchase. But for the money, it isn't necessarily worth it.
I know what u say comparing to all in ones, but lets think. Mac Pro costs alot of money. When you compare that to the Base unit PC's its not worth it unless your an animation pro who needs 8 cores. However in Maya and 3ds max you can render on every computer on your network, and for the price of a mac pro with 8 core u can have 3 quad core pc's.
why does the macbook pro cost £699 and never has decent graphics? If they put even an 8400 in there it would become a very desirable machine..... so why don't they do that? Because thats not the deal they have with Intel.
im impressed the iMac now comes with an nVidia 8800 if you pay £1239, however its only a GS version of the card, which is slower than the GT.
I am away of the price of the mac pro, but its silly to have that as the starting price. Most annoying thing about them is the graphics tend to be very slow compared to the windows offering.
Mac's offer 4x7300GT's... who cares! lol unless your running 8 monitors.
iMovie is the biggest benefit i can see to the Mac, Windows Movie Maker is exactly what video editing is about, and a good way to learn the basics. However iMovie is easy and really fast, in saying that however, i have never known a user to just be able to use iMovie, it takes some teaching, then its easy