I had to chime in on this one since I *used* to be an OS X user.<br><br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I know this is a Linux newsgroup (Mint 
3.0 is fantastic, IMHO), but I<br>did ask about an iMac a few months ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think I&#39;m ready to purchase<br>the iMac.</blockquote><div><br>Fine,&nbsp; Apple makes great hardware. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

I&#39;m looking at the 20&quot; iMac as it has a DVD writer built in.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is this a<br>good model?&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#39;m basically using it for web surfing, e-mail and making<br>DVDs (home movies and the like).</blockquote><div><br>Fine again, I would just recommend running Linux on it, not only because this is a Linux list, but also because of the vendor lockin that comes with OS X.&nbsp; 
Apple is actually worse than Microsoft as far as OS updates are concerned.&nbsp; Try to find updates for OS 10.2.8.&nbsp; You can&#39;t.&nbsp; You have to spend $129 for tiger/panther/puma/lynx/calico captive, etc.&nbsp; If you are okay shelling this out every 1-2 years, that&#39;s fine.&nbsp; I opt not to.
<br><br>We now run debian on me old G4.<br></div></div><br>