Are you geeks really that stoopid??? The average user wants to get on the internet, play some multimedia (quicktime, mp3, the enhanced CD with video that came with the the new Backstreet Boys cd my sister just bought...) and write a few letters. The iMac is not for you people, stop complaining. I'd really like to have one at home just to hook up to my stereo as an mp3 station. Right now, I have to deal with the old performa g3 I have (it works with my universial remote).
At my work place, I have several 300 mhz machines as well as a few 400s I use as various servers (I use NT as this is what my unmovable boss has specified so I need multiple machines as I can only run a few services on each before they start to crash). When I go home, I can function easily on my on 486 using win95 cause all I do is hook up to the net or type code that I ftp and compile on my fast machine (ie. terminal server) or grab my powerbook g3 and take it to a coffee shop and get some technical writtings done as well as play a few games or play some mp3 demos I keep loaded so I show the girlies.
Most people do not need top of the line computers except to play video games. I like video games, but I'm not going to waste extra money just to playgames. Thats what my sis's N64 for is for (ok I'm gonna buy the virtual gamestation for my laptop...first purchase in years). At home I want something to get the job done right and doesn't look too geeky. Now that I'm thinking about it, a lime iMac would look great on my grand piano in my studio...hmmm anyone release usb midi interfaces yet???
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Are you geeks really that stoopid??? The average user wants to get on the internet, play some multimedia (quicktime, mp3, the enhanced CD with video that came with the the new Backstreet Boys cd my sister just bought...) and write a few letters. The iMac is not for you people, stop complaining. I'd really like to have one at home just to hook up to my stereo as an mp3 station. Right now, I have to deal with the old performa g3 I have (it works with my universial remote).
At my work place, I have several 300 mhz machines as well as a few 400s I use as various servers (I use NT as this is what my unmovable boss has specified so I need multiple machines as I can only run a few services on each before they start to crash). When I go home, I can function easily on my on 486 using win95 cause all I do is hook up to the net or type code that I ftp and compile on my fast machine (ie. terminal server) or grab my powerbook g3 and take it to a coffee shop and get some technical writtings done as well as play a few games or play some mp3 demos I keep loaded so I show the girlies.
Most people do not need top of the line computers except to play video games. I like video games, but I'm not going to waste extra money just to playgames. Thats what my sis's N64 for is for (ok I'm gonna buy the virtual gamestation for my laptop...first purchase in years). At home I want something to get the job done right and doesn't look too geeky. Now that I'm thinking about it, a lime iMac would look great on my grand piano in my studio...hmmm anyone release usb midi interfaces yet???
clif