Jumping into the Mac Bandwagon

[Maximilien]

2 gig is an essential minimal configuration for any computer in 2008 if you want to do any work on it. the 24" iMac is really huge, be certain to see it in "person" before commiting money,

Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

[Kant]

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

I have decided to buy an IMac

That makes us two. In my case I want to buy one for my kids.

[Johnny]

Definitely 2GB, although don't buy this as an upgrade from Apple - the extra memory will be half the cost elsewhere. The iMac will be great for all the things you listed. Leave room in your budget for a dusting cloth as you'll probably form an unhealthy obsession about keeping it shiny!

[Christian Graus]

I am going to buy one of those shiny, tiny mac notebooks.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

[Steve Echols]

Dude, you're buying Air! :laugh: (It was a lot funnier when it was in my head)

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[Paul Watson]

Definitely get 2gig but as the one chap said, don't get 2gig from Apple. Buy the extra mem elesewhere and fit it yourself (easy enough on the iMac.) Also unless you have seen the two sizes side by side and decided you really want the 24" I would recommend you get the 20". It is plenty big. The 24" is a monster. Welcome to the club ;)

regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

[Sandro Franchi]

Any good pointer to start learning about Mac programming, app architecture concepts, tools, etc.? Off course, we're planning to port some apps to the Mac planet. Thanks,

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[nplumridge]

Like others have said, you'll want 2Gb ideally, but you can get it far cheaper than Apple sell it for. I bought an early Intel iMac with 512Mb, then upped it to 2Gb six months later, selling the 512Mb on ebay. One thing you should upgrade is the graphics card if you're planning anything graphics intensive, as I don't believe this can be upgraded later.

[Paul Watson]

I've done a hello world in Cocoa and Objective C and that is it. I am a web-developer so I don't build apps specifically for Mac OS. Sorry for not being much help :)

regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

[Sandro Franchi]

I appreciate your reply. Thanks,

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[Rohde]

Unfortunately there's not a plethora of Obj-C/Cocoa books on the market, but there are two very good ones you should get if you decide to peruse this area: Programming in Objective-C (Developer's Library) [this is without a doubt the best Objective-C book] Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (2nd Edition) [this is the best Cocoa book - it's very good] Also, ADC (Apple Developer Connection) contains many many documents of the various APIs - it's a good place to start.

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-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

[Thor Sigurdsson]

Regardless of what the guys are saying about the 24" being too big, I'd say go for it on these grounds: 1) the 24" has a better (full colour spectrum capable) vs. the 20"s reduced colour range display, and is as such better suited for graphics oriented work ("picture perfect"). 2) Although the 20" iMac may seem to be big at first sight, in the long run it becomes small. Too small for serious users. (I've already ordered a Mac PRO and a 30" display...) Buy the iMac with as little memory as you can. Buy it with as much internal disk space as you can afford, since the hard drive is NOT user-replacable (the memory however is). Go to http://www.macsales.com and order: * Memory, 4GB (you want memory for your Mac, and you want memory for windows in Parallels or VMWare Fusion) (there is a original memory return rebate: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/53IM2DDR4GBK/) * A FireWire Hard Drive, preferrably twice the size of the hard drive inside the iMac. Upgrade the memory. Connect the external hard drive. Time Machine will ask if you'd like to use the new hard drive for you backups. Say yes. Finally, acquire Parallels or VMWare Fusion to be able to run Windows at the same time as Mac OS X, and your´e set. Now you'll have a great iMac, and ready to meet any task your customers may throw at you :) And - your'e all backed up from day 1 !

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[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

Thanks Stor! That is very useful advice indeed!:)

You have, what I would term, a very formal turn of phrase not seen in these isles since the old King passed from this world to the next. martin_hughes on VDK

[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

Yes 24"s really look like a monsters (when I saw them at store).

You have, what I would term, a very formal turn of phrase not seen in these isles since the old King passed from this world to the next. martin_hughes on VDK