Apple iMac G5 Desktop with 20" M9845LL/A (2.0 GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)

Apple iMac G5 Desktop with 20

Apple iMac G5 Desktop with 20" M9845LL/A (2.0 GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Type: Personal Computer

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Includes: Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse, modem cable, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, iLife '05, iSync, iCal, Sherlock, Quicken 2005 for Macintosh, 2005 World Book Multimedia Reference Suite, & more. Apple M9845LL/A iMac G5 Desktop Computer - Apple has updated one of the most uniquely designed computers available. Taking the all-in-one iMac design to the next level, this G5 desktop computer is a high-tech computer system inside a 20" widescreen LCD monitor! Without the bulky computer tower, you now have a sleeker and more modern looking desktop. The iMac G5 packs every piece of computing technology inside, but most notably it features a new 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processor, and OS X Tiger operating system. Allowing you to be creative, get organized, and have fun with the latest applications for the Mac 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (expandable to 2GB) ATI Radeon 9600 AGP 8x graphics with 128MB of DDR SDRAM 250GB Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive - supports Double Layer DVD+R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, & CD-RW 20 (viewable) LCD 1680x1050 Native Resolution Built-in 802.11g Wi-Fi Adapter Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Module 56k Fax Modem Integrated Stereo Speakers Ports - 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Headphone/Optical Digital Audio Out, Audio Line-In, 2 FireWire 400, 3 USB 2.0, 2 USB 1.1, 2 VGA Out, S-Video, & 2 Composite Video Unit Weight - 25.2 lbs.

Average customer rating:

Ejection problem
Tremendous capability for the price.
iMAC Power
Don't buy until they fix iChat
Backup!!!

Apple iMac G5 Desktop with 20" M9845LL/A (2.0 GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
ProductGroup: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers

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Product Features:

2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 running Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger"
512 MB DDR SDRAM, 250 GB hard drive, and SuperDrive (DVD-RW/CD-RW)
20-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 x 1050 pixels, millions of colors
Two FireWire 400 ports; three USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports (on keyboard); VGA output; S-video and composite video output
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) and 56K V.92 modem

ASIN: B0006HU49E

Product Description

Includes: Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse, modem cable, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, iLife '05, iSync, iCal, Sherlock, Quicken 2005 for Macintosh, 2005 World Book Multimedia Reference Suite, & more. Apple M9845LL/A iMac G5 Desktop Computer - Apple has updated one of the most uniquely designed computers available. Taking the all-in-one iMac design to the next level, this G5 desktop computer is a high-tech computer system inside a 20" widescreen LCD monitor! Without the bulky computer tower, you now have a sleeker and more modern looking desktop. The iMac G5 packs every piece of computing technology inside, but most notably it features a new 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processor, and OS X Tiger operating system. Allowing you to be creative, get organized, and have fun with the latest applications for the Mac 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (expandable to 2GB) ATI Radeon 9600 AGP 8x graphics with 128MB of DDR SDRAM 250GB Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive - supports Double Layer DVD+R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, & CD-RW 20 (viewable) LCD 1680x1050 Native Resolution Built-in 802.11g Wi-Fi Adapter Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Module 56k Fax Modem Integrated Stereo Speakers Ports - 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Headphone/Optical Digital Audio Out, Audio Line-In, 2 FireWire 400, 3 USB 2.0, 2 USB 1.1, 2 VGA Out, S-Video, & 2 Composite Video Unit Weight - 25.2 lbs.

Customer Reviews:

Ejection problem.......2006-07-23

Order ID: 002-1035842-0499221
1 of Apple iMac G5 Desktop with 20" M9845LL/A (2.0
GHz PowerPC G5,
512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive)
The problem is that the disk has a hard time being
ejected. My understanding was that this iMac was
refurbish and was not aware that I was going have it
repaired right away. I just spent Grand Total of
$1,114.98. I will buy the applecare coverage for this
Mac. Too the repair shop for a week or two not having
my Mac. This does not make me happy.
I bought two year service plan from you and I still have not seem it. What is going on?
Harold

Tremendous capability for the price........2006-06-10

Yes if you can get this version of the iMac for a price like they are offering these days you will get a lot for your money.
I owned this computer and paid twice as much and was completely happy with my experience.
The number of included applications will blow you away if you are coming from the PC environment. There is no comparison to PC especially when you can activate Excel and Quickbooks with 2 clicks on this computer.
You also get Safari and Explorer and the ability to burn your digital files to DVD or easily archive them. That brings up another incredible feature of this Mac, the 250 gig hard drive. Don't go with less even if you are going to use an external drive. Not with the pace of today's new application offerings and security and other updates.
For almost anyone this computer will be an upgrade! Another thing is that the newer Intel Macs still are not running Photoshop or Elements natively so if photography is one of your hobbies this is an excellent choice.
Upgrade the memory to 1 gig is highly recomended. It is an easy do it yourself install too. Take you less than 5 minutes and 1 screwdriver. Most of that 5 will be spent loosening and tightening screws since the memory just pops in place. If you do just look on the installed manual and it covers this and everything else you need.
Yes this is last years Mac but still a highly contemporary tool in all respects.
Good luck!

