CNET Forums: Message List - Decline & Fall of the iMac? http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Decline & Fall of the iMac?. CNET Forums: Message List - Decline & Fall of the iMac? http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Suckage I agree with the fact that it sucks that the computer monitor is already failing for whatever case. I always recommend ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-5164602.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-5164602.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST RE: Nice inaccuracies but who's ranting now? &quot;We were going all PC because OS 9.0 was so unstable that the machines kept crashing at far higher rate than the PC ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-5027460.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-5027460.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Warranties and treating a Mac as a family member To be honest, I never purchased a Warranty for my iMac. I did however, have a recent incident with my Airport Express, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3067615.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3067615.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Thanks for the link. I may have seen some of those, but I'll look again in case I missed something. I've been looking at some commercial thin ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3066621.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3066621.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST oopse! I meant to say that GARAGEBAND was taylored for the techrocker, not that MIDI was. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3066596.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3066596.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Apple makes good---finally. Well, to all who joined in the discussion, thank you. I'd been told I was on my own at the local Apple distributorship, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3066487.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3066487.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST garageband Hi Billy,<br><br>I'm surprised no one has chimed in with a better suggestion for you by now, but it is Father's Day week ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065921.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065921.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST garageband I currently am doing things in Garageband, but also note that this is not a MIDI sequencer.<br><br>You can import a MIDI ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065909.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065909.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST I don't recall iWorks ever being bundled with a new Mac. It came/comes as a 30 day trial.<br><br>Oh yes, thanks for calling me young, that really made my Father ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065901.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065901.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Apple Works stinks Alberto,<br>I found Apple Works to be sub-par. When I bought my iMac, I knew from past Apple Works experiece, that my f ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065899.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065899.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Sorry you are upset I can't really address some parts of your messages, but I do know that whatever the situation with your iMac and its (mi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065823.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065823.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Don't think so. Hey Dan, I'm happy for you! Sounds like you've had great experiences. Customers should always stick where they're ha ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065760.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065760.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST But everything on your Mac wasn't free Duke,<br><br>You shouldn't be praising the Mac too much because you actually had to spend a few bucks to configure it th ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065748.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065748.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Decline & Fall Of The iMac? I don't think so. I had a refurbished eMac for 9 years.( I think it was manufactured around 1999/2000.) I still have it. It's still workin ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065708.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065708.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Those are some harsh words for Apple. I'm not going to say you are completely wrong, because you do have some valid points, but I do think some of this has be ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065519.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065519.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST &quot;a TV that had to be replaced every three years&quot; How do you feel about FIVE years?<br><br>For example a few key components in today's common TV's, displays and almost ev ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065151.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065151.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST &lt;sigh&gt; You are so abused by superior intellects... Um, I never say ANYTHING about TextEdit. This is the second time you mentioned it. Get your posts straight when you resp ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065167.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065167.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Garage Band As already mentioned, you might want to take a look at this application.<br><br>It could be what you are looking for<br> ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065021.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3065021.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST A little overboard 1. Google &quot;lines&quot; &quot;Mac&quot; and &quot;screen,&quot; and you'll see that I'm not entirely alone in this. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064998.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064998.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Everybody pays for word processing.... &quot;....It never dawned on me for instance that any major computer company, let alone Apple, would ship a machine with ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064983.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064983.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Sorry if I sound like other &quot;zealots&quot;... It happens I have Vista Ultimate running in my Mac Pro, which I sometimes use up to six hours a day. I also built and ma ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064856.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064856.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Happy 4 U Hi Billy?In no way do I intend to jinx you. If you're happy with what you've got, I'm not even trying to convert you. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064823.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064823.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Nice inaccuracies but who's ranting now? Interesting that you think you know better than me what came on this machine. LOL. Believe me, I was pretty surprised ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064818.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064818.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Ok, so I finally got a MacBook... and so my Windows computer with a sick disk has been going unused for long periods of time. So far I find my mac to work ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064793.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064793.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Prime time? Really? For me? I'm 59. Is there any hope for me? Should I go all Linux on you? ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064754.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064754.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST ...NOT! Dude, I'm over 50, so shut yer yap, you young whippersnapper! ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064751.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064751.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Sounds like you have Grown Up ! Apples for for High Schoolers and College Students that need to impress their friends with their Pretty Box that Glows a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064748.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064748.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Nice rant but not accurate in most regards Let's start with the basics. <br><br>1) hardware problem in less than three years but &quot;just off warranty&quot;. Tha ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064745.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064745.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Oh dear 2 I didn't share the same grief, too. I use TextEdit (came free with my iMac) for a whole lot of my word processing stuff ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064675.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064675.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Oh dear, If I were you, I would put that machine up on eBay and sell it for whatever you can get for it.<br><br>No need for you t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064640.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064640.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST And don't go knocking Audion. Audion's STILL a great program and I've never had a problem with it. Steve Jobs (heard of him?) said the coders who mad ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064601.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064601.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST You're entitled to your opinion?but not your own facts. The fact is that these iMacs shipped WITHOUT a word processor. Here I had all these Appleworks and ClarisWorks files f ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064595.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064595.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST I kind of disagree Had a few problems with a Mac and all of a sudden it's a no good, useless platform, and Apple is the evil empire sucking ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064570.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064570.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST Decline & Fall of the iMac? This is a cautionary tale for anyone looking at a new iMac. Trust not?and make sure you're getting exactly what you nee ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064107.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-27068_102-3064107.html 05 Jan 2012 15:24:35 PST