Jonbu the baker

I did say I’d write more about it.

I got the 20inch model. Keeping it modest. A 24inch would look like a 2001: A Space Oddassy Monolith in my room. I’d be jumping around it like the monkeys, which is fine. The problem is it’d eclipse my TV.

These sites gave me a lot of good info:

The MacInTouch Aluminum iMac Page

The MacRumors Forum

Not that I made good use of those info tho. I ordered one right after Steve (Jobs) convinced me via the intertubes, and before I started reading anything about it. The 20inch LCD panel downgrade was a sad surprise to me. I hope they made up for it somewhere else in the system.

People have major concerns that they talk about in those forums:

Very Glossy Screen:

The screen is actually made of a glossy LCD panel covered by a plate of glass. If you look closely you can see two reflections in the display. The glare actually isn’t bad at all for me. I hide in a dark room and never see the sunlight. I tell the local weather by checking the weather widget.

Poor Viewing Angle:

The angle itself doesn’t concern me. It’s the color shift wrt the angle that’s saddening. Too bad there’s no panel upgrade option. Solution: Keep your head stationary when using the imac, and when you see someone looking at your screen over your shoulder, let them know they’re looking from the wrong angle. Also, it’s a good chance to punch them in the face if you never really liked them.

Actually, the screen might be a “downgrade”, but it’s still very nice. Don’t fret over it too much. (talking to self)

What else?..

The keyboard can potentially make you type faster, once you get used to it.
The remote doesn’t stick anywhere. As a result I don’t know where mine went. ( ok good, found it)

Mighty mouse is cute.
The machine itself is sleek. Aluminum is a good heat conductor.

Someday they gotta invent Wireless Power so there’s zero wires needed.

Ooh hungry.

O yeah, so I got an iMac today. Already ran into a nice challenge to keep me busy. After software update you can’t edit event names in iPhoto 08. It’s actually well documented in the apple discussion forums. The solution? Install HelveticaNeue.dfont. ( Just spreading the good solution here).

So far it’s nice. I haven’t really started “using” it yet (been on it all night tho). Haven’t migrated any files. Haven’t put in that extra ram I got.

Ahh. Yup. Write more about it tomorrow.

I have to post to make the deadline I set three weeks ago. One can also argue that I wanted to fulfill the prophecy I made three weeks ago, so I resisted blogging for three weeks.

I’ve been watching 24 season 2. Few years ago, one of the slashdot featured articles mentioned (Spoiler Alert (?)–>) that in 24, all good guys use Macs, and all bad guys use Dell. So that was that. They’ve ruined it for me. I knew the terrorist suspect was a good guy cuz he had a Powerbook. But it’s ok, there’s more mysteries that can’t be solved with laptops, and I’m not done watching yet.

If it weren’t for the harddrive speed and space limitations, I think I could easily just get a laptop and use it as my main computer. Saves a lot of money not needing a desktop all the time. Right now I still need a place to “settle”.

I got new tires and new spark plugs, and a new antenna. It feels good. It was so much money that I’m feeling a little numb right now. Best time to buy more stuff. The car servicing industry is still an old one, so unlike online-shopping, where you can usually comparison-shop and find the best deals without any compromises, you pay dearly in exchange for convenience when it comes to cars fixing. $100 per hour of labour. All I could do was sigh and sign the receipt.

Pirates of the Caribbean. All three are so good, for slightly different reasons. The goods out weights the bads.

My DS hinge cracked. Had no idea when it happened. I thought I got one of the good ones.

I got bored today and almost wanted to buy some VC games on the Wii.. Resident Evil 4 Comes out later this month. Maybe I’ll get that instead.