Purchasing new iMac 04/22/09 Questions

I want to purchase an iMac 24” this weekend but I am concerned about the issues with the video cards freezing the computer. Should I not buy one at all or purchase one with the NVIDIA GeForce 130 512MB vs the ATI Redeon HD 4850 512 MB. Is this a bug or hardware issue?
If you can help me with an honest answer I would really appreciate it.

In that case I would recommend getting the base 24" iMac either the 2.66 or 2.93 machines. Your needs aren't graphics intensive so you would not see any improvements by upgrading the graphics card. Another option... Apple is selling the previous generation 2.8 machines with a very good discount, go to Apple.com, Store, Clearance and you will see it. For your needs this would be a great alternative. I don't know if retail stores have these in stock, if not you would need to purchase directly from Apple online. For your music and movies I would store these on an external drive rather than using up precious space on your internal drive. External drives are inexpensive and provide more flexibility.

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Hello,
I just purchased a new iMac yesterday, and so far so good! I had an iMac with Leopard, however, it was time to upgrade. I was using Time Machine, and I was able to move my music and photos to the computer ( I did not want to mirror my new computer with the old one except for my iTunes library and iPhoto library ) so I moved them manually. I did have to delete the iTunes folder and iPhoto library that was already in the home folder though - I assume that was correct because it worked. Also, iPhoto had to "upgrade" while opening my pictures due to the older version of iPhoto - this was supposed to happen right?
So, the only other thing that I want on my new computer is my old e-mails. I set up mail which was quite easy, and about 250 of my messages came back - what happened to my inbox that was over 1,000 e-mails? I really would like everything back. These messages must be on Time Machine - can I move them as easy as I moved the pictures/music?
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3. To import previous mailbox backups from Time Machine: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11713
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crazy00eyes wrote:
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Hi Crazy,
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I have plenty of money to purchase a new iMac for school this year. I am going to buy a 24', 500gb HD, 4gb ram with the nVidia graphics card. But I have heard that a new refresh of iMac is coming out soon. I need this for school in the next few weeks, so if the new refresh is coming out in 1-2 months then i'll wait. But if it will be any longer then that i'll just buy the iMac now.
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But I have heard that a new refresh of iMac is coming out soon.
This is an unsubstantiated rumour, because Apple don't announce new models in advance.
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