I don’t know what to say. It’s a nice design but that’s to be expected from Apple. In other words I’m speechless :shock:

nice!  :drool:

I like this one from Sony, I think it’s better….

It’s nice but it doesn’t blow me away. They should make Bluetooth standard and ship it with a wireless keyboard and mouse.

I don’t like that the height isn’t adjustable but then again, Apple has never embraced that in their designs even though it’s a fundamental usability design flaw.

It seems like they just turned the iMac into an iBook with a stand on it. It’s nice to see that they were able to squeeze a G5 into the chassis though and that spells good news for the possibility of G5 notebooks in the future.

Considering how much of the cavernous G5 PowerMac is devoted to cooling, I want to know how they’re going to keep this pizza box cool.

The mac-heads in the office have yet to put their tongues back in their mouths. KZ2030: thanks for the heads-up on the V series. This should annoy them a bit.

I know I am biased (Mac user!), but IMHO the iMac is a truely elegant design. In fact I like my TR5 because it’s apple-like in contrast to the other Vaio series!

[quote author=“Drachen”]Considering how much of the cavernous G5 PowerMac is devoted to cooling, I want to know how they’re going to keep this pizza box cool.

The mac-heads in the office have yet to put their tongues back in their mouths. KZ2030: thanks for the heads-up on the V series. This should annoy them a bit.

Haha…exactly and the V series is a TV as well.

I like how Apple is championing how slim the device is…but who cares? It’s for a desktop use. Anyways, it’s not as overwhelming to me since it’s not really innovative like the “sunflower” iMacs or the G4 Cubes. This form factor has been done on the PC side (maybe not as nicely) for a while.

I was just discussing it, and this is actually a step down form factor-wise for the iMac. As goofy-looking as the desklamp iMacs were they were infinitely more adjustable than this new one. The USB and FireWire jacks are also in a harder-to-reach place.

Oh yes because reaching behind the monitor/whole computer is that hard to reach USB and/or firewire.

I guess I’m blown away by it because I’ve always had Macs. G3 PowerPC, G4 Cube, G4 Powerbook and G5 and they’ve all had some form of a tower to it except the powerbook. The Vaio S series that I’m getting this fall will be my first PC. So it maybe nothing to you but the all in 1 design from mac really blows me away.

Unless you move the entire computer/monitor or climb around, you can’t easily align the plug by sight. I had the same issue with the design of the older iMac; This seems the only way I can think of to make it less convenient. What happened to the idea of having USB and FireWire jacks in the front for peripherals? The G5 PowerMac and my PC (hell, even my monitors) do that.

I’d love to see a “real world” picture of the new iMac with a typical setup. You can bet it will look awkward with a bunch of cables hanging off of one side. I would have though they would move it to the center so all the cables can be neatly controlled.

Imagine you have a typical amount of stuff connected…so 2 USB ports used, maybe 1 firewire, one ethernet, and one more for your speakers. That’s 5 cables (not including the power cord) coming off the side of your iMac. So much for the cleanliness of your desktop (which was one of the marketing points of previous iMac designs).

I actually liked the Lamp/Sunflower design a little better. At least the screen was adjustable. It’s just a shame these systems aren’t upgradeable. You’re essentially just buying a laptop and you can’t change very much. I still think there’s a market for “SFF”-sized Macs where users have a much greater choice on parts and can pick whatever external monitor they want. Not everyone wants the behemoth G5 tower (which really doesn’t offer much expansion for such a large case) and not everyone wants an instantly obsolete iMac G5.

<Jobs>Then they don’t want a Mac.</Jobs>

Hah…nice. 

Yes, they don’t have to buy a Mac….as long as they buy an iPod.  :wink:

When I heard the news today from CNN on my XM radio re the unveiling of new iMac G5 immediately thought “they copied VAIO design concept”. But by actually looking at the pics, it is still in Mac fashion, still white. VAIO for some reason decided to switch to black.
Anyways, I still think VAIO rocks (especially the newer JDM V series) and the upcoming VAIO X concept will blow away many other enthusiasts.
Stan

It just looks like they folded an iBook back on itself and stuck it on a stand. I really enjoyed the adjustability of the G4 iMac, and after checking out Apple’s new line of displays I’m not too thrilled they went with the same setup here that doesn’t allow for much adjustability. I’m still waiting for a PowerBook G5, provided it doesn’t burn me during usage.  :ph34r: