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Title: The New iMac G5
Post by: ratioci nation on August 31, 2004, 10:17:00 am

droool
 
 http://www.apple.com/ (http://www.apple.com/)

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: markie on August 31, 2004, 10:25:00 am

Its purdy......
 
 But its almost to the point where it is a portable, or a tablet..... but without the battery. It almost signals its own extinction.

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: thirsty moore on August 31, 2004, 10:25:00 am

As far as design goes, Apple's tops.  I'm no techie, so I can't comment on function.

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: ratioci nation on August 31, 2004, 10:53:00 am

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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  Its purdy......
 
 But its almost to the point where it is a portable, or a tablet..... but without the battery. It almost signals its own extinction.

there is no future for the desktop/workstation computer as we know it, it basically is a tablet made more comfortable to use in a home environment

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: chaz on August 31, 2004, 10:56:00 am

That is sweet.

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: godsshoeshine on August 31, 2004, 11:08:00 am

just awesome. gonna have to get a new computer soon, the g3 ibook's lack of wireless card is pissing me off

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on August 31, 2004, 11:50:00 am

geek-a-beeks!   :p

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: joz on August 31, 2004, 11:57:00 am

i just saw this on apple's website today...i bought my first mac back in 1999 and now have the G4 iMac.  most of my friends have bought PCs and have a host of problems, sometimes within months of purchasing.  viruses are a concern with the mac either. people don't waste time writing viruses for mac platform; almost all viruses are .exec files that are unreadable by macs.  
 
 i do love my G4 iMac but i'll probably sell it soon so i can buy a G5 when it comes out in September.  PM me if you're interested in my G4 (it's pretty souped up...extra memory and software, etc.).

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: ggw on August 31, 2004, 12:37:00 pm

I bet Pollard has one of these for his iPod:
 
  <img src="http://www.macbidouille.com/news/photonews19/collector1.jpg" alt=" - " />

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 31, 2004, 12:52:00 pm

so when is apple going to release dvr sw?

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: ratioci nation on August 31, 2004, 01:00:00 pm

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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  I bet Pollard has one of these for his iPod:
 
   

I only wear it at home

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: vansmack on August 31, 2004, 01:26:00 pm

I'm not an Apple guy, but that gave me a little chubby, I'm not going to lie.  It looks pretty sweet.
 
 They've come a long way from creating the home computer by marketing their next great computer as "From the Creator of the Ipod."  Should we expect a World Series Commercial of a 1984 Orwellian Business meeting, except this time the marathon runner will be listening to an Ipod?

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: thirsty moore on August 31, 2004, 01:34:00 pm

Didn't they already update the Orwellian ad with an iPod?

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: vansmack on August 31, 2004, 01:41:00 pm

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Originally posted by econo:
  Didn't they already update the Orwellian ad with an iPod?

Apparently they did and somehow I missed it....damn Tivo!
 
 http://www.apple.com/hardware/ads/1984/ (http://www.apple.com/hardware/ads/1984/)

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: joz on August 31, 2004, 01:55:00 pm

i actually watched all of the superbowl commercials this year hoping that apple would commemorate their first with a reprise directed by ridley scott.

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: joz on August 31, 2004, 01:59:00 pm

i missed it too, obviously...wonder when the commercial aired?

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: vansmack on August 31, 2004, 02:10:00 pm

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Originally posted by joz:
  i missed it too, obviously...wonder when the commercial aired?

January of 2004 (not sure if it aired during the Super Bowl or not).

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: markie on August 31, 2004, 02:18:00 pm

It was the same add, but the runner wore an ipod, many non-geeks missed its subtlety.

Title: Re: The New iMac G5
Post by: Bags on August 31, 2004, 02:35:00 pm

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Originally posted by vansmack:
 They've come a long way from creating the home computer by marketing their next great computer as "From the Creator of the Ipod."  

I thought that was pretty amazing as well.  
 
 I bought my first mac in 1988, and have an iMac G4 flat screen.  I won't be upgrading anytime soon, but holy cow that G5 is sweet.