Comment Style IS (WAY) more important than CPU MhZ (Score 1) 172
>IMacs suck, let me count the ways :
Let's! Can I count with you? Oh, goody!
>13" monitor... really guys, don't you know bigger IS better...
I'm pretty sure Apple sure does. After all, they included a 15" monitor with my iMac...damn nice one, too. Very clear, very crisp. Not the best one ever made, but definitely not the worst.
>The mentality of the average PC owner is that
>their computer is a progressive fun adventure
>that only get better as you add nifty toys to it...
Sure is. After all, I can add another monitor with a cool little gizmo called the iPort that lets me use an external monitor. It's about $79, and from what I hear, it works great. Also has a couple of serial ports, so you can hook up non-usb and ethernet printers.
>Heat disipation with regard to cutting edge
>technologies.
Nonissue. The iMac isn't *targeted* at those who continually tinker with the innards of their computers. That's what the G3 minitowers are for.
>limited options... non-standard (no, USB isn't
>standard yet) internal equipment
It *isn't*? Wow...then all the PCs, new Macs with usb ports, and all the usb devices I've seen (including the usb Zip drive and scanner currently attached to my iMac) must have been figments of my imagination. Same with all the IDE hard drives in existance...after all, the iMac uses one, and if the iMac uses one, it can't *possibly* be a standard...
>Asthetics... I DON'T LIKE THE IMAC DESIGN THEME...
Then GET OVER IT. Unclench that lump of coal up your ass. Hope some other manufacturer makes a cooler-looking case. Or make one yourself. Lots of folks (myself included) seem to like it, otherwise Apple wouldn't have sold so many of the machines.
>Thanks for providing a case that doen't allow me
>easy access to hack and thinker with the hardware
Since you'll never own an iMac, why in blazes is this such an issue? If you want a computer you can open up and stick new stuff into, buy a PC, a PowerMac tower, or build your own. I'm sure you're capable of this, else you probably wouldn't be reading /. in the first place. Correct? Correct.
The iMac isn't meant to be a work-in-progress. It isn't meant to have other bits of hardware kludged into its innards. It's meant to be a self-contained, inexpensive, speedy little machine, which just happens to look cool.
>The list goes on and one... IMacs just plain suck
>and represent a last ditch marking ploy from a
>company on it's well diserved trip down the down
>the tubes.
Oh, of course. Definitely a last ditch marketing ploy from an ailing and decrepit (and yet, quite profitable...hmm) company which sold record numbers of iMacs and G3s in the last few months. Yep, Apple's really gasping for air and clutching at straws. Purely a fluke, no doubt about it.
And if you're interested, I have this bridge for sale...very nice view of Brooklyn.
Let's! Can I count with you? Oh, goody!
>13" monitor... really guys, don't you know bigger IS better...
I'm pretty sure Apple sure does. After all, they included a 15" monitor with my iMac...damn nice one, too. Very clear, very crisp. Not the best one ever made, but definitely not the worst.
>The mentality of the average PC owner is that
>their computer is a progressive fun adventure
>that only get better as you add nifty toys to it...
Sure is. After all, I can add another monitor with a cool little gizmo called the iPort that lets me use an external monitor. It's about $79, and from what I hear, it works great. Also has a couple of serial ports, so you can hook up non-usb and ethernet printers.
>Heat disipation with regard to cutting edge
>technologies.
Nonissue. The iMac isn't *targeted* at those who continually tinker with the innards of their computers. That's what the G3 minitowers are for.
>limited options... non-standard (no, USB isn't
>standard yet) internal equipment
It *isn't*? Wow...then all the PCs, new Macs with usb ports, and all the usb devices I've seen (including the usb Zip drive and scanner currently attached to my iMac) must have been figments of my imagination. Same with all the IDE hard drives in existance...after all, the iMac uses one, and if the iMac uses one, it can't *possibly* be a standard...
>Asthetics... I DON'T LIKE THE IMAC DESIGN THEME...
Then GET OVER IT. Unclench that lump of coal up your ass. Hope some other manufacturer makes a cooler-looking case. Or make one yourself. Lots of folks (myself included) seem to like it, otherwise Apple wouldn't have sold so many of the machines.
>Thanks for providing a case that doen't allow me
>easy access to hack and thinker with the hardware
Since you'll never own an iMac, why in blazes is this such an issue? If you want a computer you can open up and stick new stuff into, buy a PC, a PowerMac tower, or build your own. I'm sure you're capable of this, else you probably wouldn't be reading
The iMac isn't meant to be a work-in-progress. It isn't meant to have other bits of hardware kludged into its innards. It's meant to be a self-contained, inexpensive, speedy little machine, which just happens to look cool.
>The list goes on and one... IMacs just plain suck
>and represent a last ditch marking ploy from a
>company on it's well diserved trip down the down
>the tubes.
Oh, of course. Definitely a last ditch marketing ploy from an ailing and decrepit (and yet, quite profitable...hmm) company which sold record numbers of iMacs and G3s in the last few months. Yep, Apple's really gasping for air and clutching at straws. Purely a fluke, no doubt about it.
And if you're interested, I have this bridge for sale...very nice view of Brooklyn.
