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Been looking at them for a few years now and i finally decided i wanted one,got the IMAC 27 inch one.
Now i am going to get slaughtered by Guesty and Falcon for in there wisdom they are going to tell me for that sort of money i could have bought a really tasty Fast Gaming PC..................  ..............Lads i don't care i'm done with PC gaming,to long in the tooth to be bothered.
My gaming needs come via my Xbox and Playstation 3 but i do have a question ?
Do they still do games for a MAC as i don't tend to see many.and will the MAC get a version of Battlefields because even though its not a super duper fast PC its a lot faster than what i have built by Scan 3 years ago.
I love gizmo and Gadgets and you have to admit they do look tasty and nice and sleek.  .
So at some point tomorroe i will wipe this PC clean and stick it on ebay and then set up the IMAC .
I am then going to abandon you all and spend all my time in the Apple forums [cheers all round i hear and screams of thank god ] ................Only kidding i will be as active on here as always..........
Edited by time2die (Tue 06-Sep-11 00:08:55)
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STOP BRAGGING! NOW COME IDLE TF2 WITH ME!
You've got a shiny new mac to come play *some* Steam games. 
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Can't say about hardware, i can say you pretty much just bought a PC though except paid more for it Macs these days are intel processors, graphics card depends on your unit but i think it will probably be a nvidia, so its just matter of finding which one and from there it should be fairly self explainatory.
As for gaming on a mac you want steam, they have quite a lot of games for macs as long as the game is marked with STEAMPLAY, that means if you buy the game you get the mac/windows version both together so if you log in on a windows setup you can just download the game and go.
http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac/
A lot of indie games but most of which are quality games, you also have bigger titles like Civ5 which is a massive time sink of a game (in a good way). theres also free to play games like tf2, if you already have an old steam account you can just log in with that.
I havent seen any announcement about BF3 for mac, its possible later down the line though, seems to be a fairly new trend emerging.
You can always look into putting windows on it via bootcamp or something too i guess.
Just a note if you are going to wipe your pc down use some secure wiping software like dban, that way some scrote cant just buy your pc and recover all the information you think you cleaned off or just remove the harddrive and sell it without, all good 
Edited by deleted (Tue 06-Sep-11 00:34:33)
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...you also have bigger titles like Civ5 which is a massive time sink of a game (in a good way)....
You're seriously suggesting Civ to time2die? 
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Dice wouldn't know what OpenGL is if it hit them on the head a few hundred times, so no chance for BF3 on Mac.
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Just skip OSX and install Windows 7 on it, best of both worlds, nice looking rig, good screen and a decent OS.
We've got some at work, really tried to get on with OSX but it's just the clunkiest, ugliest OS if you want to do any more than surf and check email.
Throw the magic mouse away as well, awful bit of hardware.
I hope you never complain about upgrading, because about all you can do without voiding warranty is upgrade the (REALLY expensive) RAM. Even if you do decide to void the warranty, good luck getting it apart, you'll need a plunger!
Seriously, you console gamers
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Might just do that matey when i have set it up.................Thanks Falcon for the tips about cleaning the hard drive because that was one of the firts things i was going to do this morning..I have the Vista Disk so can i do it that way.
This Dban is it free software or what >
Edited by time2die (Tue 06-Sep-11 08:42:29)
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I have the Vista Disk so can i do it that way.
No, that will leave all your data (well most) on the drive even with a format.
You need to securely wipe the drive if you are selling it on, unless you are absolutely not bothered by any data currently on the drive being retrieved by a stranger.
DBAN is free and easy, takes a while though, several hours depending on the hard drive size.
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Cheers Samson i will download this Dban then
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...you also have bigger titles like Civ5 which is a massive time sink of a game (in a good way)....
You're seriously suggesting Civ to time2die?
Yeah obviously he dont know me to well..........Ive already thrown the towel in regards the new Deux Game
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Been looking at them for a few years now and i finally decided i wanted one,got the IMAC 27 inch one.
You broken it yet?
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Knowing how it works is completely different to understanding how it works.
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Still in the box matey as i need to wipe this PC clean and the guys on here are telling me that a clean install of Windows Vista will not do what i require.
Falcons on the case to help me.............
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I know why you like MACs. Quality pieces of kit in my opinion. Just a tad expensive. We would love one here, but the kids need a computer for school so it'll have to wait for now. They would wreck it!
How good is the picture quality?
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Once i have set it up on here hopefull today sometime i will let you know,should be no different to what you see on display in the shops .
Will take me sometime to get used of using a Imac thats for sure
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I hope you never complain about upgrading, because about all you can do without voiding warranty is upgrade the (REALLY expensive) RAM. Even if you do decide to void the warranty, good luck getting it apart, you'll need a plunger!
