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    Wow!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Teacher, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. Teacher

    Teacher Notebook Geek

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    I purchased my MBP one month ago and today I purchased the 24" iMAC. WOW!

    My computer life is now complete. Goodbye Windows.

    Teacher
     
    Teacher, Aug 31, 2007
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    "Wow!" is the word! I wish I had your type of money! :p

    Anyhow, congrats on your purchases, hope you like 'em!
     
    Sam, Aug 31, 2007
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  3. Harry

    Harry Notebook Consultant

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    looks like apple has the true WOW affect compared to windows vista
     
    Harry, Aug 31, 2007
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  4. taelrak

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    Hrm, Vista has a pretty big "wow" effect, especially with Aero Glass - until you get past the glitzy outer looks...
     
    taelrak, Aug 31, 2007
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  5. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Bleh, personally I don't find Flip 3D useful at all. Having to look at your open windows at an angle, and having to flip through a few windows to get to the right one, why don't I just click on it on the taskbar? Flip 3D isn't very "wow" to me. Aero Glass is cool though.
     
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    Speaking of "glass", is there a way to get the transparency effect of the menus in OSX to be more transparent? I noticed they were much clearer in Leopard...is that not a feature in Tiger yet?
     
    taelrak, Aug 31, 2007
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  7. Sam

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    I don't believe so...that's one thing about OS X, its not very customizable GUI-wise.
     
    Sam, Aug 31, 2007
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    On a side note, I tried Vista Ultimate. It definitely looked nice, but I wasn't "feelin' it". So I'm on XP Pro when necessary and I tried some of the Vista conversions. Not really for me either. WindowBlinds, no thanks. But XP has tons of themes at Softpedia. My favorite for now is Royale. What's going on OS X?
     
    Xander, Aug 31, 2007
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    Very nice! You get that at the galleria mall?
     
    Durious, Aug 31, 2007
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    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    Congrats and I am jealous, somewhat. I too have taken delivery of the new 24" 2.8Ghz iMac and love it but I need a little more cash like you to get a MBP. :)

    On a side note now that you feel emancipated and are gone from Windows it's time to spell "Mac" properly. It's "iMac" not iMAC. Peace. :)
     
    HLdan, Sep 1, 2007
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    I played with the 24" imac at the best buy's apple store (whoo hooo!) and wow... it really was amazing. But it's hard to tell if the monitor was calibrated for accuracy or for more of a WOW Factor.
    I say that because I'm shopping for a new HD tv... and the store setups are all very poorly calibrated, and setup for very high brightness, but poorer color reproduction and what not.

    I love the new keyboards they have :-D
     
    hollownail, Sep 1, 2007
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