| | |  | electronics | Home » » Apple iMac MB950LL/A 21.5-Inch Desktop | | | | | | | Description: | | Featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 widescreen display in a edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The iMac, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz. Storage is never an issue with the iMac, this unit features a 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive. The iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the wireless Magic Mouse, the worlds first mouse with Multi-Touch technology. 21.5 iMac - 3.06GHz/500GB HD Apple Wireless Keyboard Magic Mouse Cleaning cloth Power cord Install/restore DVDs Printed and electronic documentation | | | Features: | |
• Ships in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging
• 3.06GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
• 500GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperDrive, 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
• 21.5" LED-backlit display with a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920x1080 HD resolution, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
• Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, includes new wireless Magic Mouse
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 30.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 25.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 22.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 29.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 62 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 It's BeautifulMar 10, 2010
When deciding whether to buy the new iMac, I was bothered about some reviews that concerned the reflectivity of the glass-covered screen. After seeing the iMac at a local big box retailer, I took the plunge and ordered. And, wow! My iMac looks far better in my home office setting than I expected, and glare/reflectivity isn't a problem at all. (My iMac is adjacent to a window but doesn't pick up any reflected light from it or the room.) Colors are rendered beautifully, graphics look great, and I couldn't be more pleased with my decision.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Long time Mac hater finally gave inMar 09, 2010
I've been strictly a PC guy for as long as I can remember (only used Macs in college writing labs). Since graduating from college over 14 years ago I literally have not used even one Mac. I was pretty much anti Mac because I thought they were over priced, underpowered and Steve Jobs really got on my nerves. I mean, for the money you could get a faster, more feature packed PC for much less. I was also concerned about compatibility with PC files and software.
Well, now that I've matured some, gotten over my childish hating of Steve, and had to decide on a new PC for our family to use, and Mac now has PC emulation software, I reconsidered. My first reaction was to get another PC and continue along my merry way as I've always done. When I started my shopping I thought what the heck, let me check out the latest Macs on the apple Web site. I was blown away by the new iMacs. I ended up spending about 2-3 hours over a few days looking at the iMacs and reading reviews around the Web.
Long story short I finally got my iMac. It was a tough decision because I was purchasing one of these things I thought was overpriced and underpowered years back. The specs on these new iMacs got me intrigued. I'll admit, the large screen and all-in-one form sold me. The Core 2 Duo and 4GB ram was decent enough for me to give it a try. In short I am VERY pleased I bought this computer. It's outstanding. Pros and Cons:
Pros:
- Design: This all-in-one design is absolutely better than any other all-in-one out there. Just a stunning screen, keyboard and a mouse (and no large brick connected to the power cord!). When I took the thing out I was looking for the other "components". Simply refreshing. How can Apple create such a slim, light and usable machine while HP, IBM and the others produce these clumsy all-in-ones?
- Screen: Just one word: amazing.
- Ease of use/setup: It's obvious these Apple guys really think about what users go through from the point they open the box, to the point they start using the computer. The process was so simple and easy. This old PC guy was almost looking for warnings or errors to pop up or something. Well done.
- Login process: OS X boots up so quick that sometimes I sit there waiting for the computer to do the hourglass thing like a PC. But it doesn't. You log in, you see the main screen shortly thereafter and you're ready to go. It almost seems wrong. Doesn't this thing need to boot up a bunch of stuff to get going? Apparently not. Also the clean layout of the icons on the bottom of the screen with no other pre-installed craplets or other desktop icons is such a refreshing change vs PCs.
- Software: I will hold off on commenting here until I've spent more time with the installed and purchased iWork software. Can't wait to get my hands on Garage band. My kids and I will have a blast.
- Keyboard and Mouse: Keyboard is so sleek and small you'd think it was a toy. It takes a bit of getting used to because some of the keys you'd find on a PC keyboard are missing (the back space and delete keys are the same key...use the Fn+delete to do forward deleting of characters). All in all though, not a problem. I haven't gotten used to all the multifunction keys yet, but I'm assuming these other cool stuff I can do with it that I'll figure out later.