It's only expensive if you go to Apple for ram. I got another 8GB for my 27" iMac from Scan for about £71.50, works fine.
I find Windows clunky and obstructive, things are not always in a sensible place. The magic mouse is great, I miss it when I am at work (Linux).
BT -> Zen -> F2S -> Bulldog -> Be* -> BT Infinity
Far too many computers, 1 Wife, 3 Maine Coons and too many horses Edited by TheHorseman (Wed 07-Sep-11 10:50:13)
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Music to my ears
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Last time I had to get RAM for a Mac was a couple of years ago, was just over a hundred for 8GB from crucial, at least it's come down a bit.
As for the OS, I've used both extensively, still prefer Windows 7, just feels a lot more flexible for my needs. Everyone's different I guess.
No further comment on the magic mouse, I really don't like it myself, used it for over a year and just couldn't get on with it, maybe it's just my fat fingers
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OH MY FLIPPING GAWD, YOU HAS DONE GONE AN DOOD IT - Coming over to da light side!!
Step AWAY from the console, you are with your true friends now...
<Guesty whispers...> *Pssst: Listen to this, T2M [TiM has been taken, and iD was used by a game co.] - Anyway, I have been told to shhhh! with the bright post. Global Warming apparently. 
Pssst x2: Here's the 'other' reason. Ok, you ready? Right... have you switched before? Check the list below:
* http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
* Have you bought an antivirus checker yet? Hows about a firewall? A premier defrag/tweak tool? Hmmm? DON'T BOTHER!!
Read through ALL of it if you want. It helps a lot. Bookmark it and refer to it when you want. It's a good reference point when your bored.
You'll be well looked after.
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Install Linux Mint on it
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Sorry Guesty my translator is out of town at present so I'm guessing you have a Mac and i am now one of your followers.
Only had it a week and i was on the apple support phone line already having completely mucked up the dock and desktop with dragging and dropping folders that were all in the wrong places and some then refusing to open because daft old me had put them in the trash.
Problem is for some unknown reason which was obviously me i had ended up with a application and Utilities folders on my desktop as shortcuts which i do not want,so dropping them in the trash and opening them up at the proper place caused a issue which has now been solved by some Apple tech guy
Any tips and tricks Guesty will be appreciated if you are a Mac Owner
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No good putting links Guesty to your mac book pro if you don't tell us the password to look at your pictures
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And why would i want to do that then ?
Please enlighten me as i thought the Mac o/s was the best there is
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Any tips and tricks
I already told you, install Windows 7
Seriously, installed bootcamp on mine a few months ago after a year and a half suffering that unintuitive clunkiness they call an OS now days, haven't booted into OSX since
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And why would i want to do that then ?
Please enlighten me as i thought the Mac o/s was the best there is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_mint
Some say it's the best
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I like it SamsonUK but i doubt i do half the work that you use yours for,i personally don't need another O/S now i have this one.
And anyway what is this Boot camp thing and why by a Apple Mac to then use it like a normal windows PC.
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hey I'm happy with what i have and don't really need to instal anything else at present for my needs.
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Ahem... *Guesty flicks nose in AIR to show T2iD how to act now*
Yes, one shall assist thine <~~Guesty relly dis hev a Mekbook Prow!! 
Enough of that mince, [Me Grunts], I can help you mate.
Congrats. You have arrived! 
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Cheers oh faithful master of the notebook pro T2D is all ears and i look forward to any advice my new Mac Master wishes to bestow on one that is not worthy of your supremacy
Thanks for the links 101 buy the way as they will come in handy
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I just can't understand why a gamer would buy a machine that wasn't built to evolve. Oh wait - you're a console gamer, makes total sense now.
I hove a poke here, might have a pig in it might not. Will only cost you your soul
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Hey matey your funny but that is correct i don't do games on a PC anymore I've moved on with the times and have just as much fun with my consoles.
Obviously they have not got the graphical capabilties of a high end PC and can not show games in such a high resolution but you know what..........The hundreds of millions of consoles gamers don't tend to mind as long as they look pretty good and we have fun.
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they are going to tell me for that sort of money i could have bought a really tasty Fast Gaming PC You could have built an amazing PC and also ran Mac OSx on it too.
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Hmm, must be a fault with your computer...
Guesty Link. [Whoops!]
Soz bout that. D'oh.
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A Hackintosh? He didn't.
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iMac is a beautiful piece of hardware. It isn't just about the OS!
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12 is just a .|34lous-6uy.
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Nice pictures matey and a very nice laptop you got there.......Is it a works one
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iMac is a beautiful piece of hardware. It isn't just about the OS! The OS is the only thing it has going for it. The rest of it is just frog-spawn sold as caviare.
