Apple Introduces “Bodyless” iMac Computer

TechNY ^ | 11/30/2004 | Steve Rea

[Swordmaker]

iMAc review PING!

If'n you wan' off the list, Freepmail me... If'n you'all want on, do it to!

[NetValue]

Can't wait to see it.

[RippleFire]

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[NetValue]

See it here:

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/families/newimac/default.asp?adcampaign=external,mwb02854&source=mwb02854

[302damnfast]

Yay! More overpriced underpowered designer hardware with built-in obsolescence! Where do I get one!? :)

[shezza]

Nice, very nice.

[elli1]

Sitting here w/ a tower, conventional monitor & keyboard
'owning' my desktop, I have to say that this evolution of the iMac would be very, very tempting if I wasn't such a miser/ cheapskate.

[kitkat]

Hmmm....They'd have to shoot me to take away my iMac with its articulating neck. THEIR neck makes MY neck feel a lot more comfortable.

[the invisib1e hand]

future "big thing" is interface.

I envision a "live desktop." It's as thin as cardboard. Data is entered via digitized paper or keyboard, voice, or touch -- all options available. visual interface is either digitized paper, screen or audio -- again, all options open.

Think of the old wooden desk, with a digital blotter on top. And yes, there's a brief-case sized one as well. We will look back on these big plastic boxes the same way we look back on those room-sized calculators.

[Military family member]

I thought the G5's were now available in a 2.5Ghz version.

[pageonetoo]

I have to say that this evolution of the iMac would be very, very tempting if I wasn't such a miser/ cheapskate....

I bought a G5 tower last year... not long after I bought Apple stock at $13.58 (May, 2003). My stock has gone to $68.44 as of yesterday, and I wish I had bought three times as much! Apple must be doing something right, besides iPods!

I have owned Macs since 1984 (fat Mac=512k ROM, 3 1/2" floppy, no internal HD, but got an internal 5 MEGABYTE for $600 extra from GCC... five megs ran everything, and I had room left over!

[antiRepublicrat]

More overpriced underpowered designer hardware with built-in obsolescence! Where do I get one!?

here. But if you want more value, go here.

[tubebender]

Dittos. I just wish I had the 17 or 20" model...

[elli1]

... I bought Apple stock at $13.58 (May, 2003). My stock has gone to $68.44 as of yesterday...

uh--that would be George Bush's fault, right?

Seriously, Apple be very, very good to you. Wish I'd done that. Had I, I'd probably be showing my gratitude & celebrating w/ one of their new-fangled machines right now.

[af_vet_rr]

I bought a G5 tower last year... not long after I bought Apple stock at $13.58 (May, 2003). My stock has gone to $68.44 as of yesterday, and I wish I had bought three times as much! Apple must be doing something right, besides iPods!

I bought Apple stock at around $15, and AMD stock a while back at around $5, and have been very happy. I almost didn't buy either, but my gut instinct said they can really only go up, and it was right. They both make good solid products, and that's the kind of thing I look for when buying stocks.

[JoJo Gunn]

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[eno_]

Think of the old wooden desk, with a digital blotter on top. And yes, there's a brief-case sized one as well. We will look back on these big plastic boxes the same way we look back on those room-sized calculators.

Waaaay back when the mac first came out, someone famously said "The desktop metaphor works better on a screen the size of a desk."

[M. Thatcher]

When the original iMac was introduced in 1998, it was praised for it’s compact design
Even smaller and lighter than it’s predecessor

Sheesh.

I am an iMac user, but this guy needs an editor.

[woofer2425]

Had mine on order for over a month now. Should have it this week. 20", Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, 1gig RAM, big hard drive.