Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the can-i-expense-one-please dept.
MrMiyagi writes "Apple VP of of Hardware Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak, discusses the new iMac G5's hardware design. Apparently it's light enough to carry around the house, and has special fans that run at low speeds making the cooling very quiet."
Cool, out of my Amish lifestyle.
by
MikeMacK
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· Score: 5, Funny
Modern living starts at $1299.
Wow, who knew it was so easy and cheap, now I can get out of my Amish lifestyle for something more modern.
Re:Cool, out of my Amish lifestyle.
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bloggins02
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Wow, who knew it was so easy and cheap, now I can get out of my Amish lifestyle for something more modern. (Posted on Slashdot)
Not very good at the ol' Amish lifestyle, eh?
Re:Cool, out of my Amish lifestyle.
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MikeMacK
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· Score: 3, Funny
Shhhh...don't tell the Elders.
Re:Cool, out of my Amish lifestyle.
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Anonymous Coward
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Are Amish women hot? If they are then I'll live the Amish lifestyle... With my advanced knowledge of things like fire, women will flock to me and desire me! My thousands of children will be my own person army!!
Jobs + Wozniak = Joswiak. This is obviously the product of genetic manipulation dating back to the early 1980's, to breed a technical genius with a reality distortion field and impeccable style.
-- Don't worry - its just stigmata. Pass me a napkin and don't you dare tell my mother.
Re:Istalk
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Anonymous Coward
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Nahh. Us supervillains need expandibility. Where can I fit my PCI-Express Death Ray Control Card? Or my FPGA-based neural network card? Fact is, this is a computer only for suspiciously stylish european or euro-wannabe supervillains who have a puzzling lack of buxom female henchmen, but many large blond male ones.
100 times on the blackboard!
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Scrameustache
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· Score: 5, Funny
Repeat after me: I will not post articles from a VP of marketing.
I will not post articles from a VP of marketing. I will not post articles from a VP of marketing. I will not post articles from a VP of marketing. I will not post articles from a VP of marketing....
Good, now continue. Even if he's from Apple and he's got a brand new toy to talk about, he is still a VP of Marketing. : )
--
You can't take the sky from me...
I have always loved mac stuff,
by
deutschemonte
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· Score: 4, Funny
but being a poor techie, I just can't afford it.
I wait with bait on my breath for a simple, cheap ($500-$800), computer from them that includes the styling and beauty of the more expensive models.
But I guess that's why I am typing this on my old 497mHz 128MB ram linux box.
Hail the new "free" economy and the frustion of Apple that they are not considered by many to be an alternative to the mighty monopolistic broken OS.
-- The preceding message was based on actual events. Only the names, locations and events have been changed.
Re:I have always loved mac stuff,
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
I wait with bait on my breath
You're eating worms because you can't get a cheap Mac? I think that's a little extreme.
Indeed we do... that's why we prefer an deathstar to an volcano(space is quite large you know...). But an Imac is an excellent piece of next-to-your-bedroomtable-computer. And that is what I've been looking for. And It's also nice to have an Istalk to do all the stalking on the girls in school for you.
Let me now tell you a story about how Istalk can change your life.
An friend of mine, lets call him bob. Was an very ugly attempt by his parents; one of many, the latest one is Longhorn. Well bob was very ugly so the girls diden't like him at all and the guys woulden't talk to him becuse he was so unfriendly.
So all he could do was to stalk people, this took alot of time and he had no time over for his linux hacking. But then he read about Istalk (the g4 model) and he bought one right away. He powerd it up and suddenly the world was blue and everything looked beutiful and he suddenly understood how to make so he could hack the linux kernel all day long. He made use of the Istalks STALK function and suddenly he could have all the fun of stalking without needing to do the boring stuff.
I might also add that the Istalk never once failed to complete the STALK function without being killed.
Switch to Istalk!
-- God,root what's the difference?
I read slashdot, there for I errr... am stupid?
Re:Smart Design
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Anonymous Coward
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They're actually speed holes, they make the computer go faster.
There are even four indicator lights on the motherboard that an Apple Care person will tell you to look at the lights, and depending on what's lit up, can tell you the state of different sub-systems.
But first they force you to admit that there are actually five lights.
New slogan coming soon?
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stienman
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this achieves much of the same things [as the G4 iMac] in a different way and, we think, in a better way.
Ah. So instead of
Think Different(TM)
It's now
Think Better. We think...
-Adam
Re:No explanation for crappy video card
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TylerL82
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· Score: 2, Funny
if you want that then you need to spring for a PowerMac. The 5200 will handle anything that Quartz throws at it though.
I had a PowerMac 5200.
http://www.lowendmac.com/roadapples/x200.shtml ..but having Quartz throw ANYTHING at it would probably cause it to shatter into a million pieces.
