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Happy 20th Launch Anniversary, iMac
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You're right. Apple went from proprietary on things like the SSD to soldered down and not changeable at all. Big improvement.
They went from proprietary ports to virtually no ports.
It was so nice to see the wonder that was the iMac in it glory days that I gave Apple far more credit than they deserve today. My mistake, I apologize.
Rest In Peace, iMac. Maybe You won’t be forgotten.
Apple has decided to build other Star Products, Cars, Houses, Dildos, anything other than computers.
Today I went to the Apple Store. They had no Mac mini and no iPad mini on display. Mainly just Phones, Watches, Wachtbands and Dongles. I left without buying anything.
After that, I went to the Mircosoft Store and saw the Surface Studio. I was amazed like it was 2000 in an Aplle Store. 28 inch Computer with touch controls... ok it is expensive, but if Apple only comes up with the recent **** in the September Keynote, I am going to spend these 3000 on a Microsoft machine.
Period, Mister Cook, Period.
Apple has decided to build other Star Products, Cars, Houses, Dildos, anything other than computers.
Today I went to the Apple Store. They had no Mac mini and no iPad mini on display. Mainly just Phones, Watches, Wachtbands and Dongles. I left without buying anything.
After that, I went to the Mircosoft Store and saw the Surface Studio. I was amazed like it was 2000 in an Aplle Store. 28 inch Computer with touch controls... ok it is expensive, but if Apple only comes up with the recent **** in the September Keynote, I am going to spend these 3000 on a Microsoft machine.
Period, Mister Cook, Period.
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really? iToys? I suppose you still use a rotary dial phone at home. Arguably the iPhone changed the phone world, if not the world itself. Distraction? A business that dwarfs the GMP of many countries. There is just so much wrong about your comment... but how about the fact that the iMac has essentially remained the same with speed bumps since 2004? Is that really the platform you want to call innovating? It was. It is no longer. Maturing is not always a bad thing, but lets just call that for what it is. A screen with a computer built in.
The original iMac was an iconic product. Along with the Cube, I got massive gear lust when it was shipped. I eventually got one in 2000 when a guy wanted a PC rather than a Mac, and traded it to me for a 1.4ghz Athlon PC that I received as payment elsewhere for services rendered. I sold it off a few years later. Nowadays, I've got another one for my PPC collection, although mine sports a 400mhz G4 thanks to @dosdude1
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Steve was allot younger then
The whole "translucent" stuff wore off pretty quickly... I guess no one really cares today if Mac's are see through..
Build quality is more better spend..
People would still want a see-through Mac.. Not a demand, but it would sell.
The whole "translucent" stuff wore off pretty quickly... I guess no one really cares today if Mac's are see through..
Build quality is more better spend..
People would still want a see-through Mac.. Not a demand, but it would sell.
I've owned 3 iMacs: 27" iMac (Mid 2010), 27" iMac (Late 2013), 27" 5K iMac (2017). I loved the first two and continue to love my 5K. 20 years later, there's still no better desktop experience than to sit down in front of a huge gorgeous display and use a super fast computer with just one wire plugged into the wall.
Add Face ID, reduce the thickness of the bezels and chin, and it will be perfect for years to come.
Add Face ID, reduce the thickness of the bezels and chin, and it will be perfect for years to come.
Apple's first iMac, which sold for $1,299 at launch, came equipped with a 233 - 700MHz PowerPC 750 G3 processor, 4GB of storage, a 15-inch CRT, a CD-ROM drive, and an ATI graphics card, components that don't sound impressive today but made for a powerful, well-rounded machine, that, in combination with the design, made the iMac a best seller.
The iMac did not hit 700MHz until 2001, a full 3 years after the original, so the way you have listed the specs above is very misleading.
Personally, I've never been a huge fan of iMacs. If I want an integrated solution, I want a laptop. For desktops? Yuck.
With that said, for users like my dad, I love these machines. He wants a desktop, not a laptop. He's not a power user and, unlike me, his monitor and computer are probably going to expire similarly. (My monitors tend to outlast several machines.)
