Just because Apple patents some thing doesn't mean they ARE doing it. They had the idea, that's all.
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Just because Apple patents some thing doesn't mean they ARE doing it. They had the idea, that's all.
- 2 year vs. 1 year minimum warranty
- Higher transportation costs due to higher gas taxes
- Higher retail and transport costs due to higher minimum employee benefits. (For example, US companies do not have to offer paid vacation or health care)
- Higher retail costs due to generally shorter opening hours at stores
- I am not sure how import tariffs compare
- Higher marketing and compliance costs due to smaller language and regulatory jurisdictions (not exactly a tax, but still). For example, many EU countries have different electricity outlets plugs, France outlaws discounting on books, Greece limits the number of trucks licensed for transportation to create an artificial shortage, yet companies are generally forced to use the same price in different euro zone countries.
. . . having made the iMac too thin to properly do the job. But hey it's about the fashion statement anyway.
You only change one problem to another with those kind of tilted screens. Instead of being unergonomic for your arms these screens are bad for your neck, since you have to constantly look down towards the screen. A screen is supposed to have the upper edge in the same height as your eyes to be ergonomic.
Is it really that huge of an issue for the masses. Most of them are using an idevice or similar as their camera anyway. Frankly Apple could have probably just dropped the slot all together
Did you ever run Windows 7 on that computer? I have both Windows 7 and Mountain Lion on my computer, and I think it's about the same. Well, OS X is faster because I have it on an SSD, but I didn't have that before. OS X really needs a quick hard drive to feel snappy. That plus Apple should (and hopefully will) do something about the filesystem (HFS+) which I think needs to be overhauled or replaced.
Yes there is. The operating system isn't written with direct touch manipulation in mind. Time will tell if Windows 8's "no compromise" interface will succeed. If it did then that means a simple overlay akin to "Metro" on top of OS X would succeed. (I doubt either would/will succeed)
you only quoted the first line of my post. in my last, i said in the case that users have to forego the use of keyboard/mouse and rely on touch completely.
touchscreen entails cost, of course: R&D, materials, production. it's not zero cost.
It depends on how you're setting, how you have it angled, and where you have it positioned. A tilted touchscreen isn't automatically any worse for your neck than a traditional upright monitor.
The way I'd picture it on my desk, the only difference would be that I'd have to angle my eyes down a little more to use it in comparison to the upright monitor I have now.
Putting a touchscreen OS (win8) on a desktop is the dumbest idea ever. That's why I am ditching the PC and ordered myself an iMac 27".
I don't think I'd want a touchscreen on my desktop. Would be bad for the arms on a 27" screen. Even with it tilted your arms would have to fly around everywhere to touch things. Not to mention finger prints/smears, and the lack of the ability to hover over things like with a mouse cursor. (unless you use a stylus with a button on it for clicking or something)
Just my opinion anyways...
Just my opinion anyways...
All a company has to do is release an AIO that comes with an SSD as part of the standard configuration and it will make the standard configuration iMacs feel like archaic machines.
I can't believe Apple is shipping new computers with the OS residing on a spinning HD. SSD are cheap enough.
I can't believe Apple is shipping new computers with the OS residing on a spinning HD. SSD are cheap enough.
The bulge on the back looks pretty bad directly from the side, but it's not an angle you frequently look from. It looks great from the front. I still like the original iMac G5 design the best, both in looks and because it's more user-serviceable than a typical tower PC in some ways.
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Yeah, it's pretty funny how you go to Apple.com, and they only show the iMac from angles where you can't see the thick part.
Wouldn't it be thinner overall if they just made it square like on the older G5 models? That bulgy shape can't be optimal for a computer.
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Well they shouldn't have designed it in a way that would cause this problem! A thin design with a bulge on the back doesn't work and looks good from most angles but looks terrible from the side.
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"FROM THAT ANGLE it's incredibly thin .."
Well how about from THIS angle
Yeah, it's pretty funny how you go to Apple.com, and they only show the iMac from angles where you can't see the thick part.
Wouldn't it be thinner overall if they just made it square like on the older G5 models? That bulgy shape can't be optimal for a computer.
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Well they shouldn't have designed it in a way that would cause this problem! A thin design with a bulge on the back doesn't work and looks good from most angles but looks terrible from the side.
It's probably the taxes, and I doubt you can legally sell American iMacs in Europe without paying them. But eBay transactions seem to somehow ignore tax... I don't know how that works.
Definitely not. A touchscreen laptop might work, but anything with a big screen is annoying by definition if it is a touch screen. Even if the touch screen is perfect and always does what you want it to, you can move your mouse cursor with only your wrist. It's like a Wii vs a Gamecube. I guess putting a touch screen on an iMac wouldn't hurt and could at least rarely be useful, but it would cost more.