Any reviews on Apple Imac?

caringa

My husband and I are both in our 60's and although I am fairly computer literate, my husband isnt. We have an Acer PC which is about 7 years old and my husband is convinced that we should invest in an Apple Imac. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this would be a good move or would it possibly be too complicated for us to get to grips with?

Skalavagr

In my humble opinion you will probably find an iMac easier to get to grips with than a modern Windows 8 PC, plus there is less chance of malware infections etcetera. I would say to you to drop into an Apple Store and have a good look at an iMac, and quiz the sales staff about it.

Strider590

Sounds like my father, stuggles with PC, see's a friends laptop and see's how easily his friend uses it, so he buys a laptop and finds out it's exactly the same as his PC.

Struggles with digital camera, see's friends DSLR and the nice pictures it produces, goes out and buys a better DSLR than his friend, finds he can't use it, sticks in the wardrobe, sells it on eBay 6 years later for £800 less than it cost him.

There is no magic bullet, one just has to swallow pride and get on with learning it.


IMHO You won't get honest opinions on Apple products, they could be a pile of junk and people would still rave about them. Partially because they're trendy and partly to save face having spent so much money.

shortchanged_2

Well if you have money to burn you can buy an imac.

Because if all you are doing is basic tasks e.g web browsing etc then £1000+ is a lot of money for that.

LindaMary

Imacs are great. Very easy to learn. Our 80 year old friend got one last year and loves it. Far fewer problems with virus infections as well

wba31

I have an iMac and i love it, but i use it for photo and video editing so i am getting full use of it.

As previously advised, if you will only use the machine for webbrowsing and email etc, get a windows machine for much cheaper and invest in an awesome virus checker.

Alternatively, if you have a mouse/keyboard/monitor and are certain you want a mac, have a look at the mac mini. you only get the base unit (hence the need for your existing periferals) but they are good machines. But you could probably buy a decent brand new PC with all new kit for same price/cheaper...

20aday

I currently have a Mac Mini (coming from an iMac) and it's ideal for me as I do a lot of photo editing on my machine too. Granted I'm unable to expand the RAM on the late 2014 model but it'll see me through for the next couple of years.

However you'll often find a Windows PC with similar (or higher) hardware specs for a lot lower prices.

As mentioned above check out your local Apple store (or authorised reseller) and have a play around. See what you think.

tberry6686

What do you want the machine for ? this is the important part, if for web browsing, word processing etc then stick with windows as you will get a more powerful machine for your money.

ballyblack

we should invest in an Apple Imac

its never an investment, will be obsolete in a few years :rotfl:


stick with a new PC at half the price

ballyblack

good look at an iMac, and quiz the sales staff about it.

Yes of course you will get an unbiased view :rotfl:

Mr_Toad

ballyblack wrote: »

Yes of course you will get an unbiased view :rotfl:

A bit like your view then.

My girlfriend has a 2004 iMac and it still works exactly like it always did and is still as quick as it was when new. No registry to get clarted up with old tat that needs clearing out or the OS reinstalling every now and again to give it fresh lease of life.

It gets used every day for everything from browsing, email, shopping as well as photo editing. She's a college lecturer and does all her course work and presentations on it. Not bad for a 10 year old machine.

I've always be a Linux user, I had a PC for games, and I also have an iMac that I bought in 2011 that I use for everyday stuff and photo/video editing. My Linux box is where I do most of my programming.

It doesn't matter what me or anyone else thinks.

Go and have a look at new PCs and go to an Apple store and play with a Mac and then decide which suits you and your needs and buy that.