New 27" iMac + Windows 7 64bit = Ultimate Computing Nirvana (pics)

[NewbieNudes]

The new 27" iMac is a sexy piece of kit.

The screen with it's LED back lighting is so crisp it's like having a new set of eyeballs.

Other specs are good and as you can see she does well with the windows system score stuff.

If you are thinking about running this setup - just do it - I couldn't be happier.

Oh - and for you macboys who think it's sacrilege to run windows on it. MacOS has no maximize, so stfu.

[just a punk]

Congrats!

[digitaldivas]

yes, it's a badass machine. but installing windows for the maximize is fucking gay imho

[NewbieNudes]

yes, it's a badass machine. but installing windows for the maximize is fucking gay imho

I don't normally do this but..


No seriously, it's not just the maximize thing, windows 7 is just the superior operating system. I have heard they run it as the preferred O/S at Cupertino!

Those that want to knock Win 7 - don't knock it 'til you have tried it.

[NetHorse]

Congrats, you spent a shitload of money.

[digitaldivas]

I don't normally do this but..


No seriously, it's not just the maximize thing, windows 7 is just the superior operating system. I have heard they run it as the preferred O/S at Cupertino!

Those that want to knock Win 7 - don't knock it 'til you have tried it.

hmm. I would still go with a good solid native unix based OS over any other. But to each their own, I am also on a new imac and i am quite happy with snow leopard. The display is just fucking sick! The clearest, brightest, best monitor, hands down.

[RevShare it!]

That looks realy nice

[Mutt]

hahaha i have an iMac and i think i'm going to do the same thing - install Windows 7. Nothing wrong with the Mac OS but i'm just too used to Windows and never use my iMac because of it.

[SleazyDream]

me like!!!!!!!!!!!

[NewbieNudes]

While you're at it make sure you use Google chrome. DAMN FAST browser.

[Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE]

You just ripped a hole in the space time continuum... Way to fucking go, fucking christ!

[tiger]

Why spend double the money on apple hardware to run windows OS?

Just buy PC parts for half the money if you are going to run windows.

[Shoplifter]

Oh man 5.9 performance rating. You could have had 3x the machine for the price.

[NewbieNudes]

Oh man 5.9 performance rating. You could have had 3x the machine for the price.

look closely - it's the disk that's 5.9. (1tb western digital 7200 rpm) everything else is high sixes.

[Chosen]

Congrats

[Roby]

congrat ...

[nation-x]

I had to put a graphics card in the one I bought but I think these are better machines for the money. Both come with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit installed.

$1199.99
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+E...&skuId=9561146

• Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor Features a 1066MHz system bus, 8MB L2 cache and 2.66GHz processor speed.
• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
• 9GB DDR3 memory
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX260

I bought one of these and for $30 more they threw in a 20 inch monitor and a printer. $679 + tax
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+E...&skuId=9541891

• Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8300
• Features 4 processing cores, 1333MHz system bus, 4MB L2 cache and 2.5GHz processor speed per core.
• 8GB DDR2 memory
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)

[nolongerexists]

looks good but not worth the money

[DamianJ]

The new 27" iMac is a sexy piece of kit.
Oh - and for you macboys who think it's sacrilege to run windows on it. MacOS has no maximize, so stfu.

I don't think it's sacrilege, just a bit silly. For two reasons.

a) People spend more than they need to on a Mac SOLELY because they want to run OSX. If you want to run Windows 7 (and I would defend to the death your right to do so), you have just spunked shit loads of money you didn't need to. You could have just bought a nice 27" LED screen and a small form factor PC. Those laptop components in the iMac are more expensive and less reliable than full size parts.

b) http://lifehacker.com/5240827/rightz...e-like-windows there are loads of apps to give you the mazimize button you desire on OSX

[Marialovesporn]

I would like it more when they would offer the screen with no glare option like they have done again on the mac book pro's after lots of complaining from customers. I hate those mirror screens.

[Juicy D. Links]

gaylorddddddddddddd

[area51 - BANNED FOR LIFE]

keep on sucking that dick

[woj]

you kinda defeated the whole point of a mac... but that is pretty cool actually if you have money to waste

[minddust]

OSX > Winblow

[digifan]

you kinda defeated the whole point of a mac... but that is pretty cool actually if you have money to waste

What he said.

[The Duck]

You just ripped a hole in the space time continuum... Way to fucking go, fucking christ!

[Les Grossman]

you kinda defeated the whole point of a mac...

If by that you mean to be used as door stoppers or drink tables, then yes he did.

[Babaganoosh]

This thread is too funny. I clicked the thread to post "Have fun installing Windows so you can get some work done" but I see you already know that.

Why did you buy a Mac when you obviously wanted a PC? Is it because it's trendy like Starbucks or didn't you know better?