Re:Oft-Overlooked Point
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Anonymous Coward
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There's only so much heat removal you can do, given a certain amount of space and a CPU which produces a certain amount of heat. I don't know that there's some miracle the Apple design/engineering wizards can really pull out of their proverbial hats on that one. Unless there's some really obvious stuff they're NOT doing at the moment?
They haven't tried the multipurpose laptop approach - a laptop with a griddle on the left of the trackpad thingy and a barbeque grill on the right. It would dissipate the heat more effectively and help me get my flapjacks done while reading slashdot in the morning.
My Commodore 64 can be carried around the house...
by
Dzimas
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· Score: 2, Funny
And it doesn't need a fan. of course, the incredibly long serial cord connecting to the 1541 floppy drive is a bummer, but nothing a few rolls of duct tape couldn't fix.
The title should read...
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kirk26
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· Score: 2, Funny
The title should read:
"Apple VP defends iMac G5 Hardware Design"
-- Linux sucks. It is an underground OS that is completely unstandardized. Linux geeks, get the fuck over yourselves.
Re:Smart Design
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danielsfca2
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· Score: 2, Funny
...because a good CPU will run slower when it overheats.
...While an evil CPU will run faster and faster the more it overheats!! Bwahahahahaaa!
Slashdot Mirror
Wow, who knew it was so easy and cheap, now I can get out of my Amish lifestyle for something more modern.
You're not fooling anyone, Steve.
Nahh. Us supervillains need expandibility. Where can I fit my PCI-Express Death Ray Control Card? Or my FPGA-based neural network card? Fact is, this is a computer only for suspiciously stylish european or euro-wannabe supervillains who have a puzzling lack of buxom female henchmen, but many large blond male ones.
Repeat after me: I will not post articles from a VP of marketing.
...
I will not post articles from a VP of marketing.
I will not post articles from a VP of marketing.
I will not post articles from a VP of marketing.
I will not post articles from a VP of marketing.
Good, now continue. Even if he's from Apple and he's got a brand new toy to talk about, he is still a VP of Marketing. : )
You can't take the sky from me...
but being a poor techie, I just can't afford it.
I wait with bait on my breath for a simple, cheap ($500-$800), computer from them that includes the styling and beauty of the more expensive models.
But I guess that's why I am typing this on my old 497mHz 128MB ram linux box.
Hail the new "free" economy and the frustion of Apple that they are not considered by many to be an alternative to the mighty monopolistic broken OS.
The preceding message was based on actual events. Only the names, locations and events have been changed.
Indeed we do... that's why we prefer an deathstar to an volcano(space is quite large you know...). But an Imac is an excellent piece of next-to-your-bedroomtable-computer. And that is what I've been looking for. And It's also nice to have an Istalk to do all the stalking on the girls in school for you. Let me now tell you a story about how Istalk can change your life. An friend of mine, lets call him bob. Was an very ugly attempt by his parents; one of many, the latest one is Longhorn. Well bob was very ugly so the girls diden't like him at all and the guys woulden't talk to him becuse he was so unfriendly. So all he could do was to stalk people, this took alot of time and he had no time over for his linux hacking. But then he read about Istalk (the g4 model) and he bought one right away. He powerd it up and suddenly the world was blue and everything looked beutiful and he suddenly understood how to make so he could hack the linux kernel all day long. He made use of the Istalks STALK function and suddenly he could have all the fun of stalking without needing to do the boring stuff. I might also add that the Istalk never once failed to complete the STALK function without being killed. Switch to Istalk!
God,root what's the difference? I read slashdot, there for I errr... am stupid?
They're actually speed holes, they make the computer go faster.
But first they force you to admit that there are actually five lights.
What! No Floppy Drive!? Didn't Steven learn *anything* from the NeXt Cube?
Best Buy can have you arrested
Now we have to add *another* Slashdot icon.
Damn you Apple!
this achieves much of the same things [as the G4 iMac] in a different way and, we think, in a better way.
Ah. So instead of
Think Different(TM)
It's now
Think Better. We think...
-Adam
if you want that then you need to spring for a PowerMac. The 5200 will handle anything that Quartz throws at it though.
..but having Quartz throw ANYTHING at it would probably cause it to shatter into a million pieces.
I had a PowerMac 5200.
http://www.lowendmac.com/roadapples/x200.shtml
They haven't tried the multipurpose laptop approach - a laptop with a griddle on the left of the trackpad thingy and a barbeque grill on the right. It would dissipate the heat more effectively and help me get my flapjacks done while reading slashdot in the morning.
And it doesn't need a fan. of course, the incredibly long serial cord connecting to the 1541 floppy drive is a bummer, but nothing a few rolls of duct tape couldn't fix.
The title should read: "Apple VP defends iMac G5 Hardware Design"
Linux sucks. It is an underground OS that is completely unstandardized. Linux geeks, get the fuck over yourselves.
...While an evil CPU will run faster and faster the more it overheats!! Bwahahahahaaa!