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Applecare can be worth it, but you don't need to buy it when you buy the iMac. As for saving $300 by buying it on eBay, seeing as it costs $169 for an iMac, I'd take that price with a pinch of salt.

Well, for my Macbook Air I saved roughly 300$. For an iMac you still save 70 or 80$ and there is NO difference between buying if off ebay or off apple.

RAM used to be hideously expensive from Apple, but is now about the same price as from elsewhere. Get it from Apple if you don't like opening your computers.

Oh [censored]! 2x2GB RAM costs 150$ at apple, not even 30$ when you buy it yourself (I'm talkin about branded RAM, GeiL, Corsair, Kingston etc.)

Spec? That depends on what you can afford. You need the 24" though.

True, the smaller one has a shiddy display

Btw. I never needed VLC, Quicktime & Perian works fine for me (plays almost everything). If you download lots of underground porn from Kazaa or whatnot, you will probably need VLC

I'm sorry, but a bow tie makes you look like a complete retard. I mean seriously it makes you look like Karlsson-on-the-Roof (you know, the little guy that has a propeller on his hat)

Definitely not my style. I always wonder. But hey, other people wonder why I wear torn A&F jeans (hint: because it makes me look mofoin cool and the girls digg it, and as long as it gets me poon, i wear it)

I've decided to buy an iMac once the new model comes out. I'm looking for advice from people I respect as to what I should buy. I guess some of the things I wonder about are:

Is Applecare worth it?

Should I get an extended warranty?

Should I get an after market mouse?

Software recommendations?

What spec do people recommend?

And anything else I might not have thought of.

Buy way of background I'm a lifetime PC user. I have never owned a Mac, but have played around a little with a friends. I don't need a laptop as I have a 5 year old Windows laptop which I can continue to use when needed. I really like the look of the big iMac and definitely want to buy a desktop machine.

Thanks in advance.

Dangerman

Yes, Applecare is worth it, because macs do break from time to time and then it gets really expensive. My first iMac had problems after 3 weeks.

Though I would wait to get extended warranty until the initial warranty is almost over (because maybe you decide to sell it or whatsoever). It doesnt hurt you in any way. Initial warranty should cover 1 year, I think.

Buy Applecare on EBAY (!) not through apple. That saves you about 300$ or more.

The current mighty mouse is crap, if you ask me. Its a real good mouse, but the trackball attracts dirt like a dirtmangnet. After a while it gets stuck and by that time you got so used to it that it bugs the hell out of you.

Software: Transmission, Final Cut, Adium, Office for Mac 2008, Skype, iLife, Gragebuy or iSale.

DO NOT buy RAM extensions from apple. I reapeat, DO NOT. I remember someone here spending a fortune on it. You can get 1GB of RAM for about 10Euros. Apple will charge you 100 or more!

iMac is great, but be sure to buy the big one, the smaller one has an inferior LCD screen which is really ugly IMO

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I'm still not sure, because I'm moving to a new place in the beginning of January... still a very big maybe on my side.

@Andy are you home the weeks after christmas? I may be in the area then...

I still think the 1st movement is a rep movement. The finish is not as shiny and crisp as a gen. Maybe its just the photos.. It really looks like the latest version of engraved G-Series movements

I CAN HAS TEH CAPS LOCK ON

What's Josh's 'track record'? About to order another Breitling from him...

Lies about their products, advertised as "genuine eta" while it was el-cheapo asian. They offered "servicing" watches for an additional 150$ or so but in reality the watches were the same as the unserviced ones.

On top of that, they are part of a cartel thats working together with certain factories to keep prices high, and they have pressured other dealers to raise their prices. They threatened another dealers in a way that he was afraid of his life at some point. They were also removed from other forums, unfortunately not here, because this Forums Administration thinks that someone who is a childmolester in one country does not necessarily have to be one in another. (meaning because they only pressured the dealer on another forum, they did not remove them here, because it didn't happen in their house) Sad, but thats how it is.

@TT I like this one: "If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."

...and given josh/andrews track record, not really trustworthy guys, those two, aswell...

I would have said we would see a world war 3, but not with obama. I'm sure any other president would have started a war to save the US. against Russia, more likely China though, farther away from Europe.

I just noticed, Euro is almost 1-1 with the pound :eek:

How old are you? 18?

No, I don't think so.

So, why the hell wouldn't you wear it?

All his life my father wanted to buy and drive a Jaguar.

He could afford one by the way.

He never did it because he said that his customers would see him as a TOO successfull man.

Reminds me of the time when I was looking for houses in Rotterdam with an agent. She drove a brand new 3series BMW and the FIRST thing I thought was "Wow, she is really overpaid for having no profession whatsoever!" (Excuses to all real-estate agents aboard, but I just don't think an agent is worth what he gets paid. You don't even need a high school diploma to become an agent, yet you can earn like a senior manager. Ridiculous)

movement looks almost like one of the newer engraved rep movements. I don't have pics for reference but I am sure someone else does.

I'd like to see a The Zigmeister breakdown of this supposedly new movement anyway

try a carding forum. I remember seeing a replica made out of titanium.

you have some gorgeous pieces there (especially in the 1st picture)!

ah, you schmocks, you deserve no better (most of you).

I still remember all of you defending, Josh, Andrew and whonot. Now you are whining like little kids who just discovered that the nice man in the van who lured you into the car with promises of cotton candy and funny stories is not so nice, but rather a man with a huge penis!

but you are from the UK, your customs are lazy. In some other countries they arn't (and they are definitely not stupid!)

Are you willing to do the whole procedure for money?

so, you want the iphone or not, otherwise i'll put it on ebay within the next few days!

you are an artist!

LOL I was going to make a REALLY funny (sterotypical) joke earlier, but I didnt because I was sure it would hit a few nerves, and now - after the price bump - this joke would have been AT LEAST 100x funnier. I'm almost bustin a nut here

@edgematic: you can have mine for 300euros + shipping, in germany they currently go for about 350, so i guess that is a fair price. It has one tiny scratch on the front and one tiny on the back, barely visible (it came like that and I didnt bother requesting a new one because it never bothered me). Comes with everything (docking station, packaing etc.), either US-type charger or EU charger, Unlocked of course. I'll leave the headphones out though (don't think you'd like used headphones anyways).

150$ is a good price! I wouldnt sell mine below 300 - Euros of course

Good god no, I just clicked a random page and that came up.

bullsh1t!