Customer Reviews
A Happy Return to MAC 
2008-06-23
I originally "cut my teeth" on a Mac, but migrated to the world of Mr. Gates simply because so much of the world of business uses this cumbersome and frustrating system. I even became somewhat accustomed to the incompatibilities and other annoyances that came along with the change.
Then just about a year ago, I ventured back into the wonderful, intuitive, simple world of the Mac with the purchase of a MacBook. Just a few short weeks ago I completed my return to the world of sensibility with the 24" iMac Desktop. Wow! What a beautiful machine. It works flawlessly. It is the embodiment of what personal computers should be at this point in their evolution. Perhaps I am a bit effusive in my praise, but you must consider from whence I have come...
Excellent computer 2008-06-18
Great computer, I'm a long time PC user and bought this for my wife to use. The first thing that struck me was the simplicity in everything Apple does. The system just works, the hardware is elegant and plenty fast for now. I upgraded the RAM to 3mb and installed Windows Vista via Parallels. The system has enough horsepower to run both OS's at the same time without breaking a sweat.
As many have said before - the monitor is stunning! I have three high end Samsung LCD's on my PC setup and they don't look anywhere near as good as the monitor on the Apple.
My only concern is that the system is not upgradable - common for an iMac. Other than adding RAM what you buy now is what you will have for the rest of this machine's life. I bought the 320Gb drive but within the first two months had to add extra capacity via USB drives to hold all of the pictures and videos.
Highly recommended!
Incredible upgrade from old i-Mac 2008-06-13
Haven't purchased an Apple in 4 years, this machine truely is revolutionary and I can't believe I would say this about any Apple product "its a good bang for the buck"
Just OK--Ended Up Going Back To a Mac Mini and a Samsung SyncMaster 213T--AWESOME!! 
2008-06-08
Just Ok for non-critical work. The computer portion was fine except it had Tiger not Leopard--the problem was really the display--NO EIZO HERE!--the one I got had a crappy 6-Bit panel [read: 262,000 colors--not "millions" as they advertise]. I've since returned this iMac and reverted back to a 2GHz Mini with a Samsung SyncMaster 213T and couldn't be happier. Finally, the credit to my Visa took a rather longish 3 weeks to happen--so make sure you really want what you purchase!
First Time Mac User 2008-06-02
I'm a first time Mac-user...at first I was a little lost, but it is just a visual issue for Windows based users...IT IS AN AWESOW MACHINE!!! Everything on it is just PERFECT: display, appearance, system, security, keyboard, mouse, performance...
I'm sure from now on, I will be a MAC USER!
Excellent experience...IF.... 
2008-07-23
Superb machine. Fast. Very. Great screen and colors. Quiet. BUT....
If you want to prevent
1. Crashes every 5-10 minutes - uninstall Microsoft Office from the machine. It will solve 95% of the mysterious crashes I had to experience.
2. Some horizontal lines that appear from time to time on the background and sometimes on some windows - you must install a widget that controls (and increases) the speed of the fans. The machine gets hot as some have mentioned, I guess because of the way it is built - everything enclosed in one box without much air circulation. I have installed a freeware called smcfancontrol then increased the speed of ALL 3 fans by some 30% and the horizontal lines just disappeared.
I think iMac does not crash now anymore.
PC USERS WHO ARE TEMPTED: BEWARE!!! 
2008-07-20
You've seen the ads. You've heard the accolades. You take the plunge. The first 24 hours are really pleasing... the Mac "just works!" out of the box... it is really good if you are a total tech-incompetent. I am not, but I enjoyed the set-up: nicely done.
Then, you spend time with the machine. You start to use it. You start to have doubts - "have I made a terrible error?" Sadly, the answer is "yes."
All that noise about how "user friendly" the Mac is? Only true if you have absolutely no clue what you are doing, and don't want to do much anyway. The finer points of UI design, the small-print of usability - well, the Windows operating system is simply far, far better. An experienced, technically competent PC user will find the Mac UI profoundly irritating. Expect:
* Higher 'click counts'
* More random machine slow-downs
* Infuriating random events (icons vanishing, other weird
stuff...), as - of course - the God-like Mac programmers
know FAR more than you do about what you really want...
* Incompatibilities...
* Unsupported devices...
If all you want to do is "oooh!" and "aaah!" at a big screen, or at a cool but trivial effect (eg Photobooth), then go buy one. I have already bought a replacement PC, and the Mac will be relegated to being a family-room web-browsing station.
DON'T FALL FOR THE ADVERTS!
Apple iMac 2008-07-14
Great product, solid platform. I was skeptical at first, but I have been pleased with the performance so far. I would completely recommend this for anyone. Merchant was great, shipping was extremely fast.
Fast, beautiful screen, quiet 2008-07-02
I got tired of listening to my Mac mini's loud external drive. This thing is quiet, full of storage, has a beautiful screen and is overall amazing. Just amazing. Every single person who walks in to my office comes over to stare at it. They usually think it's just a "really nice monitor." Then I tell them, "No, that's the whole computer." Then they go back to their little Dell laptops and cry.
First-time Mac owner/user 2008-07-01
This is my first Mac and I found it quite easy to transition over from a PC. Don't believe all the hype that Macs are complicated. The display is beautiful, making it easier to multi-task with browsers, apps and quicktime. The keyboard is very comfortable and sleek (i went with the wired keyboard since it has the number keys on the side, but upgraded to the wireless mighty mouse for convenience). I've had this for about a week and am a complete Apple believer now!
