New pictures of the iMac G5

i agree. i think the white is elegant and very ascetic in tone. it's not flashy, but it's not plain. it's distinctive, and i don't see any reason to change that aspect of it. metal is for the pro stuff.
 
Re: New pictures of the iMac G5

Originally posted by vitruvius
its been a long time since the last time i created my last mac mock up, well. tonight was kind of inspired so i modeled this based in the "headless" iMac rumors, also looking for a way of not loosing your monitor everytime your Mac gets obsolete. hope you like it :) Vitruvius
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Beautiful design, vitruvius, thanks for sharing it with us. Nice.
 
good job

i dont really like it myself though.. or any imac computers

it looks a bit like that UFO "The Flight of the Navigator" - if anyone remembers...
 
That's cool design; one that starts to follow "form follows function" of which Apple is devoted to.

The current iMac monitor can tilt and pivot - if this is also on one of those arms it brings up a cool point to make a pro monitor that can also tilt and pivot.

=Wyrm
 
isn't the point of mock-ups to produce something that Apple would actually make? 'cause this is a long way off. good rendering, and it looks like you put a lot of time into it, but you can't possibly think apple would release anything resembling this. It's metal instead of white plastic (you should know why this is important), the monitor has a large desktop footprint when the computer is removed (which apple hates on their LCDs), the computer itself is boring, the whole thing looks PC-ish... i could go on.

now that G5 cube that was below... that was something that Apple would produce. just a bit of light tweaking and it's almost perfect.

pnw
 
I agree with paulwhannel. its not a parctical design at all. apple is obsessed with clean looking practical things and that mockup is neither.
 
rumor has it it will have a new form function, guessing the detachable screen. the sterile white is nice but there is nothing like colors. Im sure they realize this after comparing sales figures of crt imacs & lcd imacs. wasnt the crt imac the most popular product apple ever made? people like color & style its that simple, im sure a lot of imacs were bought on that alone.
 
that is awesome! very good idea.

I like the UFO look...it looks very high tech, but primitive at the same time....totally sweet.

wish it were real!
 
Originally posted by blue&whiteman
I agree with paulwhannel. its not a parctical design at all. apple is obsessed with clean looking practical things and that mockup is neither.
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How is this not practical? If apple were to say, sell these 17" monitors at $499, and they were able to cram a G4 in a domed enclosure like that, it would SERIOUSLY sell for $1299 which totals $1800, the same as the current iMac 17".

Then in two years, people could buy a G6 model and keep their 17" monitor. Make it compatible with the towers, make it MATCH the towers, and make stuff like PCI-X, 8gb of ram, etc, available only on the towers, and you have two disntinct, practical product lines.

It would also end ALL of the complaining about "wasting" an LCD when the iMac is obsolete.

Hell, maybe they sell the 17" and the dome in a package for $1599 or some specialized pricing. That would seriously be hot.

I'd be tempted... 1.6 ghz G4 and 1.8.

Fast: 1.6, 512 ram, 60gb $999
Faster: 1.8ghz 512ram 80gb $1199
Fastest: 1.8ghz, 1gb ram, 120gb $1299

Add your choice of monitors:

15" LCD, $299
17" LCD $499 (Widescreen)
20" LCD $999 (Widescreen)
23" LCD $1499 (Widescreen, HD)


I think they'd move a lot more units this way. And it bridges the gap for people that want a "cheap headless box" and the people that like the iMac, it's an extension of the current design, etc etc etc.

I dunno. I wouldn't be surpised it Vitruvius isn't suing apple in a few months. it seems he's onto something, and has a "form follows function" design here....
 
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