[borked]

Well, I ordered my 27" i7 a week ago and will receive it in 2 weeks and I can tell you, I will install XP on it under Fusion for the sole reason to check browser compatibility for websites. And nothing else.

[Richard Dawkins]

I have a partition on my iMac that runs Windows 7 and a much larger one for OSX. I am a die hard Mac user, but I will say that Win 7 is the best OS Microsoft has ever released. The Windows partition exists to check compatibility as well as to play a few PC games when the urge hit me (which isn't often).

[kmanrox]

mac has no maximize? jesus.. this whole time i've been wasting the green button then to maximize my shit.... damnit.. i knew i was getting hosed

[Elli]

I had to put a graphics card in the one I bought but I think these are better machines for the money. Both come with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit installed.

$1199.99
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+E...&skuId=9561146

• Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor Features a 1066MHz system bus, 8MB L2 cache and 2.66GHz processor speed.
• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
• 9GB DDR3 memory
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX260

I bought one of these and for $30 more they threw in a 20 inch monitor and a printer. $679 + tax
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+E...&skuId=9541891

• Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8300
• Features 4 processing cores, 1333MHz system bus, 4MB L2 cache and 2.5GHz processor speed per core.
• 8GB DDR2 memory
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)

Holy shit, that Asus is loaded! Just wow.

[Due]

hmm. I would still go with a good solid native unix based OS over any other. But to each their own, I am also on a new imac and i am quite happy with snow leopard. The display is just fucking sick! The clearest, brightest, best monitor, hands down.

Installing linux / unix on any fast computer is stupid. It runs fast on whatever so you wouldn't be able to "feel" the performance you paid for

[borked]

Installing linux / unix on any fast computer is stupid. It runs fast on whatever so you wouldn't be able to "feel" the performance you paid for

huh? That's really quite a retarted statement you made...

Just to give a working example though in case you don't see why it is, I have a firewall running SuSE on an old 286 with 64MB RAM (loaded in its day). It runs fine, but I wouldn't want to try and do any graphics work on it.... or anything for that matter that requires processing powa

[uno]

My wife's old mac book pro has been having nothing but problems the past 6+ months. Maybe I'll install win7 32bit, it's my understanding that the 1,1 model is only 32 bit and not 64 capable.

[react]

Looks fab until you sneeze on it.

[digitaldivas]

Installing linux / unix on any fast computer is stupid. It runs fast on whatever so you wouldn't be able to "feel" the performance you paid for

Installing linux / unix on any fast computer is stupid. It runs fast on whatever so you wouldn't be able to "feel" the performance you paid for

WTF? What a dumbshit, you oblviously have no fucking clue what your talking about, so come over here, sit on my dick and let me school you... JESUS!

The situation a few years back was that Unix/Linux had the more complicated but powerful command line interface while Windows provided a simple but limited command line. How do those wonderful applications open for you so fast and quickly when your computer starts up, genius? Command lines. DOS is a series of scripting directories for an operating system, as is unix. What is a GUI? A graphical user interface is implimented directly by a series of commands and sub syntax command files structures to tell the motherboard how shit should look on a desktop.

The inherent flaw of BIOS and DOS is that having multiple commands for the same basic operation is a bad thing - it means a duplication of the same options under each command plus there will be times when all the options you require aren't available in a single command.

Other inconsistencies found in Windows are the error codes and inconsistent output text. Often standard_output and standard_error are swapped which makes command redirection something of a guessing game. What does this mean? crashes, reboots, system freezes and other shit that sucks.

Wheras a command line from DOS has one of 3 possible outcomes or "solutions", UNIX has 24! UNIX also has the ability to "fallback" 2 directories... viola! the "uncrashable" system. When something quits unexpectedly, the core command paths are intact as you simply restart the application instead of A>) having your system run slow because of the crash or B>) restarting the system because of DOS command lines superceeding each other.

Final Analysis, UNIX is a superior operating system that is rock fucking solid and much more scalable to the user than DOS will ever be. You you know what "scalable" means?!?

Now pretty please, before you say more shit that you have no clue of, will you pretty please think before you post Genius?

Now get the fuck off of my dick and go make daddy a sandwich

[tahiti]

new windows 7 exploit will take you to hell ;-) Win nuke like but need hard reset.

[yuu.design]

congrats doode, loos so cool!

[blazin]

Lot of money to pay for a nice screen....

[james_clickmemedia]

I run windows on my mac using parallels as I have to for QuickBooks and some dvd software we use....

[Persius]

Can you dual os boot? win 7 & macox??

[Babaganoosh]

Can you dual os boot? win 7 & macox??

Yep, but no need to since you can run Windows inside OS X.