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PowerMac G5 Picture Gallery

Posted by pudge on from the drool dept.

NivenHuH writes "Bill Noll, an independent photographer, took some interesting pictures of his new PowerMac G5. Talk about Mac Zealot!"

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  1. Actually nice photos by adam872 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As someone who like photography and technology, I have to say I like the pictures. A reviewer of the G5 put it best when he said that it had a "brutal austerity". I think these photos capture it beautifully.

  2. You don't understand by littleghoti · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To mac lovers like myself raw processing power does not matter. It is nice that again the mac is kicking ass compared to the average PC, but that isn't too important. The thing is that the mac allows you to get your work done without crashing every 30 seconds. Macs let you work without needing to know anything about the stuff underneath, which is something that both windows and linux have been lacking. And it looks sexy too. I think that the fact that mac users find their computers sexy telling, as they love their machines, which is something that most users simply do not do.

  3. Re:Great send-up by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Zhe Mappel, you have opened my eyes, and your words drill down to my very essence. Fetishizing it is, but is fetish any different from art?

    No. Or perhaps yes, in that the fetish holds the greater power.

    I dare you to find me a man who enjoys the Mona Lisa a tenth as much as the fetishist enjoys a woman's shoe.

  4. Re:Great send-up by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I will also note that many Mac users are determined to believe in every last aspect of the Mac. The Mac is a wonderful machine, but even the most beautiful woman has her flaws. This is not at all dissimilar to the way a person falls in love with another. The greatest flaws seem invisible, easily forgotten.

    I remember a Mac commercial, for the iBook I believe, where Ken Nordine did a voiceover, asking "Is it possible to fall in love with a computer?" Yes it is. For the average Mac user, this seems to be the norm. And I envy them the consistently wonderful thing they have in their lives. I have my Linux^W UnixWare and the freedom it brings me, but I can't say I've ever felt so strongly as the Mac users do about their boxes cum lifestyle.

  5. Bill sells 'em too... by soundF*!k · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As a friend of Mr. Noll, I feel I should mention that he also sells Macs through his company, Neoview.
    http://www.neoview.com/

    However, this is not really mass market retail. His clientele is fairly exclusive. (big name musicians and publishing)

  6. Re:Reason for the beauty? by Alex+Thorpe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't it a bit like asking if modern cars are so good looking to cover up the fact that they don't fly?

    --
    "Common Sense Ain't" -Unknown