imac G5

[theapportioner]

I don't think it's true that you "definitely" need more that 256 MB. I have an imac G4, and was using 256 MB for a little while. But at 256 MB you can run programs just fine - it only became a problem when you have a bunch of big apps running at the same time - especially when I'm using the TV tuner while running stuff like Powerpoint and browsing the web and opening up PDFs and IM'ing people. Usually it wasn't a problem and I think it was slightly faster (at 256 MB) than my Sony laptop, which has a 2.80 GHz Pentium 4 and twice as much RAM. But I've since upgraded the imac to 1 GB RAM.

256 IS low but it's not a big deal if you're only going to be doing basic MS Office or internet type work, which is what 90+ percent of people do with a computer.

It's a business, and Apple selling a middle-end computer (they don't want iMac sales eating into Powermac sales) with an attractive, space saving design and simple interface at a good price is good business practice.

I think it's really funny that their ad says "From the makers of iPod..."