It was also an awesome machine when it came out. I think it looks silly, but it embraced modern I/O (you know, like modern MacBook Pros) and for its time was impressive. My favorite part of the announcement though is Jobs toting the hockey puck mouse that basically NO ONE likes. I do not understand how Apple can get input devices so totally wrong and totally right. They make, bar none, the finest trackpads on the planet and have consistently produced some of the worst mice out there. Their keyboards are all over the place.
How is the design supposed to change? I'm not sure, with the exception of the 2002 model, that it's changed. The only real difference between the original and the most modern is a CRT vs an LCD. In both cases it's an all-in-one. (And it is in 2002, but the division of the monitor and the rest of the computer is quite pronounced and it allows for better positioning of the screen.)
This would be akin to saying that the MacBook Pro's design hasn't changed since 2006. It's a laptop.
I really don't know what to make of statements like this. They seem nostalgic. "Personality" isn't something that can be quantified and it has absolutely no effect on my workflow. I'm of the opposite opinion. I thought Macs were extremely lame looking until they began adopting the industrial look. They looked like kids toys, like XP's awful default theme. Gross.
With that said, for users like my dad, I love these machines. He wants a desktop, not a laptop. He's not a power user and, unlike me, his monitor and computer are probably going to expire similarly. (My monitors tend to outlast several machines.)
It was also an awesome machine when it came out. I think it looks silly, but it embraced modern I/O (you know, like modern MacBook Pros) and for its time was impressive. My favorite part of the announcement though is Jobs toting the hockey puck mouse that basically NO ONE likes. I do not understand how Apple can get input devices so totally wrong and totally right. They make, bar none, the finest trackpads on the planet and have consistently produced some of the worst mice out there. Their keyboards are all over the place.
How is the design supposed to change? I'm not sure, with the exception of the 2002 model, that it's changed. The only real difference between the original and the most modern is a CRT vs an LCD. In both cases it's an all-in-one. (And it is in 2002, but the division of the monitor and the rest of the computer is quite pronounced and it allows for better positioning of the screen.)
This would be akin to saying that the MacBook Pro's design hasn't changed since 2006. It's a laptop.
I really don't know what to make of statements like this. They seem nostalgic. "Personality" isn't something that can be quantified and it has absolutely no effect on my workflow. I'm of the opposite opinion. I thought Macs were extremely lame looking until they began adopting the industrial look. They looked like kids toys, like XP's awful default theme. Gross.
I acquired one not too long ago that was claimed to have been bought on the first or second week of availability. It's a "Rev A", which had a relatively short production life, so the story certainly has a bit of truth.
I should get it out and use it this week. I think I have a set of restore disks(albeit probably for a Rev. B, but they should still work)-I think it has Jaguar on it now, so I'll run the restore disks and experience it in all of its OS 8.1 glory before I take it to at least 8.6 for some semblance of sanity (8.6 makes life a lot easier as it supports USB mass storage devices and will also run Classilla if you're enough of a masochist to attempt web browsing).
Mine is at work now, so I should set it up, bring in a PowerBook, and show off some other fun tricks like file transfer via IrDA.
One thing, though. I'll use the wimpy original keyboard, but I do well to make it 10 minutes with a puck mouse. If nothing else, that will get swapped for the "Pro" mouse that Apple replaced the much-maligned puck with.
Also, to MR-the "Five Flavors" iMacs didn't come out until 1999
I should get it out and use it this week. I think I have a set of restore disks(albeit probably for a Rev. B, but they should still work)-I think it has Jaguar on it now, so I'll run the restore disks and experience it in all of its OS 8.1 glory before I take it to at least 8.6 for some semblance of sanity
(8.6 makes life a lot easier as it supports USB mass storage devices and will also run Classilla if you're enough of a masochist to attempt web browsing). Mine is at work now, so I should set it up, bring in a PowerBook, and show off some other fun tricks like file transfer via IrDA.
One thing, though. I'll use the wimpy original keyboard, but I do well to make it 10 minutes with a puck mouse. If nothing else, that will get swapped for the "Pro" mouse that Apple replaced the much-maligned puck with.
Also, to MR-the "Five Flavors" iMacs didn't come out until 1999
To be fair, did you see the Altec Lansing speakers that you could order with your iMac G5?
