MacMAD Blog » iMac http://macmad.org/blog The Macintosh Meeting and Drinking Society Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:17:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Turn On an iMac http://macmad.org/blog/2011/07/how-to-turn-on-an-imac/ http://macmad.org/blog/2011/07/how-to-turn-on-an-imac/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:46:28 +0000 Jamie Cox http://macmad.org/blog/?p=422 Recently a user who shall remain nameless was completely baffled trying to turn on an iMac. This user is quite experienced but usually uses a MacBook Pro. The power switch on the iMac was just too well hidden. In case you were wondering, the On/Off button is cleverly concealed behind the lower left corner of the iMac.
iMac Power Button

Power Button Behind Left Edge of iMac


This is pretty obscure for several reasons. It’s not on the front. It’s not on the keyboard, as on previous Macs. If you peer down behind the iMac from above, it is concealed behind the curve of the case. It’s recessed enough that although you can feel it if you know it’s there, it’s not prominent enough if you don’t.

]]> http://macmad.org/blog/2011/07/how-to-turn-on-an-imac/feed/ 6 27-inch iMac: Doing the math http://macmad.org/blog/2010/01/27-inch-imac-doing-the-math/ http://macmad.org/blog/2010/01/27-inch-imac-doing-the-math/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:26:15 +0000 Jamie Cox http://macmad.org/blog/?p=145 That new iMac has a seriously big screen. Do the math:

iMac 2,560 x 1,440 = 3,686,400 pixels
19″ Monitor 1,280 x 1,024 = 1,310,720
3,686,400 / 1,310,720 = 2.8 times as big

That’s nearly as many pixels as three (3) conventional 19″ monitors. I have two 19″ monitors at work, and that’s a nice amount of screen real estate, but to have way more than that all on a single screen, whoa!

It’s also the equivalent of exactly four HDTV pictures at 720×1280. So, it has the screen area to show four different 720p HD videos at once.

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