Imac g3 design vs imac g4 vs imac g5

The G4 with its swivel head is still the master of design for me.

01jamcon said:

The G4 with its swivel head is still the master of design for me.

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Agreed

i love the g3 design, specially the screen design it's the best.
it looks like those new oled screens for sony now i think sony has stolen the idea from apple

I...

• hated the G3. I always thought they looked cheap and cheesy.
• loved the G4. It remains one of the most striking designs ever. Plus it was the Mac I "switched" with.
• liked the G5/white Intel. All that white plastic seemed a bit much, but I didn't hate it. And I thought the user serviceability of the G5 was a nice touch that should've been carried forward.
• love the aluminum Intel. While not as unique as the G4, I think the overall design is superb. It's my favorite iMac to date.

The iMac G4 was definitely one of the most unique widely made computers to date.

I have a G5 20" iSight iMac, while it looks good, the plastic up close looks crummy.

I vote for the iMac G3, because my old school had them and I hadn't recognized what an Apple computer was until I went there and they had a bunch of them. I loved them. My favorite would have to be either the Graphite Slotloader, the Dark Blue Slotloader, or the Lime Trayloader (I have a lime trayloader. )

The iMac G4 is the best designed desktop ever and nothing comes close to it, even today's iMacs.

the g3 imac as it put apple back on the map and it was a great design at the time

iMac Intel, styling & performance. Computer perfected.

Don't iMac G5s/Intels feel like boxes while iMac G4s feel like work of art and high technology to anybody?

kabunaru said:

Don't iMac G5s/Intels feel like boxes while iMac G4s feel like work of art and high technology to anybody?

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i like the g4 design better sure, but i think the intel/g5 design is waaaaaaay more impressive

the lamp is the best but i love the Alu iMac just as much. its a nice combination of Alu and glass to create a beautiful working enviroment

I feel that the current silver design will look just as outdated as the white chin model once a new model is released. The G4, on the other hand, is very unique and beautiful. It holds a place in my heart, right next to the G4 Cube.

-Clive

I like the G4 design much better than that of any new or previous designs. While I like the G5 design, it doesn't have the character of the G4. I never liked the G3 design, it looks kinda cheap. The Aluminum is really nice but it's almost like it has no soul.

01jamcon said:

The G4 with its swivel head is still the master of design for me.

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irontony said:

Agreed

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kabunaru said:

The iMac G4 is the best designed desktop ever and nothing comes close to it, even today's iMacs.

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I'm glad we all agree. I got a chance to briefly use a G4 iMac a couple of weeks ago, and wow! The ergonomics of that swivel screen just blows my mind.

the g4 is a beauty. after that i like the original imac. i'm not enormously keen on the g5 but only in comparison to its predecessors and it's the one i have.

G3 = clunky now, but good at the time.
G4 = beautiful design, practical and nice, impractical for todays hardware sizes
G5 = functional and clean
Intel = functional, industrial.

G4 no question , while the newer iMacs look OK they will date quickly ( as mentioned before further up )

The G4 is a design classic , a lovely looking computer which I wish they would bring back up to date & in aluminium, imagine that !

PlaceofDis said:

G3 = clunky now, but good at the time.
G4 = beautiful design, practical and nice, impractical for todays hardware sizes
G5 = functional and clean
Intel = functional, industrial.

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What exactly do you mean by this?

alam said:

i love the g3 design, specially the screen design it's the best.
it looks like those new oled screens for sony now i think sony has stolen the idea from apple

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I think you meant the G4 with the moveable screen.

so that's one poll point from G3 moved to G4...

kabunaru said:

What exactly do you mean by this?

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what i mean is that a 24" screen would never be able to work on a machine designed that way.

not to mention that cramming everything into such a small enclosure wouldn't yield the best results imo. it would still be a nightmare to service. and if you remember the 20" screens were a bit 'odd looking' imo as well. they really did shine at the 15" and 17" sizes though.

PlaceofDis said:

what i mean is that a 24" screen would never be able to work on a machine designed that way.

not to mention that cramming everything into such a small enclosure wouldn't yield the best results imo. it would still be a nightmare to service. and if you remember the 20" screens were a bit 'odd looking' imo as well. they really did shine at the 15" and 17" sizes though.

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It would certainly work you would just have to make everything bigger, apple already does this with the iMac now, the 24 has a larger stand than the 23.

So the 24 of the G4 design would have a bigger base.

Techguy172 said:

It would certainly work you would just have to make everything bigger, apple already does this with the iMac now, the 24 has a larger stand than the 23.

So the 24 of the G4 design would have a bigger base.

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Sounds like a plan to me ... come Apple listen to the man !

this poll has been done before and the g4 won hands down

MacHappytjg said:

this poll has been done before and the g4 won hands down

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But I have a feeling a lot of the new "recruits" haven't really used it, so won't be able to appreciate it.