Mine was delivered to my home at 10:15 am. I had to immediately run downtown for a meeting so I didn't even get to plug it in. Opened the box to take a peak. Your first impression is, "Wow, is that all there is?"
You literally have the manual, the cords and the mouse on the top styrofoam layer. Remove that and the the iMac sits centered below with the foot attached. Looks like a big laptop.
After I got back, I set it up in our kitchen area and now it fits on our desk directly in front of our keyboard. Our previous iMac had to sit on the counter adjacent to the desk because it is too deep. We had to look at the iMac at an angle.
The footprint of this thing is just incredible. I have the front face sitting about 9 inches from the wall. (I have the 20 inch screen.) (Could still go a little closer but don't want to have screen hit wall just yet.)
The screen is bright and gorgeous. The area below the screen is large but I think with the 20 inch screen it is proportioned very nice. I don't mind the space below after seeing it in person although I would think this is one area Apple will try to refine as the next revs progress.
The screen tilts up and down in a very smooth motion. Very easy to operate. It is also very easy to spin or adjust it from side to side. Slides on my desktop very easily.
The machine is totally quite. You can only hear a slight hum. Haven't done anything yet so don't know what happens when the fans come on.
Set up is simple. Lift out of box. Foot already attached. Plug in keyboard and mouse. Turn on. (I have Airport Express.)
Found my internet connection immediately after filling out a few forms for your user name, registration etc.
Software updater kicked in and I did the updates which have just now finished. Will do the firewire target setup assistant a little later to transfer our old iMac to the new.
The keyboard is fantastic. Has a great feel to it. It has white keys and clear plastic edges.
From first impression, this would take quite a hit before it would tip. Can't imagine this being a problem. Very well balanced.
Fit and finish typical Apple. Nice. Especially in person.
Fan did just now come on. Still quiet.
Just put a CD into it to test the sound in iTunes. The start up chime was very loud. The speakers put out quite a bit of sound. Much louder and better than my G3 iMac. You get a little different sound by tilting the screen since it throws it downward. I think most will be very pleased with the quality. The visualizer at full screen is fantastic!
I am using the 256 base ram and have 1 gig on order. Will be interesting in the next few days to see how it works with the base amount.
The thickness/thinness of the unit is very impressive. I just can't get over the footprint....
More later.
