Apple iMac 20 inch 2.4GHz

For the longest time when you heard the word iMac, you thought of the white box that sat upon your desk. Apple decided to mess with something that worked and unfortunately they didn’t do that good of a job.

Apple kept the same form factor but drastically revamped the look. The sleek white look has been replaced with aluminum, and there is now a black bezel around the display—which is now under glass. The Apple logo on the chin of the iMac is now black.

Included underneath the new 20″ 2.4GHz iMac is: 1GB memory, a nice 320GB hard drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive, and finally a ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics card. The computer in itself is fairly impressive. The graphics card isn’t bad, there is plenty of hard drive space and the processor is fast enough.

Here are a few of the technical specifications for the iMac:

• Street price: $1499
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
• 20-inch glossy widescreen LCD
• 1GB Ram
• 320GB Hard Drive
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Things I like
I have always liked Mac computers. They are well built, have tonnes of great software and just look cool. The new iMac is no different. When it’s sitting on top of your desk people are going to look. Minus the glossy screen, I really like the new look. I think it just looks classy.

I also like the new keyboard that is included with the iMac. It’s low design makes it feel really nice and the keys are really crisp. I also like that the iMac has Bluetooth included. This makes syncing to various printers, cell phones and other pieces of hardware really easy and is just a nice feature to have included.

Things I don’t like
As you can see from the picture above, the new glass screen is glossy. This means if you have any light source behind you, you’re going to see a reflection. This is very annoying if you’re editing video or pictures and need to see small details. When Apple re-designed the iMac they should have thought of this and not made it glossy.

The other thing I don’t like about the iMac is the fact that the screen is included with the computer. I realize that a lot of people like having an all-in-one device but it just doesn’t make sense. The average monitor lasts 7-10 years whereas the average computer lasts 3-5 years. This means that you’re actually paying more because you need to replace the monitor every time you get a new computer.

Pros:

• Large hard drive
• Nice graphics card
• Bluetooth included

Cons:

• More expensive than it’s PC counterparts (with the same specs)
• Glossy screen is annoying

Final Thoughts
Other than the glossy screen this iMac does look very nice. Apple definitely spent their time making a nice design and they did a good job. If you like having the all-in-one desktop than this computer is a really good choice. Macs have great software included with the computer. I definitely suggest buying the iMac 20″ 2.4GHz if you’re in need of a new computer.