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Old Feb 25th, 2010, 07:14 PM   #1
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New 27" iMac - i5 Model
Just picked up an new 27" iMac i5 Model today.
Standard config with 1 TB and 4 GB RAM.

It seems to be pretty quick.
I am really liking the Wireless Keyboard and the Magic Mouse.

I used Migration Assistant only for my Accounts and documents, not for any applications.
I wanted to get a fairly fresh start.

Lots of work to do to get things configured but so far (as usual with Apple) it is going very smoothly.

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Old Feb 25th, 2010, 07:49 PM   #2
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Congrats-making me jealous. Might have to reconsider purchasing one.
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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 12:44 AM   #3
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I love my i5 iMac. Consider getting it to boot in 64-bit mode. Much Faster performance-wise.
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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 09:03 AM   #4
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64 Bit Mode?
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I love my i5 iMac. Consider getting it to boot in 64-bit mode. Much Faster performance-wise.
I haven't got that far yet.
How do you get it booted in 64 Bit Mode?

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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 09:08 AM   #5
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I love my i5 iMac. Consider getting it to boot in 64-bit mode. Much Faster performance-wise.
I have not heard of this, I have the i5 iMac as well. Would like to know what this 64 bit mode is
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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 09:43 AM   #6
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i've got the 27" i7 and love it but i am curious:

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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 11:51 AM   #7
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There's not much benefit to booting into 64-bit mode - it only means that the system kernel and kernel extensions will be 64-bit. In regular mode, applications can still run in 64-bit mode, as does the majority of the system.
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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 12:05 PM   #8
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^^^ This is my understanding as well that there is not really any significant speed bump from booting into 64 bit.
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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 12:14 PM   #9
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Hi everyone, My first post. I just got my new 27" iMac i7 standard version well almost, I upgraded to 8gb of RAM. I love it!!!! But can't get Safari to remember Canada....this really p_sses me off. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Old Feb 26th, 2010, 01:11 PM   #10
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what do you mean by 'remember canada'?
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