iMAC Power.......2006-05-04

WOW - what can I say - I own 3 MACs now - this beauty is a work of art and technology. 20" stunning display, silent, powerful, DVD Superdrive, compact and wireless - all you need is the power cord plugged in and THATS IT - I am so glad I got mine before the INTEL CHIPSET - a true APPLE this is!! - Get one at these prices it's a FANTASTIC DEAL!!!

Don't buy until they fix iChat.......2006-04-12

The computer is a great idea (well designed all in one, etc), but iChat software is defective as you receive it (and Apple has not yet responding to large #s of user complaints and fixed it). Apple's claims that it is quick and easy to videoconference with your friends/family, etc with these iMacs and iChat are extremely misleading. They should say they are easy to videoconference after you spend dozens of hours network troubleshooting and then buying new routers at each end.

Go to Apple's customer support pages and read how users, many of them experienced users, some even computer professionals, have difficulty connecting iChat. They expect you to become a router expert, doing port forwarding, port triggering, etc in order to try and get this to work. Users talk of reinstalling their OSes, changing around their networks, etc, and not getting iChat to work on these machines to videoconference. I finally got mine to work by replacing routers at both ends, to a router that was "iChat friendly". Do not buy this product to videoconference until Apple fixes iChats deficiencies.

Sadly, the iChat fiasco is hurting Apple's otherwise excellent reputation, which is unfair to the rest of Apple outside of the iChat programmers.

Otherwise the computer works well on word processing, surfing net, etc. If you have no interest in videoconferencing, they you might like this computer. Since I specifically bought 2 of these for videoconferencing, I give them a 1 star.

Backup!!!.......2006-03-23

First off, I'm a long-time Mac user, from way back in the LCII days. I've never owned a Windows or other OS, and frankly, never wanted to own one. I've upgraded through six Macs since the LCII and been very happy with every one... until now. In December 2005, I upgraded from my 5-year-old G4 Cube to the iMac G5 250 GB with 20-inch screen. For the first three months, everything worked flawlessly. I enjoyed and used the dual-layer DVD burning feature, edited LOTS of audio (transferring LPs to MP3 and CD), did lots of word processing, internet surfing, some video editing in iMovie, and lots of photo editing in Photoshop. In all of these applications, the G5 was much, much faster than my G4, and all with a lot less noise. The G5 runs very quiet. As I was saying, for the first three months, things went great. Then, last week, in the middle of responding to an e-mail, I got the "spinning beach ball of doom." I tried to force quit, but could not. Finally, I had to use the power switch to restart the computer. When it had fully rebooted, the beach ball was still there and I couldn't do anything. To make a long story short, the beach ball never went away. I spent hours on the phone with Apple customer support (they were very helpful, patient, and courteous, by the way) and ran all sorts of system checks, Disk Warrior--the whole nine yards. Nothing worked. Finally, after two days of this, I took the computer to a local Apple store, and after some tests there, it was determined that the hard drive had completely failed--big time. They were unable to salvage any of the data, but since my computer was under warranty, they replaced the hard drive free of charge. It's up and running again--that's nice, but I lost three months of hard work. I had been routinely backing files up until my external hard drive ran out of space about the same time I got this computer in December, so all of my original work on this machine was lost when it crashed.

What is so frustrating is that the hard drive failure was completely unprovoked. It *didn't* come about after installing suspicious software or any poor treatment of the computer. It *didn't* happen after a thunderstorm. The hard drive just spontaneously kicked the bucket, without warning, and without the ability to retrieve data after the crash. One second it was working fine, then POOF! All gone. This bad experience won't have me switching to Windows, but it will have me questioning the reliability of Macs in the future. Their track record is good, but it isn't flawless. Macs are prone to hard drive failures just like any other computer--and I learned the lesson the hard way. Despite the trouble I had, I would still recommend the iMac; I don't know anyone else who has experienced a failure like mine. I have many friends with iMacs and all of them have been very pleased with their computers. Whatever computer you go for, however, do yourself a favor and spare the possible headaches later. Buy an external hard drive and a program like "Retrospect" and back-up your files! Now! $300-$500 now on a decent external HD can save thousands of dollars in third-party data recovery services later. (If they can recover anything at all!) Warranties will fix the hardware if it fails, but they don't cover the data lost.

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