Where I’m At With Computers, Part 01
I wrote once before about the iMac and why I liked it, and for a while now I’ve been planning to write an update of sorts: my opinions about it have changed quite a bit, and I thought it’d make for an interesting article.
Well, time makes fools of us all. Nine months is going-on forty-three in computer years, and I’ve become hopelessly out of touch with what’s current in price and performance. The iMac has been updated, the world has turned two-hundred-and-something times, and I’m in no position to write a good, thorough article any more. Of course, the speed at which I’ve been overtaken says a lot about how much time one should spend considering one’s next computer: I’m sorely tempted to say “not as much as you’d think”.
But in any case, I have learned a few things. There are several issues that I now understand better. In fact, quite a few. To cover everything at once would make for an article thoroughly overestimating the average Internetist, so I’m going to break it down into a few separate pieces. In this one I’ll just list the topics I’m going to talk about in good old point form:
All-In-One Form Of iMac Is A Nice Idea But…
“A Six-Year Computer Attached To A Twelve-Year Display?”
“A Change Of Mind On Upgradeability”
Large 2560x1440 Displays Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be…
“Upscaling 1080p?”
“Games At Native Resolution?”
Glossy Screens: Oh Noes…!
“Concerning Reflections And Black Levels”
Why Bother With Mac Software At All…?
“Attractive Software”
“Triple Booting”
Hackintosh Alternative…
“Feasibility, Ease Of Use, And So On”
Gradual Upgrading…
“My Unusually Thrifty Plan”
…And many, many more! (maybe)
