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Anita's New iMac
By an Amazon.com customer
Apple iMac MB324LL/A 20-inch Desktop PC (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)Apple iMac MB324LL/A 20-inch Desktop PC (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)
Buy new: $1,399.83 / Used from: $1,059.00
Center of Anita's new Mac universe. RAM of 2GB needs to be upgraded to 4 GB later. Don't make your new iMac play with one hand behind it's back: get 4GB RAM!
Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless KitApple Mighty Mouse Wireless Kit
Buy used from: $22.00
Wireless Mighty Mouse: you don't NEED it, but you WANT it.
Apple Wireless Keyboard KitApple Wireless Keyboard Kit
Buy new: $79.99 / Used from: $34.00
The wireless keyboard is a nice luxury. It doesn't have the number pad on the right side, if that's important. Wireless: hard to give it up once you've started using it!
Apple Time Capsule MB276LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 500 GB Storage)Apple Time Capsule MB276LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 500 GB Storage)
Buy new: $199.99 / Used from: $150.00
Nice looking drive to handle your automatic backup courtesy of Apple's Time Machine program. Plus a speedy wireless network for your iphone! Did I say wireless backup?
Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing ManualMac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $22.00
Save a lot of time and annoyance with an OSX manual. Many good ones, but Pogue will make you laugh!
VMware Fusion 2 [OLD VERSION]VMware Fusion 2 [OLD VERSION]
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $9.79
You'll still have to run some work stuff in Windows. Fusion (or Paralels or similar) let you run Windows in - a window.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition UPGRADE with SP2Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition UPGRADE with SP2
Buy new: $81.99 / Used from: $55.00
Like I said, you'll still need Windows for some work stuff. And to show your friends that their entire computer is just an annoying little box in the corner of your vast colorful screen!
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student EditionMicrosoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition
Buy new: $109.49 / Used from: $95.00
You're too good with Excel and Word to be without it.
Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION]Apple iWork '08 [OLD VERSION]
Buy new: $56.17 / Used from: $12.70
The Apple iWork set is cheaper than Office and it's interesting - if it didn't come pre-installed, you may want to get it too, just for giggles. The iLife programs should have come on you iMac.