Apple Updates iMacs and eMacs

applematters writes "Apple has updated the iMacs, they are faster and incorporate AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth. There are two models, the 15-inch and 17-inch. For good measure the eMac has also been updated, and you can get it brand new for under a thousand bucks. Not bad."

Comments

Re:"Under?"

[Llywelyn]

Pay attention next time you go shopping, even for something as simple as groceries. Things are never "$5" they are "$4.99".

This is for advertising purposes, someone is more likely to purchase something when it is "$999" than when it is "$1000" and it lets them advertise with keyphrases such as "under $1000!" which helps market their product.

Balance your checkbook and keep recipes on it!

[Zhe Mappel]

Not to be too hard on Apple, but the iMac is a painfully underpowered product for the price. Admittedly, OS X's pretty and the digital lifestyle software is easy to use. If that's worth the $700-800 more that an Apple will cost you for a non-upgradeable machine, go for it. In some cases, it will be. I can see my retired parents enjoying this because it's much less complicated than a Windoze box, and the pivoting screen is probably a blessing to the tired-boned elderly.

However, maybe it's better to wait for later this year or early next when Apple's hardware is slated to enter the 21st century.

Re:Not bad?

[Draoi]

Not quite. Your initial point was that Linux was less stable than OSX; "show me a Linux box running X11 that is as stable as OS X". My point was that it's all dependent upon context. Third-party apps can mess up OSX just as easily as an Linux apps can (Norton vs. StarOffice, for example).