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Interview With iMac designer, Jonathan Ive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

rleyton writes "The Independent has an interesting interview with Jonathan Ive, the designer of the new imac (and the iBook, the iPod and original iMac...)" It's actually a pretty interesting even if you think the new iMac is repulsive. Personally I dig it.

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  1. Plagiarism or coincidence ? by mirko · · Score: 0, Redundant

    According to Wired, a belgian developer claims he had imagined and put on line a similar design for new iMacs some months ago.
    This developer would like to know whether the new iMac is actually (deeply) inspired from his works or just a coincidence.
    His query is interesting as he doesn't want to sue Apple (not his kind of sport, actually) but just to know more...

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  2. Spelling by gorilla · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Shouldn't it be spelt iVe?

  3. The Lump by bill.sheehan · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I like Macs. I really do. I'm particularly partial to the all-in-one models. I've got an SE and an SE/30, and I bought the original Bondi Blue iMac the day they went on sale. So when I heard about this new iMac, I was excited. The pictures were tantalizing, but the thing that really thrilled me were the specs. There's an awful lot under the hood! Last Friday, I visited my local Apple Store to see this baby for myself. A small scheming portion of my mind was already wondering if Uncle Sam's Tax Return might defray the costs of a new computer. And then I saw it. I was deeply disappointed. It's ugly. It's clunky. The picture made it look light and airy, but in person it looked like a heavy white lump with an oversized nickel-plated pipe connecting a flat panel in a big lucite frame. (What is it with Apple and white plastic, anyway? Does Ives live in a house without dust and grubby-fingered kids?) There's no accounting for taste, and I may be an uncircumcised philistine with aesthetic sense, but I've never had such a negative reaction to a computer before. Maybe the next one... "Botticelli ain't a wine, you dolt! It's a cheese!"

  4. Re:new iMAC by grovertime · · Score: 1, Redundant
    vpc saved me life.

    and so did the devil.

    • praise be unto both.
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  5. Shouldn't that name be iVe? by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 2, Redundant

    A good interview though

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  6. Re:Good read by calebp · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I think I need to stop bitching about thier appearance, I am more than satisfied complaining endlessly about thier lack of power, versatility, or upgradability.

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