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Summary: Very good value
Review: After looking at several Mac options (I've been a heavy Mac user more than 15 years, put up with Windows at work, and continue to marvel at how well Apple keeps plugging along), we chose the eMac. And we have no regrets.At about sixty pounds the eMac is heavy. The fan can be a little noisy but only for perfectionists. Add some extra memory and airport card and you have a great value. I don't see this as anything but fast, but I've not run side-by-side comparisons. The screen is very large (40% more than my original iMac) and quite crisp. We added the eMac easily to our home wireless network. The sexier, flat-screen iMac is much more expensive. Even the salesman who wanted me to buy up could not argue that I could get more value from the iMac, just pay about a lot more. We passed. Jaguar was not available when we purchased the eMac in late July; we received and easily installed Jaguar as soon as it became available. We received a free printer (cartridges make these "free" printers pretty poor freebies). And we installed the OS X Office suite upgrade. Although some Mac games crashed on my kids on my original iMac without explanation, they work fine on the eMac. And our three-year old can manage to install, launch and play them. This is an affordable, reliable, solid, easy-to-use, work horse machine for a family.
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Summary: Lousy - buy a PowerMac
Review: Combine a decent G4 with a low end 17" monitor and 128MB of very slow SDRAM and you get a computer that should stay on the shelf. Don't buy anything but a PowerMac with 512M of DDR-SDRAM. If you want to run any high end software then make it a dual G4. I wouldn't curse an eMac on my worst enemy. Think before you buy.
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Summary: Lousy - buy a PowerMac
Review: Combine a decent G4 with a low end 17" monitor and 128MB of very slow SDRAM and you get a computer that should stay on the shelf. Don't buy anything but a PowerMac with 512M of DDR-SDRAM. If you want to run any high end software then make it a dual G4. I wouldn't curse an eMac on my worst enemy. Think before you buy.
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Summary: This is the best all-in-one Mac
Review: I have been a Mac user since the eighties, and an Apple IIe / IIc user prior, and I can easily state that this is the best Mac i have ever purchased. (I own approximately 20 between home and business.) All Macs are known for their ease of use and set-up, but the eMac is an absolute dream. A child could set it up (or even your parents!). The screen is huge, crisp, and colorful. The speakers are awesome. I bumped up my RAM prior to ever starting it, so i can't speak for how good OSX functions "out-of-the-box", but for me it is incredible. I can't recommend this computer highly enough. It seems crash-proof too.
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Summary: This computer is great
Review: I have had my unit for several months now with zero problems. I easily upgraded my memoty to 1gb and that was well worth it. I run photoshop and illustrator as well as indesign for school and have no problems with the machine operating this software. I also purchased a kodak digital camera which works great with i-photo. This was a very positive purchase as well as being my first mac and I will definatly purchase a mac again.
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Summary: This computer is great
Review: I have had my unit for several months now with zero problems. I easily upgraded my memoty to 1gb and that was well worth it. I run photoshop and illustrator as well as indesign for school and have no problems with the machine operating this software. I also purchased a kodak digital camera which works great with i-photo. This was a very positive purchase as well as being my first mac and I will definatly purchase a mac again.
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Summary: Could be easier to install an AirPort Card.........
Review: I just bought my first i/eMac and I'm really pleased.The new G4 processor lets the new OS run smoothly. I love the CDRW,although I urge Apple to offer a Combo(CDRW/DVD-ROM) drive to be included.The display offers 40% more viewing area,and iTunes,iPhoto,and iMovie worked completely stable.But,I bought an AirPort with mine(Base Station,Card) and I had trouble installing it. But other than that,I recommend this new eMac. E---For Everyone!!
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Summary: Nice machine, tough choice
Review: I thought I was reasonably happy with my little iMac at work until I was given this machine as a replacement. It has quickly spoiled me, and now I'm wondering if I want to pick up another for home. The large, flat-screen picture is both imposing and impressive, yet the machine requires no more desk space than the original iMac. In fact, unless you put it side-by-side with the much hyped flat panel screen, there's slim chance you'll find anything wanting in the graphics. But Apple has lowered the price of their bottom-level flat-panel iMac to be directly competitive with this eMac, so what's a Mac person to do? At this point I'm leaning toward the eMac, thinking the flat-panel iMac looks too much like a halogen lamp or potential "period piece." Moreover, I hate the thought of paying for two external little speakers that I'll never use. Finally, the eMac has a "sound-in" input that has been omitted from the new iMac. If you digitalize analog sources, that could be a factor in your decision. If you're attacted to DVD burning and the "Superdrive" (which I'll admit I am), you still have a tough decision to make because the eMac with SuperDrive is really the same price as the iMac with Superdrive. In fact, you may have noticed that DVD burners are getting faster and cheaper. So why not go with the entry-level Power Mac (which many users insist is the only machine to consider if you're serious about computing speed and memory requirements) and supplement it later with an external DVD burner? In any case, why make my problem yours (though it irritates me that manufacturers so insistently assume the consumer requires the "illlusion," at least, of so many basically insignificant choices--I chose Macs, which should be enough). If you purchase this eMac, you'll find it works considerably faster if you install at least an additional 256 MB of Ram (which takes all of 30 seconds--don't be conned into paying an installation fee). Also, as pleasing as OSX/Jaguar is to look at, it's not always intuitive, and Apple doesn't provide much in the way of instructions. Even locating a saved document in Word is an adventure, which was not the case in 0S9.
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Summary: Nice machine, tough choice
Review: I thought I was reasonably happy with my little iMac at work until I was given this machine as a replacement. It has quickly spoiled me, and now I'm wondering if I want to pick up another for home. The large, flat-screen picture is both imposing and impressive, yet the machine requires no more desk space than the original iMac. In fact, unless you put it side-by-side with the much hyped flat panel screen, there's slim chance you'll find anything wanting in the graphics. But Apple has lowered the price of their bottom-level flat-panel iMac to be directly competitive with this eMac, so what's a Mac person to do? At this point I'm leaning toward the eMac, thinking the flat-panel iMac looks too much like a halogen lamp or potential "period piece." Moreover, I hate the thought of paying for two external little speakers that I'll never use. Finally, the eMac has a "sound-in" input that has been omitted from the new iMac. If you digitalize analog sources, that could be a factor in your decision. If you're attacted to DVD burning and the "Superdrive" (which I'll admit I am), you still have a tough decision to make because the eMac with SuperDrive is really the same price as the iMac with Superdrive. In fact, you may have noticed that DVD burners are getting faster and cheaper. So why not go with the entry-level Power Mac (which many users insist is the only machine to consider if you're serious about computing speed and memory requirements) and supplement it later with an external DVD burner? In any case, why make my problem yours (though it irritates me that manufacturers so insistently assume the consumer requires the "illlusion," at least, of so many basically insignificant choices--I chose Macs, which should be enough). If you purchase this eMac, you'll find it works considerably faster if you install at least an additional 256 MB of Ram (which takes all of 30 seconds--don't be conned into paying an installation fee). Also, as pleasing as OSX/Jaguar is to look at, it's not always intuitive, and Apple doesn't provide much in the way of instructions. Even locating a saved document in Word is an adventure, which was not the case in 0S9.
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Summary: Perfect First Computer
Review: My girlfriend purchased an eMac as her first computer and has had a great time learning on it. For the past 5 months it has been rock solid. It has a beautiful screen, much like the 17" monitor that goes with my G4 Cube. We have had no monitor problems like some have reported. DVD playback(if you have it) is very clear and you can rip a CD in about 5 minutes. Spring for the stand, a subwoofer, and more memory if you can. 100% Satisfied.
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