I've just had the first big problem with my 4 year old iMac. There is a huge white line down the middle of the screen that I can't see behind. This is an annoyance, but I've also wanted to hook my computer up to my 52" television, so I consider this the perfect excuse. I just ordered a cable that will let me use my television as a display, and down the road I'm going to get a wireless keyboard with a trackpad on it so I can use the computer from the couch.
This actually might end up saving me some money. Because of the increasing amount of video content online, I may soon be able to do away with cable, since most of the shows I watch are online for free. I should be able to watch Netflix "watch now" movies, since I have Windows through Virtual PC, so that will cut down on my Blockbuster trips.
8/5/08
Make my iMac a Media Center PC
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Actually, the Watch Now movies are only available for PC. Macs can only do it if they run Internet Explorer through some sort of emulator like Parallels.
ReplyDeleteStill, a good excuse to not throw away that old iMac.