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iMac LCD Impostors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the faking-interesting-design dept.

cannonball_D writes "CNet has an article about the first (?) inevitable PC imitation LCD iMac from Gateway. The design is a step in the right direction, but I still think it has all the tell-tale signs of a cheap knock-off. " It really looks like it lacks the elegance of the apple design, but I'm all for the LCD based terminal to be available on x86.

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  1. Missing innovation in iMac/Profile by Pyrosophy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I keep asking myself why they have these one-unit computers, but still use keyboards and mouses with cords... These packages seem like exactly what wireless keyboards and mouses would be ideal for

    Lots of reasons people stash their computers somewhere inaccessible is because of their lack of aesthetic value. But now that Apple has something with aesthetic value, it seems they ruin it by putting cords everywhere. It wouldn't drive up the price too much to put a wireless receiver in the box, would it?

  2. Re:Not as sexy. by ElOttoGrande · · Score: 4, Interesting
    >The Gateway looks like a 60-year-old Janitor.

    I agree, and where's the cost savings that PC advocates go on about so much. This thing is retailing for about as much as the most expensive iMac.
    Gateway ($1699) best iMac $1,799
    and it has 128M less ram, 20G smaller HD, no Superdrive, no NVIDIA GeForce2 MX w/32MB DDR graphics...

    I'm just another PC user (ibook drooler;) but in comparison the new iMac looks like a much better deal that this.

  3. actually... by linuxpng · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I believe IBM did this first with the Netvista line. The netvista predated the imac almost a whole year but was very pricey. I guess it's more in who makes it popular.