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From: Ian McCall on 18 Feb 2006 12:33 OK - having run through the maths it looks like I'll be handing the Power Mac back (lease) and going to iMac Intel 20" (bought). A shame and all that, but there you have it. Really like my Power Mac, but there's no getting away from the fact there's outstanding lease payments and the iMac is a little quicker. Balancing it all out....iMac please. A few questions then: 1. It -is- dual-screen, isn't it? As in I can connect my 20" Cinema Display to it without hassle? 2. Can I connect a Firewire 800 device to it (my external drive)? I know there's no 800 port, but can I step 800 down to 400? 3. Has anyone come across anything that simply -will not- run? 4. NeoOffice - working or not? Speed irrelevant at the moment. Site doesn't give me much hope though. 4a. If not NeoOffice, is Excel working fine on it? Really don't care about anything other than spreadsheets. 5. Cheap, document-oriented (ie. not perfect photo - think invoices etc.) scanner for use with Image Capture and Graphic Converter? Next ones are of interest but less important: 6. What's the state of emulation on it: MAME? Power64? Amiga? ST? Basilisk II to get games like Spectre and Prince of Persia running? 7. Bookworm Deluxe ok? 8. Bejeweled 2 Deluxe ok? Think that's it. I'm slightly annoyed and slightly pleased - was going to wait for rev 2, will have to start using Cubase on the laptop until a universal binary appears, no Keyword Assistant for iPhoto (though I suppose I can help the guy there)...those are the annoyances. Pleased...well who wouldn't be pleased to get a faster machine? Dual 20" monitors rather appeals too. It's likely I'm going to be moving from contracting to full time employment soon and that means some of the business perks I've been getting have to be dealt with quickly before it all becomes a drag. Cheers, Ian
From: Graham Lee on 18 Feb 2006 13:16 On 18/2/06 17:33, Ian McCall wrote: > OK - having run through the maths it looks like I'll be handing the > Power Mac back (lease) and going to iMac Intel 20" (bought). A shame and > all that, but there you have it. Really like my Power Mac, but there's > no getting away from the fact there's outstanding lease payments and the > iMac is a little quicker. Balancing it all out....iMac please. > > A few questions then: > > 1. It -is- dual-screen, isn't it? As in I can connect my 20" Cinema > Display to it without hassle? Erm, no. It has a display mirroring capability the same as the old iMac. > 2. Can I connect a Firewire 800 device to it (my external drive)? I know > there's no 800 port, but can I step 800 down to 400? That ought to work, yes. > 3. Has anyone come across anything that simply -will not- run? Sunbird, but then getting that to work on PPC is hit and miss. > 4. NeoOffice - working or not? Speed irrelevant at the moment. Site > doesn't give me much hope though. Not tried it, but then as it uses the Java native interface I doubt it. > 4a. If not NeoOffice, is Excel working fine on it? Really don't care > about anything other than spreadsheets. Roz Ho said that MS-MBU had worked with Apple to ensure that Office worked in Rosetta. Graham.
From: Chris Ridd on 18 Feb 2006 13:23 On 18/2/06 6:16, in article 11vep3ejjc86f64(a)corp.supernews.com, "Graham Lee" <uk.ac.ox.physics.teaching(a)leeg.invalid> wrote: > On 18/2/06 17:33, Ian McCall wrote: >> OK - having run through the maths it looks like I'll be handing the >> Power Mac back (lease) and going to iMac Intel 20" (bought). A shame and >> all that, but there you have it. Really like my Power Mac, but there's >> no getting away from the fact there's outstanding lease payments and the >> iMac is a little quicker. Balancing it all out....iMac please. >> >> A few questions then: >> >> 1. It -is- dual-screen, isn't it? As in I can connect my 20" Cinema >> Display to it without hassle? > > Erm, no. It has a display mirroring capability the same as the old iMac. Are you sure? On <http://www.apple.com/imac/whatsinside.html> it says the new iMacs have "Support for external display in extended desktop and video mirroring modes" Cheers, Chris
From: Jim on 18 Feb 2006 13:42 Graham Lee <uk.ac.ox.physics.teaching(a)leeg.invalid> wrote: > > 1. It -is- dual-screen, isn't it? As in I can connect my 20" Cinema > > Display to it without hassle? > > Erm, no. It has a display mirroring capability the same as the old iMac. You sure about that? I'm fairly sure I'd heard the new ones had display-extending abilities. Jim -- Find me at http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk AIM/iChatAV: JCAndrew2 Is anyone interested in helping contribute to a whisky podcast? If so, please visit http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk/theDram/ thank you.
From: Graham Lee on 18 Feb 2006 14:19
On 18/2/06 18:23, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 18/2/06 6:16, in article 11vep3ejjc86f64(a)corp.supernews.com, "Graham Lee" > <uk.ac.ox.physics.teaching(a)leeg.invalid> wrote: > >> On 18/2/06 17:33, Ian McCall wrote: >>> OK - having run through the maths it looks like I'll be handing the >>> Power Mac back (lease) and going to iMac Intel 20" (bought). A shame and >>> all that, but there you have it. Really like my Power Mac, but there's >>> no getting away from the fact there's outstanding lease payments and the >>> iMac is a little quicker. Balancing it all out....iMac please. >>> >>> A few questions then: >>> >>> 1. It -is- dual-screen, isn't it? As in I can connect my 20" Cinema >>> Display to it without hassle? >> Erm, no. It has a display mirroring capability the same as the old iMac. > > Are you sure? > > On <http://www.apple.com/imac/whatsinside.html> it says the new iMacs have > "Support for external display in extended desktop and video mirroring modes" Er, you know what I did, don't you? I was looking at the iMac G5 (iSight) model and had a monitor plugged in. It's on the desk next to the iMac Core Duo...I swear that's why I got it wrong... |