Apple has been all over the place on their mice.
I consider the ADB II mouse(the teardrop shaped one, not the wedge) to be something of an ergonomic masterpiece, and actually have one hooked up to my Mac Pro(I use an Extended Keyboard via a Griffin iMate, and just plugged one in since I could) even though I almost never use it.
The puck was widely hated, and I have a tough time using them. They did listen to feedback and add a slight indent to the button, something that makes them a tiny bit better to use but they are still awful.
The "buttonless" pro mouse is actually, IMO, quite comfortable to use BUT it also came along when Apple was heavily pushing the transition to OS X, and OS X really begs for a multi-button mouse.
I'm not sure if Apple has ever gotten around to discontinuing the Mighty Mouse, which I think after a lawsuit or at least a cease and desist became just the "Apple Mouse." I actually really like this particular design. The ergonomics are more or less the same as the Pro mouse, but it has four buttons(capacitive) buttons while still keeping just the simple hinged case/single clicker of the Pro mouse. The achilles heel of this mouse is the scroll ball, which gets gunked up far too easily. I've used both the wired and wireless versions of these for years, including on my Mac Pro 5,1 at home.
I've come around to the Magic Mouse, although I returned the first one I bought. I use one on my Mac Pro at work, and I've come to appreciate its functionality, although initially it drove me crazy to go back and forth between it and a trackpad since most of the gestures use one fewer finger. I do like the "scroll anywhere" functionality, though.
I've not used a Magic Mouse 2, but it bugs me that you can't use it plugged in...
When those Bondi's came out I bought my mum the raspberry one for her birthday since she was running a small business. It was that iMac that enabled her to become somewhat computer literate. It was the first real "big ticket" item I could buy for her. She used it for years until I bought her the white MacBook. She bought the original iPhone too. Fun times. Thanks Steve. Sure would be nice to see what you'd dream up for us now.
The 2002 model was the best in many ways. It is nice to be able to adjust the monitor's height and distance. I would never buy the current one because it's static.
The original was awesome. I remember how excited my niece was when her father bought her one (Purple)
The original was awesome. I remember how excited my niece was when her father bought her one (Purple)
I as working for a reseller in 2003 - 2005, and many people traded in their iMac's and eMac's for G5's. It was my job to break down hundreds upon hundreds of these iMacs back then. Watch out for the CRT capacitor! Got me three times. It hurts.
iPhones and iPads are computers as well.
So in that regard, I dare say that Apple is still innovating in computers. Just because they aren’t innovating in an area you care about doesn’t make it any less so.
Thank you, would love to get the Millennium Falcon as well, but that is a huge piece and not enough room in the office for that, my wife would not let me put it in the rest of the house. Just out of shot I also have a UCS Tie Fighter as well. I am tempted by the newly released Y wing though, which would not take up so much space.
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And that’s my favourite “good” guy vehicle from Star Wars saga! Which LEGO model number is this, by the way? A quick look online shows the latest LEGO UCS Y-Wing Fighter model is: 75181, which has a darker cockpit window carriage compared with the shot you’ve provided.
And the iMac G4 “sunflower” was the best iMac design, in my opinion.
Could that be because almost everyone nowadays use smartphone, which essentially have replaced computers for many people, and the interest for computers have died out (expect for the hard core Mac fans and some professionals)?
You can call them iToys all you want, but make no mistake, these "iToys" power does come close to some latest laptops. Hundreds of mullions buy iPhones/iPads because these 2 product do easy replace the computer for majority of the people I would say. I know it hurts buddy, but it's the truth. Right now I am using latest Mac Mini (feels weird to say latest since it was released 4 years ago) and I would always use Mac but that's because I am a bit of geek ands still like the Mac OS experience.
I got the Mac Mini (Late 2012) because it was a quad core and was faster than the one that was replacing it (dual core). I've been doing a graphic design business on it for years. Oh, and I could easily change the ram on it myself too. I maxed it out with 16 GB of DDR3 RAM.
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Panic move? If it was a panic move they would just bump specs and leave everything as it is... the interior has been completely redesigned to adapt powerful CPUs and apart from MPBs I didn't read any wrong review about iMac Pro - those are really workhorses for pros