Apple eMac Desktop 17" M9150LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, CD-ROM Drive)

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Summary: World's most user-friendly computer at a bargain price.
Review: A recent user survey in PC magazine identified Apple computers as the most reliable and easiest to use computers currently available. Yes, most people use Windows-based PCs, but do you want to be another member of the PC herd -- with all of the problems and frustrations presented by Windows-based PCs -- or are you looking for a computer which is user friendly and seldom crashes? If ease of use and reliability are more important to you than being one of the crowd, please seriously consider buying an Apple. Since the eMac is Apple's least expensive computer, it's a terrific way to enter the user-friendly world of Apple computers at a very reasonable price. And don't be concerned about the 800 MHz processor, this is a very fast computer -- G4 processors are equivalent to Pentium processors twice their speed. If you're willing to try something off the beaten path, you'll love this computer.

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Summary: A PC Hardware Fan is ABSOULTEY RIGHT!
Review: I am an apple fan through and through, and when my original iMac finally blew after over 6yrs and had to quickly purchase a new computer, I looked straight to the new eMac models. I researched this product thoroughly and all of the information that I received basically labled both of the eMac models with capabilities of burning CDs, and viewing DVDs. I never knew that there was an eMac model in existence that was sold BEFORE these models. So when I happily purchased this eMac, thinking I was getting a great deal, I was told by the retail associate that ALL of the eMac models had these features. I never knew that this model did NOT. They act like this model didn't even EXIST! I am very disappointed in this purchase mainly because of the misinformation currently available about each of these models. This is just a glorified version of the older iMacs and the manual does not tell you a THING about how to use this new operating system. You will HAVE to purchase supplement manuals by other publishers to even get a CLUE unless you're already familiar with newer iMac models and MacOSX. So, buyers beware. Just make sure that you're getting what you expect to get with this model, and not being misinformed.

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Summary: A PC Hardware Fan is ABSOULTEY RIGHT!
Review: I am an apple fan through and through, and when my original iMac finally blew after over 6yrs and had to quickly purchase a new computer, I looked straight to the new eMac models. I researched this product thoroughly and all of the information that I received basically labled both of the eMac models with capabilities of burning CDs, and viewing DVDs. I never knew that there was an eMac model in existence that was sold BEFORE these models. So when I happily purchased this eMac, thinking I was getting a great deal, I was told by the retail associate that ALL of the eMac models had these features. I never knew that this model did NOT. They act like this model didn't even EXIST! I am very disappointed in this purchase mainly because of the misinformation currently available about each of these models. This is just a glorified version of the older iMacs and the manual does not tell you a THING about how to use this new operating system. You will HAVE to purchase supplement manuals by other publishers to even get a CLUE unless you're already familiar with newer iMac models and MacOSX. So, buyers beware. Just make sure that you're getting what you expect to get with this model, and not being misinformed.

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Summary: Absolutely unfair that Apple would have ever sold this model
Review: This computer looks and feels just like the more expensive versions except for a crucial difference...The Superdrive or the Combo drive which Apple is so constantly hyping doesn't come on this model. All you get is a CD rom drive. And if you want to use iDVD or iTunes to burn music? YOu can't! You must buy a separate drive and then hunt on the internet for hack software to try to play DVDs. iDVD will not work AT ALL on your machine. Apple even went so far as to install a microchip to stop your computer from playing iDVD on any drive but a Superdrive. The other problem is Mac OSX. It is a nightmare! Imagine returning to the days when you had to experiment with everything on your computer just to find out how each program worked. There is NO instruction manual for OSX. And it is very non-user friendly. BEWARE and stay far away from Apple. They are interested in only one thing...selling new and newer computers. They will do anything they can to get you to buy a brand new machine.

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Summary: Great Computer
Review: This is a great computer for all those 'normal' people out there. Ones who don't do much more than email, instnatmessage, surf the web, and use appleworks type software. Its a great computer at a really low price.Plus it makesa perfect digital hubwith all its firewireand usb ports.