- Magic mouse: One word: Schweet! I'm using it now to easily scroll through this comment I'm writing.
- Speed: So far haven't done any real heavy lifting with it like movie editing or MP3 encoding/transfers, but my Web browsing and video watching are blazing. And overall system response is excellent. Will report back as I use the system more over the next few weeks/months.
- Integrated with my home Wi-fi without a hitch. Even automatically found the drivers for my HP All-in-One printer. I didn't even have to download the Mac driver or anything.
- Oh, and it's real quiet too.
Cons:
- Screen can show a lot of glare. This can be a problem for some folks and in certain room settings
- Could have gotten a unit with more ram and faster processor if I got a PC. But to be honest, given my experience so far with this thing, I really don't care. Technical specks aint everything. User experience is important as well. I guess a gamer would care though. But they can get the 27" model with the intel i7 processor.
- PC guys have to learn some things like how to cut, paste, undo, use safari, navigate around the OS, etc.
- That's all so far, will report back over the next weeks/months with new issues/concerns.
In summary, I am one happy customer. We still have two PCs in the house and I'm still a PC guy; but check back with me in a year or so -- that may change.
Hey PC guys/gals out there...you will not regret buying this thing. Go ahead, do it.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Very nice surprise.Mar 05, 2010
My problem with Apple was that I didn't know if you could even surf the internet, have a mail account or do anything else I used to do on a pc. All the info that Apple itself gives you really doesn't tell you these basic things that I realize are obvious to most, but they weren't at least to one.
When I got it, all I had to do was plug in the power cord and the ethernet cable and I was ready to roll.
I liked just about everything that I looked at. It was very quick, very easy to use, and the magic mouse is too cool!
It seems like that if you do have a little problem, it was hard for me to solve them without calling AppleCare. I feel very comfortable that I will get everything figured out in a short time.
All in all, It is a beautiful machine that works very well. And I don't miss the boxes that ask me if I want to contact Microsoft about the multitudinous errors. The color and sound are great.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A Real GemMar 03, 2010
Like a lot of people, I end up taking my work home with me a lot of days. So, I was looking for an enjoyable computer to do a little editing on in the evenings that doesn't take up a lot of space. Well, I found it!
The iMac 21.5 inch desktop fits the bill to a "T". For those not familiar with Macs, there is no tall tower where the hard drive sits- its all contained behind the screen. And the screen- wow, I don't think I've ever seen a more colorful, luminous one around.
So if you're looking for a new Mac, or are a first-time Mac buyer- get it- you won't regret it!
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Beauty flawed by a freckleMar 03, 2010
When my PC died recently I finally decided to try a Mac. It is a thing of beauty in many ways. Except for a very frustrating password problem that took the Geek Squad almost an hour to straighten out, the setup was easy. Everything worked fine except one thing. That one thing is very important to me. The audio output using AOL's Instant messenger is indistinct, scratchy, and very very low volume. I did all the things available in the menus to correct this. A friend brought in his windows laptop and hooked it to my DSL cable, called my distant friend, and audio & video were reported as being fine, indeed, a bit too loud. Something was wrong with the signal Mac was sending on that wire.
I called Apple Tech Support and was pleasantly surprised at how soon I was talking to an actual English-speaking human. I was equally surprised by their complete inability to help me. After 4 calls, and doing each of the 4 remedies proposed, the 5th rep agreed that the problem remained and told me that I could send the machine to their repair facility (300 miles away) at my expense where they MIGHT fix it. My estimation of the much lauded Apple reputation evaporated at that point.
Unfortunately, when my old computer died, buying a new one from Amazon was not an immediate option. So, I bought the Mac from a large local retailer. I have learned that lesson the hard and expensive way-- within an hour of talking to that last Mac Tech person, I had a laptop almost identical to my friend's on order for one-day delivery from Amazon.
Since i fiddled around more than a month with the Mac I can't return it for refund. I will put an ad in the local paper and (honestly representing this single defect) will probably be able to sell it, at a loss, of course.
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