Original iMac - anyone have a link to negative review?

[akm3]

Does anyone have a link to a negative review of the original bondi-blue iMac repeating the "Apple is doomed' meme from the 1998-2000 era? Particularly if it mentions apple-fanboys or sheep who are brainless for buying such a stupid computer, etc.

My googling isn't coming up with anything.

 

[quatermass]

Here's one:

http://www.deseretnews.com/top/442/...-Predictions-that-Failed-to-Come-to-Pass.html

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And there's the ever entertaining "Apple Death Knell Counter" - maybe something in there:

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/death_knell

 

[quatermass]

"How will iMac fare once the novelty fades? ''This computer is a fashion statement right now, but those things wear off,'' says Oppenheimer Securities analyst James D. Poyner. ''If Apple intends to sell lots of machines based on how they look, that's a pretty tenuous story.'' The iMac has to hold its own in a market of sub-$1,000 (and falling) PCs. And Korean-based E-Machines has announced plans to sell an iMac look-alike for less than $600, say analysts."

http://www.businessweek.com/1998/40/b3598086.htm

 

[Rodster]

Hmm that's odd there were ever any negative reviews. I remember eMachines getting sued by Apple for flagrantly copying their design. I purchased the Snow Edition iMac in 2001. I loved that computer. It was the first to ship with OS 9 Classic and the 1st edition of OS X.

 

[thedeske]

Does anyone have a link to a negative review of the original bondi-blue iMac repeating the "Apple is doomed' meme from the 1998-2000 era? Particularly if it mentions apple-fanboys or sheep who are brainless for buying such a stupid computer, etc.

My googling isn't coming up with anything.

That kinda stuff continues to this day. It's BS attacking for stock profits. Nothing more. Same Ol Sht, but these days it's really obvious. Back then it was a little more subtle.

 

[akm3]

I have a (.NET developer) at work who is insisting Apple is DOOOOOMED if it doesn't cater to "real developers" (not "Xcode developers").

Plus the same "Apple has brainwashed everyone, iSheep, etc etc)