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Favorite PowerPC Mac for it's aesthetics?

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In terms of pure aesthetics... mine would have to be the iMac G3 SE. The sides and rear of it especially. Gorgeous!

What is your favorite PowerPC Mac in terms of pure looks?

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My list would be:
  • Power Mac G4 Cube (2000)
  • PowerBook G4 Titanium (2001)
  • iMac G4 (2002)
Apparently I Like the early 2000s!

A list of runners up would be:
  • B/W G3
  • MDD G4
  • 12 Inch PowerBook G4
  • Original G3 iMac
It's so hard. All the computers were unique and different back then. Apple's style really went away in the last decade.
 
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I don't own one, and probably never will due to the low space requirement to usability ratio, but I love the transparent colored plastic of the iMac G3, especially the Tangerine.
 
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Oh, it has always be my problem, that I cannot decide for any favorite, if all the competing choices are marvelous.
My favorite-PPC-combinations:
- Clamshell and iMacG3
- 12"PowerbookG4 and PowerMac G4 MDD with 2-4 Acrylic-Cinema-Displays (thanx @eyoungren for his inspiration... :))
- TiBook and CubeG4
- 12"iBookG4 and iMacG4
...

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The 15/17" G4-PowerBooks and the iMac-G5 are the predecessors of the similar looking intel MacBookPros and the white intel iMacs and due to their advanced functionality I do prefer the latter as my daily drivers ...
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swamprock said:
12" Powerbook.
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MagicBoy said:
TiBook.
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To expand on my original post, now that I have more time...

The TiBook gets a close second choice for me, with the Bondi iMac as third. Both were ground-breaking machines. The sea change that the Bondi brought about after years of beige boxes is something special, and the TiBook introduced an elegant form factor that is still in use today.

Runner-up is the "Tuxedo" Powerbook. Any of the G3 Powerbooks from the Wallstreet to the Pismo have an elegance all their own, even if they're bricks. The Wallstreet was my first Mac and I'll always own one.
 
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swamprock said:
To expand on my original post, now that I have more time...

The TiBook gets a close second choice for me, with the Bondi iMac as third. Both were ground-breaking machines. The sea change that the Bondi brought about after years of beige boxes is something special, and the TiBook introduced an elegant form factor that is still in use today.

Runner-up is the "Tuxedo" Powerbook. Any of the G3 Powerbooks from the Wallstreet to the Pismo have an elegance all their own, even if they're bricks. The Wallstreet was my first Mac and I'll always own one.
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I’ll put in a vote for the stylish black curves of the PowerBook G3 Wallstreet through to the Pismo.

I’d love to see the return of a pro Mac laptop with priority on performance, battery power, connectivity and expansion. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see “Thinness” as being essential to a pro machine...

I’ve made several purchases these past few years based purely on aesthetics (over necessity or functionality). These have been my Titanium PowerBook G4 collection, the blueberry clamshell iBook, two PDQs and two Lombards.

Let us not forget the PowerBook G4 17 inch - it’s big, bold and beautiful!
 
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I’ll put a vote in for the 17” powerbook. Truthfully, the first Mac that ever caught my eye was when a friend bought a titanium laptop which at the time I thought was sleek, thin & sexy as hell (because it was). Why a PB17 over a TI? The keyboard feels & looks amazing.

So hot.
 
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I also have a sweet spot for the iBook Se 466 Graphite, my first (Apple) computer, now if those did not cost an arm and a leg I would def buy one.
 
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AphoticD said:
Let us not forget the PowerBook G4 17 inch - it’s big, bold and beautiful!
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(this is one of my really favorite commercials ...)


YaBe said:
I also have a sweet spot for the iBook Se 466 Graphite, my first (Apple) computer, now if those did not cost an arm and a leg I would def buy one.
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(and this one as well)
 
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I've always had a soft spot for the B&W G3s. I'm pretty nostalgic about the 8600 though. I used to drool over the thought of having one of those machines way back.
 
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eyoungren said:
PowerMac G4 Quicksilver. No other G4 looks as good.

Just a shame it's limited to 1.5GB of ram and that the thermal design inside the case is awful.

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I agree about the Quicksilver. Best looking Apple tower ever. A few years back I saw a pic of a Quicksilver with the handles from the first gen G4 tower which looked great. I can't find it again though.
 
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