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I hear that there are some lemonish 27″ iMacs out there, but both of mine are working flawlessly. You’ll love this computer. I love mine so much that I married it.

I’ve read some ridiculous reviews that claim that a 27″ monitor is too big because mousing around is a chore and watching videos is a pain because they’re so huge you have to sit back to take it all in. This is dumb passive-aggressive B.S., like saying, “The problem with the my Maserati GranCabrio is that it’s too beautiful, too powerful, and too much of a babe magnet.”

My rule (others have copied my rule but don’t credit me) is that you can’t have enough monitor real estate. I’m going to add a second monitor to my main workstation just to get some use out of the 24″ LCD connected to the Vista PC that I never turn on.

The Apple wireless keyboard is not for me. I don’t care how much they hype it. It looks sleek, but it’s a mediocre keyboard. I don’t like the flat key tops. I don’t like the chiclet keys. I don’t like the key spacing. It’s too low to work with my big, honking, ugly Contour RollerMouse Pro. There’s just nothing I like about it except the cool on/off button. I prefer my TypeMatrix keyboard or my Happy Hacking Professional 2. But those are both hackerish keyboards crafted by Unix Elves. You know the Unix Elves make the good shit.

The Magic Mouse? I don’t get it. It’s just another mouse to me. After enduring frozen shoulder syndrome caused by too much mousing, I just don’t like conventional mice. Besides and my prosthetic-like RollerMouse blows it away for breezing around that too-damned-big screen.

Final thought. It’s a great computer and it’s no wonder that these things are back-ordered—Apple can’t make these machines fast enough. It’s got a great big screen; it’s fast as hell; it’s Unix; it’s got great apps. And it’s gorgeous. And you can run WIndows on it if you need it. The Apple Haters are gonna spontaneously combust with loathing for this iMac. And that’s a good thing in my book.

Happy hacking…