My week with the iMac
If you buy the hype, the new iMac G5 is more than just a computer. But is there substance beneath that hype? To find out whether it can replace your television set, TiVo, home theater receiver, and 5.1 audio system with a remote-controlled Mac-centric media center, Chris Breen tricked out an iMac G5 with a select group of third-party peripherals and committed himself to using nothing but the iMac for all his media consumption for a week. See how it turned out.
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