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Which is why plenty of competitors copy the hardware design.
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But really expensive and tasty caviare though my friend,anyway you don't like them and i do thats all there is to it really........You pays your money you take your choice.
If i was still Gaming on a PC like many years ago i would not have touched a Apple Mac with a barge pole but i am not and i want something that looked like a nice piece of quality and it runs plenty fast for what i am throwing at it which in all honestly is not a lot.
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Which is why plenty of competitors copy the hardware design.
And why most graphic artists ,movie makers,designers.game developers also use a Mac and thats just a few.
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Which is why plenty of competitors copy the hardware design. What? Are you talking about basic aesthetics rather than actual hardware?
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Macbook Air is probably the latest Apple product which encouraged a bunch of copycats to jump on the bandwagon.
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The one good thing about the growing popularity of Macs is the increase in the number of game developers using OpenGL. That will eventually mean that popular games can be released to linux as well. DirectX is one of the last areas were microsoft's monopoly has stifled innovation. It is closed and proprietary, but has been made into a de facto standard by years of misinformation and aggressive advertising by MS. The sooner it goes the way of IE6 the better.
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We got a few in at work, mainly because they look nice more than anything. Industry I'm in is all about the bling
Mine was used mainly for Xcode, an iPhone app specifically that never really materialised, with the increasing surge in HTML5 compatibility on mobile devices, multi platform was the way to go (it's all content based) and Xcode got resigned to the bin.
Don't get me wrong, as a basic OS it's fine, it just fails (for me) on too many other levels.
Long gone are the days when the Mac ruled the roost in the design world, now it's all Intel they've lost the edge. There's no reason to buy into Mac now unless you like the bling, you can do everything a Mac can do on MUCH cheaper kit.
Bootcamp creates another partition on the hard drive to so you can install other OS's and boot into whichever you want.
I can work on either OS, just much prefer the wider choices of W7.
Sorry, that turned out longer than I expected
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Not a chance - it was saved for, and paid for by me. Thank you for your kind words.
Should stick a pic of your iMac - look forward to seeing it.
Glad you got one T2iD (your NEW name!) - The 'closest' that .|34lous-64y would EVER get to an iMac is when [s]he is using is immac - Don't you just love Arabic!
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Which is why plenty of competitors copy the hardware design.
And why most graphic artists ,movie makers,designers.game developers also use a Mac and thats just a few.
He has been successfully pwnd.
Learn to ignore him. Let him dro-ool some more.., then ignore. Easy.
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Yeah there is a good program out called screenflow but i am not paying £70 for it,its what those YouTube video people use to make how you do that videos and stuff.
Unless you tell me otherwise i am guessing that i have to use my digital camera to take some pictures,don't tell me that this iMac does it?...Joking matey.
Don't think people would be that interested Guesty and i think you can see many thousands of pictures of what i have on the internet and in the Apple shops.
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No probs matey i like listening to others that know far me about these things than i do,i get by mate and i doubt i will ever use this iMac to its full potential and most programs on it will go way over my head.
I like my games,videos and Music so programs as far as they are concerned will be what i use and download.
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Ah but the GPU manufacturers, not to point any elbows *ahem AMD*, haven't been producing great drivers for OpenGL nor Linux, hence why Directx had taken the lead.
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It is described as the result of a network effect by this article on the subject, well worth a read.
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Nah, they miss out the part where OpenGL support was dire in linux during the lead up to directx 10, some mainstream engines are still using OpenGL, Source for instance supports it.
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Oh believe it, oh faithful one - you must vacate this 'toy' forum and dare - yes, DARE to follow those that you are to be not afraid of. M$ [hah] has nothing over you now.
Come - I SHALL teach you... A/nd if there are any OTHERS wishing to have a moderate conversion, who .brought you iTunes? iPod? iMac? Ste pAWAY from the pearly GateS, and look over HERE- PROPER Job[s].
Yes people, there IS another way, it's a BETTER way - SEE THE DIFFERENCES! - Practically NO VIRUSES, No need to defrag all the time. And there is lots more besides.
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I might take a swatch at that later - I don't know enough about it but never mind. Yet.
The good thing about the Mac is that [1] see the program icons? THAT is the program - Delete it and you delete the full program.
Done that before at the start, but just went to Finder (bottom left of bottom bar, and found it through that.
What you could also do...ok, me, is search in SPOTLIGHT [top right eyeglass].
I learned this the hard way - I could not stop playing..////..testing my MBP. I love it.. Hardly ever touch my very high-end PC now... Maybe I've got wiser? I mean, I STILL game on my MBP?
Viruses can't really touch Mac's - they're too clever for that.
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