Redesigned iMac?
AppleInsider claims that Apple is working on a major revision to the iMac.
According to the rumor site, the transition is said to be as dramatic as the shift from the CRT iMac to the LCD iMac, and is targeted at early spring of 2004.
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109 months ago
Wow, I cannot wait to see what a radically redesigned iMac will look like. I am still taken with the current 17" LCD beauty that my girlfriend has.
109 months ago
I think the ony way to make as dramatic a change as from CRT to LCD would be for Apple to price it at what it is worth.
$800.
$800.
109 months ago
How can the shift be as major as the one from CRT to LCD? Getting rid of about ten pounds and 12" of backspace is pretty big. Short of making it an in-display computer (like that famous Gateway impersonator) I don't know what they'd do.
Wait. How about they change it to an aluminum screen and base.
And when you touch the base while the iMac's running your hair stands straight up with static electricity! :D
Wait. How about they change it to an aluminum screen and base.
And when you touch the base while the iMac's running your hair stands straight up with static electricity! :D
109 months ago
Makes a lot of sense. Sucker needs a redesign on a regular basis, as a consumer machine. I wouldn't look for a G5 iMac just yet, but I'd certainly would expect as many goodies as can be crammed into a consumer box (or dome or.....)
109 months ago
I hope so. Personally I love the new iMac. I think it's an industrial design masterpiece, and it's ergonomics are the best I've ever seen in any computer.
However it doesn't seem to really resonate with the rest of the world like it does with me. It's not "cuddly".
I think the iMac is actually a lot like the Cube right now. The over all package appeals to the high end customer. Like me, I'm buying a 2Ghz G5 pretty soon. If I ever wanted an AIO, say as a second computer in the living room or bedroom the iMac would be perfect.
But for the non high end comsumer the iMac is too expensive and too cold and impersonal. I think Apple's simply ahead of it's time yet again.
A redesign that's cheaper to manufacture and designed to get a little more emotional reaction (my mom needs to say "awwww" when she sees it) while retaining the ergonimics should sell very well.
However it doesn't seem to really resonate with the rest of the world like it does with me. It's not "cuddly".
I think the iMac is actually a lot like the Cube right now. The over all package appeals to the high end customer. Like me, I'm buying a 2Ghz G5 pretty soon. If I ever wanted an AIO, say as a second computer in the living room or bedroom the iMac would be perfect.
But for the non high end comsumer the iMac is too expensive and too cold and impersonal. I think Apple's simply ahead of it's time yet again.
A redesign that's cheaper to manufacture and designed to get a little more emotional reaction (my mom needs to say "awwww" when she sees it) while retaining the ergonimics should sell very well.
109 months ago
I don't know about this... it seems such a great design.
The price could come down some, the specs could improve some, but from a design standpoint the dome iMac is still absolutely lovely, if you ask me.
Slot-loading optical drive would be a nice touch... as would bluetooth and all the other goodies on the newer hardware.
But Apple hasn't ever really disappointed me, so we'll see :-)
The price could come down some, the specs could improve some, but from a design standpoint the dome iMac is still absolutely lovely, if you ask me.
Slot-loading optical drive would be a nice touch... as would bluetooth and all the other goodies on the newer hardware.
But Apple hasn't ever really disappointed me, so we'll see :-)
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