New iMac Announced 1146
Steve Jobs is terrific at just that, Creating Desire. This is no surprise to us, for sure, but nothing drives it home as much as sitting in the audience and watching him speak. I could tell you how wonderful an orator he is, and how groovy his products are, but I really want to hear what the Slashdot user communtiy has to say about that. I want to talk about what Apple is doing technically.
First: The new iMac is very attractive. It's cool, it's neat. It will be a very popular machine. It's got a good price/feature spectrum and it looks like a pretty decent machine for the consumer. It isn't, in the end, a machine for the linux die-hard, but that's okay. It's slick, it ships with a bunch of very decent apps to manage your digital media. I want one, it's a cool machine. I don't know what I'd do with it (which is the problem), but it's cool looking. It's not particularly a good deal, I mean, you can pick up 200$ 15" tft displays at Fry's and lets get real, the G4 (Excepting the velocity engine stuff) isn't that fast of a chip at any available speed compared to the x86 world. But boy, this is one slick machine. But we know that already from the previous story. I do worry about it overheating, as I did flash back to the cube's cracking problems a bit.
Second: Photoshop for OS X will be coming out "soon". That was the big news. They had a very impressive working demo, I hope to learn more tomorrow on the expo floor.
Third: iPhoto is a decent cataloging program, and one designed to be used easily and generate more revenue streams for apple in the form of booklets and print costs. But it looks very polished and useful.
Superdrive: You'll see the superdrive in the new imac finally, which is nice. Note that this is not the superdrive that everyone remembers from the 80s' :-)
That's about all. The keynote was terrific, but in the end, not so outstanding. I'll post pictures soon. I'm sure a lot of /. regulars will be doing the same. More Tomorrow!
it's a breast implant dammit!@!@#! (Score:3, Funny)
Pro users (Score:1, Funny)
Here's hoping (Score:3, Funny)
My thoughts on the whole thing (Score:4, Funny)
The new iMac looks amazing and has great specs. It is "Flat out cool". A bigger screen iBook is another great addition to the apple product line. What worries me, is that there have been no changes to the professional line. The PowerBooks got a Combo drive just a couple of weeks ago so that is okay. But having PowerMacs and iMacs with the same processor and more or less identical clock speeds seems like a strange move to me.
This is beyond the rumour sites. All of them that I looked at swore that the gigahertz barrier was to be broken. At this Keynote it wasn't. And I don't think that Apple would just put faster PowerMacs in stores without having at least one Photoshop shootout on stage first.
It was an okay keynote I suppose. But after all that hype some people seem to have expected iTransporter, iEndofworldhunger with iWorldpeace thrown in. And all that running 3 ghz.
sebi
Looks dorky, but makes a great hat! (Score:5, Funny)
Cute, but ... (Score:5, Funny)
iPhoto - Best... (Score:1, Funny)
at least... (Score:2, Funny)
timecanada (Score:2, Funny)
stoped me as I was about to enter my apartment.
"Don't be alarmed" he said, "Your friends are in
there, awaiting to surprise you."
You're going to be waiting a while... (Score:5, Funny)
You're going to be waiting a while, since Apple doesn't make CPUs of any speed -- that's Motorola and IBM's job.
Re:it's a breast implant dammit!@!@#! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cooling this thing? (Score:5, Funny)
iCe.
Thank you, be sure and tip your waitress.
Re:Some points to actually owning one? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:it's a breast implant dammit!@!@#! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:14' display!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Overhyped? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Mount on wall (Score:5, Funny)
Re:it's a breast implant dammit!@!@#! (Score:2, Funny)
I had Apple figured all wrong. I always thought they were somewhat decent engineers with a creative flair. People defended the G3 by saying "Look, it has doors! Ooo, how novel! How much better than a PC!". Then came the iMac with the least functional cabinet I've ever seen, and those same people said "Look at the styling! Ooo, how cool! How much better than a PC!"
There's no defending this design. As Cartman might say, it's hella-gay.
The really cool thing about the new iMac... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm guessing all that futuristic talk from Jobs was about the new telepathic interface.
Brian Ellenberger
Re:it's a breast implant dammit!@!@#! (Score:4, Funny)
Steve Jobs is a genius.
Is it just me (Score:5, Funny)
(1) these things won't stack very well on the "bring out yer dead" carts wheeled about during downsizing...
(2) I afraid of the ($0.32 cost) $199.95 monitor arm after a few months and it gets a *little* loose, and *slowly* drifts down...slowly...like a glacier...
