Tell me about the Apple Macintosh

[FreelancePolice]

itunes sharing r0x

[Ish]

AirTunes is pretty cool too...

[FreelancePolice]

whats that? is that wireless sharing?

[Pacman555]

Yeah, you can transmit music wirelessly to your stereo and still control it through your Mac. Which is nice.

Get my first mac, a mini, in a month or two. Can't wait!

[Ish]

Kind of. Its a little box you plug into the wall for power. And connect to an amp with normal leads. Its a wireless network device. You give each one you have a name like "Living Room speakers", "bedroom" etc.

Then when you turn on your laptop (it works on PCs too apparently but I've only tried it on my PowerBook) iTunes sees all these gadgets on the network and you get a list of speakers to choose to playback through.

Its superb. Neat, elegant, simple, and small.

[FreelancePolice]

i see you can plug usb devices could it be classed as a router ?

[crazymadone]

I still don't understand the iMac concept. The rest of the i****e range is brilliant (bar eMac)

whats up with eMac? Its basically a Mac Mini with a screen

[Ish]

I think you can plug USB things in yes including broadband modems and printers. And it will extend the range of an existing AirExpress network thing. But not a standard wireless network unfortunately.

[Firsty]

Welcome...

[Kotatsu Neko]

There was a decent length feature about Tiger on BBC News 24's Click Online tonight. (repeated tomorrow afternoon, and can also be grabbed from the BBC website)

The presenter Steven Cole was pretty hard on some Apple guy he interviewed though. Said Tiger was little more than window dressing and that it's big innovations - Spotlight and Widgets, had been available in similar forms on the PC for over a year! Apple guy looked a little flustered. Still there was plenty of eye candy on show and the Apple Centre in London looks the part.

Quite tempted to buy a Mac, no idea what for as my PC does everything I need, but sometimes you just have to give in to desire and buy something just because you want it. Just need some ???...

[bowser123]

Right, what's the problem with the iMac G5 that I'm not seeing?.
I've spent quite a while today comparing the relative specs of the machines, and the ?1,000 G5 iMac with the 2G processor and 128mb graphics card seems stupidly good value compared to the rest of the Mac line up.

The only real issue would be the memory, but that's something that effects the entire lineup of all Macs. Plus ?160 buys you 2GB of memory that sorts that issue. Even games like Doom 3 have recommended system specs found on the machine.

So, have Apple lost their marbles and made something that's actually a good deal, or is there some hidden limitation that I'm not seeing.

Because if there isn't, it's only sentimentality to my old G3 iMac that's stopping me from getting that 2G G5 iMac.

[LaParka]

man I want to upgrade my crappy PC to a laptop and i'm tempted by the iBook's. Whats a good price to pay for the entry level 14" one?

[JoeK]

man I want to upgrade my crappy PC to a laptop and i'm tempted by the iBook's. Whats a good price to pay for the entry level 14" one?

Unless you have a look at the refurb store on Wednesday, then the 'good' price is - unfortauntely - going to be the standard price.

However, I think ?700 for a 12" iBook is bloody fantastic value for money at the mo'!

[LaParka]

how much is student discount worth? Can't log in to check as i'm at home at the mo

[superkully]

For the iBook? I think it's about 7% if you're at school or college, rising to ~11-12% if you're in Uni (and access their site through JANET)