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R.I.P. Original iMac: 1998-2003
Joey Patterson writes "CNET News.com reports that, after five years, Apple has stopped selling the gumdrop-shaped iMac to the general public."
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Ahh, the end of an age. The only computer my mother ever used that almost completely replaced my usefulness.
Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
Perhaps now that people realize Apple has stopped selling fruit colored computers we can see the end of all the pink and purple translucent plastic office products...
...and it was like, beep beep beep... and it was, like, gone...
I'm surprised that slashdot posted about the CNET article about the end of the original iMac instead of new clustering Xserve. I mean think about it. Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of...oh nevermind.
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'Course my fave is BigMac.
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the only macs I get are covered in grease.
Those are called "Big Macs".
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Alarm clock designers, cheap plastic toy manufactors, and eMachines annouced plans to "reinvent" their catalogs, creating whole new lines of items, based on the idea of a solid base, with a flexable-like and a flat screen interface.
A representative from eMachines was quoted as saying, "Good designers copy, great designers steal directly from Jonathon Ives."
Honestly, other than the "snow" colored version, I thought the iMac was pretty ugly... The new 17" however, very nice...
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You do know that just because they aren't selling them anymore does not mean that the one on your desk is going to disappear...right?
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This is just the first step in paving the way for a corporate partnership between Apple Computer and Hershey Co. The Hershey Kiss shapped iMac is just around the corner, available in brown, white, or brown and white striped. Consumers may upgrade to "with almonds" for $100 extra.
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(Yes, I know the old one didn't have tray loader, but I'm trying to be funny)
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under communism it's the other way around.
See what happens when you try to sell a computer with only one mouse button!
Yes, thank God the iMac showed the computing industry that they should focus on style and asthetics over features and functionality. I'm so fucking glad that Dell, IBM, and HP now feel the need to change the form factors of their machines every 3 months, and in the process give me some of the most horrible, badly designed machines ever made. iMac can kiss my ass. Anyway, my favorite iMac story:
I'm working at CompUSSR as a technician. It's a slow day, and I happen to be up at the front counter of the tech department, filling out some paperwork or something. A lady walks in the front door carting an iMac in hand, and from 10 feet away I can see the anger in her eyes. She steps up to the counter, and with one emphatic push, heaves the iMac up onto the counter, where it lands with a deafening *THUD*, loud enough the whole store takes notice. She takes a few moments to catch her breath from the effort, then looks me straight in the eye, and says...
"Jeff Goldblum is a fucking liar!"
It was a good 5 minutes before I could compose myself enough to speak.
"...but I guess this goes to show that Apple does make solid products that last for a while."
A friend of mine has worn the same pair of shoes for over three years now. He's got unusually proportioned feet so he can't just go to the store and pick any old pair of shoes he wants. He has to go to a specialty place.
Take a minute to let that anecdote set in.
Five years is nothing. How long has beige owned the PC market?
I thought the saddest iMac moment was that scene in Zoolander... Oh Well...
And the Amiga's still alive and... um...
*hugs Amiga 1200 to chest and cries*
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This is so true... I have an iMac which survived torments such as taking long train rides in a bag, falling from a table, a failed attempt at overclocking, endless LAN parties with malicious PC users, power surges, running without the case and taking dust for months, overheating, sub-zero temperatures, having a loose screw somewhere on the motherboard, being used as a seat and dragged in the snow... I probably forget many.
It's been encoding DVDs for the last 67 hours, still going fine.
I wear a 10 1/2 EEEE. Please, tell me what shoestore he goes to...I buy new New Balance sneakers every six months, and new Dunham boots every eight.
Incidentally, I buy a new mac laptop once a year, but that's just because my rich mac friend never remembers to save enough cash to pay his property taxes...
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And I guess you are using some sort of network connection that doesn't use a wire. It's like the cable router somehow senses the computer's need to transmit data, and the router just picks the data out of the air. And then when the router has data for the computer it just thinks about the data really hard, and the computer reads its thoughts. Sure, Lisa. You have a magical cable router, that can send and receive data wirelessly. do-di-do-di-do...
He buys quality shoes?
so your saying your 'friend' has an odd shaped penis? ;)
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Man, if the "I Didn't Do It" boy wasn't right on, I don't know what was...
I got more rhymes than Jamaica got Mangoes.
Uhm, that's b/c in 5 years, Motorola only had two revisions of the PowerPC. ;)
I'm sure I'm not the only one that loves to use vi on the emacs.
On my machine right now, the mouse is plugged into the keyboard via USB, which is plugged into the monitor via USB, which is plugged into the computer via ADC, which is plugged into the wall. That's it. No other plugs.
:)
I guess if you need to escape out of the window real quick for some reason, you won't have to go looking for rope.
Remember "Bring 'em on"? *sigh
Saved Apple? That's absurd! Everyone knows Apple is teetering on the edge of ruin, and will be folding any day now... Haven't you been reading the news for the past 10 years?
Give him a break, Job's brand Kool Aid is strong stuff!
Ford no longer sells the 1998 model Taurus and has instead replaced it with the model year 2003 line. Anaylists were left baffled at this move. One remarked, "Who thougth Ford would make such a drastic move as this? Updating their models and not selling the older ones...I'm baffeled!" Similar trends have been noticed in just about every other freakin company on earth! So why is this front page /. news?
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Is eMachines now free to sell their iMac lookalike?
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You may think me a tired, old, cynic. I'd have to disagree about the tired bit.