Jumbo LCD screens (Score:1, Funny)
Today, Apple is pleased to announce the newest members of the iBoook families featuring the world's largest LCD displays. Thanks to our patented Slashdot-typo ® technology, these new notebooks feature screens 152 inches larger than any PC laptop's display and 144 inches larger than any desktop's screen. The best part is that one can buy these new notebooks for less than $3000. So don't bother upgrading your big-screen television and home theatre system for the soon-to-be-released The Lord of the Rings DVD. Just bring your new iBook into your favorite room, unfold your screen, insert the DVD and you'll enjoy the ultimate home viewing experience. Viewing your favorite web sites will also be an unparalleled experience as CowboyNeal appears life-size and in living color, make sure you take your Dramamine before viewing the biggest and fiercest animated pop-up ads you'll ever see. Our next version of iBooks will be even more amazing, featuring a drive capable of playing 3' and 5' CDs and DVDs as standard equipment.
Re:it's like the lottery! (Score:4, Funny)
Ahhhhh, I see the use... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's still FUGLY (Score:4, Funny)
Well, given that the "designs" -- if you want to call them -- of Dell et al are very 10 years ago, I guess that means that Apple is 7 years ahead of the pack!
Re:Am I Now Immune... (Score:5, Funny)
Just imagine if this were possible! We could just put the screens in our living rooms, and people could broadcast all kinds of entertainment to us! It would be a sort of Radio but with moving pictures!
Ah, we can but dream of a time when such marvels might be possible!
Re:Nice Stuff... (Score:4, Funny)
You bought a camera by trading your girlfriend??? /. people that actually has one you should know that they are worth a heck of a lot more than just $300.
Dude, if you are one of the
Re:time to sell volkswaggon golf (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is it just me (Score:5, Funny)
> I afraid of the ($0.32 cost) $199.95 monitor
> arm after a few months and it gets a *little*
> loose, and *slowly* drifts down...slowly...
> like a glacier...
>
"That's OK honey, it happens to a lot of displays..."
Re:time to sell volkswaggon golf (Score:2, Funny)
As a designer, I have this drive to constantly set myself apart from the rest and do things completely differently. For instance - black, square-framed glasses are an essential to giving off that "designer image". It's hard for people to take you seriously as a designer when you're looking at them with naked, square-frameless eyes.
You might be saying: "well if all designers are wearing these square-framed glasses, you aren't too different are you?", which is a valid point, but it's all about what makes YOU feel different and individual. If all designers want to drive the same 'volkswagen', compute on an apple, wear the same glasses, talk the same talk, etc - it doesn't mean they're trying to fit into one particular stereotype - it means they're trying to be individual at the group level - don't you get it - it's artistic that we all look the same, and therefore - it's different. duh.
They should have called it... (Score:2, Funny)
iMaLamp! (Score:2, Funny)
Mounts on a Ginger / Segway ! (Score:3, Funny)
that imac reminds me of something (Score:3, Funny)
"cartman, there's a 15-inch active matrix lcd screen sticking out of your ass!"
"sure, you guys, whatever."
Re:New iMac (Score:2, Funny)
I like how the Aqua bar "inflates" the icons on the bar whenever you put your mouse over it.
Re:That's not a benchmark (Score:2, Funny)
Uhh... Damnit, why's this Microsoft 4 button mouse here if I can't use it with Macs... Wtf!!! What's that printer doing too!?!? And the scanner, dot matrix printer, mp3 player, cd-burner, and hard drive dangling off my USB chain!?!? Or that TV screen mirroring my DVD movies... What's going on?!? Macs are supposed to be useless!
And oh crap! Look out! There's the webpages I've made, the magazine I run, the relational database I made for the magazine, or those apps I've written, or even the giant spreadsheets I've made!!! Look out! Well shit... Why do I have a 802.11 connection?!? And then there's the upgraded HD, the 4 hours of DVD watching on battery, my instant messengers, and... Games?!?! Deus Ex, Myth 3, Quake 3, UT, Oni, Survivor, Rogue Spear, The Sims, Tony Hawk, Baldur's Gate II, Red Faction, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, etc etc etc...
And darnit, why do I have UNIX under the hood!?!? With Apache serving some personal pages, I must be stupid! Damn Macs! They're useless!
Really, list ONE task that the Mac can perform. One useful task. Remember, Macs are useless.