Ongeloof Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Right, Take iMac back and get iPhone, or keep iMac and stay with D500... What should i choose? i am tempted to choose iPhone.. Think Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 keep the iMac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-655433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The iMan Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Definitely keep the iMac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-655681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Why? Think Mark The downside is i would have to use the jesus phone on a fudging PC... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-655734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Id go for the mac. its so not worth swapping for an iphone the type of phone you have doesnt matter, as long as you can receive, make and calls and texts thats all you need Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-655823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot hatch Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Why? Think Mark The downside is i would have to use the jesus phone on a fudging PC... $400 is easier for you to come up with on your own than $1200+, therefore keep the imac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-655901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzerker Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 iPhone. You won't need the iMac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-655949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 iPhone. You won't need the iMac. i completely disagree with you an iphone sure has safari, but thats not all a imac is. its not like you can store every single folder on your imac on a 16 gig drive, you cant run applications like photoshop, keynote, pages whatever. sorry to sound mean but your just wrong Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-656289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 400$ On my own!! are you crazy? do you realize how much that is!! i am 15 lol Think i will keep the iMac.. just got more features... plus i like looking at the Apple logo on the front, not the back.. Think Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-656353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The iMan Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Im 13 and I could save that in 5 months Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-656984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 the type of phone you have doesnt matter, as long as you can receive, make and calls and texts thats all you need Absolutely, I couldn't agree more. Once you have a decent computer, a basic phone, maybe what you still want is a camera, nothing more. I have been dead against the iPhone since the very beginning. Very few people really need it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-657155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejj924 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 It took me a month to save for my iphone, but it took me 3 to get my laptop which isnt even a mac but wanting to install mac on it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-658221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 What the hell do you lot "do"!!! You seem rolling in it Rofl... Think Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-676956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Absolutely, I couldn't agree more. Once you have a decent computer, a basic phone, maybe what you still want is a camera, nothing more.I have been dead against the iPhone since the very beginning. Very few people really need it. I'd love an iPhone but basically what you said rings true. All you need is a phone that can make/recieve calls. It sure is pretty though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-682134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Cough*OLD THREAD!!!!111!!*Cough Just a phone, umm... thats your opinion... Think Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-682283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 dude, there's no way if you choose between an imac or an iphone that you choose the iphone! the iphone is awesome, but an imac (defenitely if it's an aluminium 24" one) is so much more and is so much cooler. an iPhone is more than just a phone, but, dude, an imac is way more than a computer choose the imac! (i bought one in september after i bought my first non apple pc four years ago, and man, there is no way i ever buy a non apple pc again!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-682447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddM Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Id go for the mac.its so not worth swapping for an iphone the type of phone you have doesnt matter, as long as you can receive, make and calls and texts thats all you need My God, I hate people who say that so much (no offence ). Did you say that when mobile phones could only make calls and text messages were 'frivolous novelties'? I agree that not everybody has as much as use for all the iPhone features as another person may... but the time will come when that will be the standard. An iPhone (or iPhone-equivalent technology) price drop will come but will be an effect, not a cause of such a standardization. Hopefully that made sense. Rebuttals? Anyway, I just got my iPhone today and; as awesome as it is, I wouldn't sell my iMac to get one. The iPhone is indeed expensive (though I maintain; not overpriced), and I just happen to be lucky enough to afford both at the moment (I've only just recently bought this iMac too.). Keep the iMac man, save up for an iPhone and have them both on the go. I know how tantalizing it is to want new toys but the iMac will provide much more iBang for iBuck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-684633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Sure, the iPhone is a nice piece of technology. But for people like me who are a little more tech savvy, there are some major flaws that prevent me from purchasing an iPhone: 1) Lack of full native MMS. The only way to send MMS messages is with SwirlyMMS, which requires the phone to be jailbroken. 2) Lack of video recording. 3) Network. Let's face it, AT&T is just disgusting. Also, lacking 3G features is a no-no. 4) Custom ringtones have to be paid for on non-jailbroken phones. 5) I already have a LG-VX8500 (Chocolate) on Verizon. It's faster than EDGE with EVDO, has full MMS/SMS capabilities, and video recording. Also, no hacking is required to use custom ringtones. So for me, the choice is clear. I'm sticking with my VX8500 even if it means one extra device, since it has all the features and capabilities I need without hacking it. Now, yes, my iPod is jailbroken, but I am not using it for a phone. So I don't care about carrying two devices, even if I could carry it as an all-in-one with the iPhone. It just doesn't meet my requirements. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-685040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddM Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 1) Lack of full native MMS. The only way to send MMS messages is with SwirlyMMS, which requires the phone to be jailbroken.2) Lack of video recording. 3) Network. Let's face it, AT&T is just disgusting. Also, lacking 3G features is a no-no. 4) Custom ringtones have to be paid for on non-jailbroken phones. 5) I already have a LG-VX8500 (Chocolate) on Verizon. It's faster than EDGE with EVDO, has full MMS/SMS capabilities, and video recording. Also, no hacking is required to use custom ringtones. Not that I'm trying to sway you the iPhone way as you seem happily set with your LG, but just for other people's sake: a 3G iPhone is coming. Also I have a completely vanilla firmware (i.e. no jailbreaking), and was able to cut up an MP3 (AND a protected AAC file as well) I had turn it into a 30-second ringtone for my iPhone within an hour of getting it home with no problems (admittedly, this isn't the way Apple want you to do it but they don't seem to be doing much about stopping it). I hear tell that MMS and Video recording is coming with the 2.0 firmware -- but if it's not, I'm positive a third-party app will accomplish this when the phone's OS gets completely unlocked come June. Don't get me wrong, the VX8500 is an awesome phone, too! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-685423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I am also not saying that the iPhone has it's perks. An accelerometer, proxy sensor, and touch screen are all amazing. But the point was the fact that the VX8500 and most other modern phones come fully loaded OOTB, whereas the iPhone is JUST GETTING what has been standard on most other cellular devices for some time; Full MMS, video, and 3G (or EVDO if you're Verizon). I just feel that the iPhone should have come with most of these things standard since launch, and then expanded on things such as MS Exchange, Cisco VPN, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91881-iphone-or-imac/#findComment-685499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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