NEW IMAC 24 INCH 3.06 GHZ

djocsion · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 3:24 am

HI PEOPLE IM NEW HERE, I AM SAVING FOR THE NEW IMAC 24 INCH 3.06 GHZ IF ANY 1 HAS THIS LET ME KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT PERFORMS. I AM NEW TO MAC'S AND ATTEND SOME SEMINARS AT SOLUTIONS APPLE SHOP. BUT THOUGHT I WOULD ASK QUESTIONS HERE IT LOOKS LIKE A WICKED SITE. TAKE CARE PEOPLE HAPPY MAC-ING

Chakris · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 8:23 am

Howdy,
Welcome to the group. As for the new iMac, check out this thread... http://macosg.com/group/viewtopic.php?t=16907
down towards the end.

I'm envious of "eastcoastweb"! He got himself a screamer there.

mdeme · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:34 pm

Hi,djocsion. I am new also: my first post!

I just replaced my iMac G5 1.8 GHZ with the iMac 24" 3.06 Penryn. It is maxed out at 4 Gigs of RAM and a 1TB hard drive. I've only had it for 2 days so I haven't had a chance to put it thru its paces yet, but I did an XBench profile that came out 186 average. What's interesting is that my wife has a Mac Pro 8-core with 8 Gigs of RAM and her score was 191! (I think my iMac G5 came out with a score of 41.)

What made me pull the trigger was the announcement/rumor that Snow Leopard will no longer be supporting the PowerPC platform. I love the 24" glass screen. Personally I have had no problems with reflections.

I will keep you posted as to what I'm finding. Especially challenging is encoding DVD's to MP4 for Apple TV. On the iMac G5 it would take 8-12 hours; on the Mac Pro no more than 35 minutes. We will see with the iMac 3.06! I think it'll be somewhere in the middle because of 2 processors vs 8. I will get back to you on that one!

djocsion · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:26 pm

cheers buddy for reply look forward to you opinions and views
take care chris

jtcedinburgh · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:56 pm

I don't have the 3Ghz, having settled for the new 2.8GHz, but I can add my vote to the 'this is one fast baby' list - the 2.8GHz C2D iMac 24 (with 4Gb/750Gb) is noticeably faster than my previous PowerMac G5 dual 2.7Ghz with 5Gb/74Gb Raptor.

So that's one happy me.

Chakris · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:20 pm

mdeme wrote:

Hi,djocsion. I am new also: my first post!

I just replaced my iMac G5 1.8 GHZ with the iMac 24" 3.06 Penryn. It is maxed out at 4 Gigs of RAM and a 1TB hard drive. I've only had it for 2 days so I haven't had a chance to put it thru its paces yet, but I did an XBench profile that came out 186 average. What's interesting is that my wife has a Mac Pro 8-core with 8 Gigs of RAM and her score was 191! (I think my iMac G5 came out with a score of 41.)

Welcome to the group and thanks for reminding me of XBench.
I need to re-benchmark the iMac after a RAM upgrade to 4GB.

mdeme · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:15 am

iMac 3.06 GHz encoding DVD to MPEG4 took about 55 minutes compared to the MacPro 8 core at about 35 minutes.. Not too shabby for the iMac 2 processor vs 8.

Overall, the iMac 3.06 Ghz seems to be an excellent performer built to Apple's usual excellent standards and elegant design.

dmchose · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:19 pm

Another 24" 2.8 imac user here. I have not upgraded to the 4 gig but I too can attest how nice this box is. My G5 is still in use but as a server and light used desktop when the imac is busy. Hmm.. it is busy a lot these days !!
Don

confused · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:40 pm **Posts:** 90

for what its worth only 3rd day of limited use but so far when I've had the chance to surf it outruns my 3.02 windows xp all to heck. now to learn how to really use it as it was meant to be ! you won't be sorry when you do get it it feels so good not to wonder whose trying to get at you in a pc viral world. confused. but a happy macker

Tom_Johnson · **Posted:** Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:02 am

My iMac 3.06 is putting out 94.5 PPH for F@H.
I have 4 Gigs of RAM, running OS 10.5.4 and bought it May.
Have had no problems with the iMac.