Hatrack River Forum: The New iMac

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Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :

http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/31/technology/apple.reut/index.htm
http://www.apple.com/

And may I say:
"Drooooooooooooooool."

[ August 31, 2004, 01:11 PM: Message edited by: Turgan ]

Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :

What's nice about this is that they are figuring out heat issues on the G5, which means, that we are getting closer to G5 powerbooks..
mmhmmm

Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :

Again i say:
"Drooooooooooooooooooooool"

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

You put in more O's that time.

Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :

which means it is more deserving of Drool.
so ha.

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

I'm heartily glad this doesn't look like a lamp.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Feh. I'm with Zevlag. Besides, it doesn't look nearly as good with a million peripherals scattered around it and cables going everywhere, but Bluetooth and Airport are BTO options, not standard. And, of course, the crippled FSB. A 1.6GHz G5 should have an 800MHz FSB.

Basically, it's overdue (thanks, IBM) and, as always, overpriced. Methinks I'll be sticking with my dual G5 [Wink]

G5 PowerBooks, OTOH, could be a big boost for Apple. I'm also somewhat curious to see if they'll redesign the PB case at all.

Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :

Zev, that was my first thought when I saw the link on Slashdot.

*starts saving more for G5 Powerbook*

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

I like my iMac-that-looks-like-a-lamp. [Razz]

A lot. And I love the fact that if I'm reclining reading hatrack with my feet on my desk and the angle of the sun through the window starts to create a glare, I can push the edge of the screen with a toe and fix the problem without stirring any further. So there.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Actually, I think I prefer the lamp design to this one. But in any case my days of iMac-owning are behind me now. [Big Grin]

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

It boggles my mind that they didn't build in the bluetooth module. This is a design that screams for wireless peripherals.

Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :

... I have blue tooth on my iMac.
And on my Sony Ericson T-610 phone.
HEEEEE!

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

*bump*

So, how do folks like the iMac? Any problems? (especially, any problems with viruses?)

I've been using PCs forever now, but I've heard good things about the g5...

[ January 02, 2005, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: plaid ]

Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :

I've always had and loved my Macs, I've never had a virus, and i am constantly surfing the web and downloading crap...

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

but didn't your computer once melt? [Razz]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

I love my iMac. [Big Grin]