[Kon-El]

They're not even transluscent, save for the riser-bar speaker-grilles & CD slot!

They're SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ugly!!!!

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i think the delmation one looks ok... but overall i think they will flop, considering the specs are not much better than the previous gen and they have no DVD ...WTF?????!!?

i guess thats why they dont call em imac dv's anymore lol

[mindwaves]

Excuse me while I puke. <puke>

[ort888]

The only place they would look right is in the bedroom of a school-aged girl.

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[Kon-El]

In hindsight, these are obviously "Made for Easter" iMacs. Don't they look like eggs that the Easter Bunny brings?

Hopefully this means new colors again in May.

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[scaught]

i can see why they did it-to try and do something different. with all the imac looking products they probably want to stay one step ahead. and while the dalmation blue one isnt that bad, theyre both pretty ugly.

[austeros]

my girlfriend already has her heart set on the blue dalmation. i dont know, it looks like apple is catering to the 12-19 yearold girl crowd... though i would not hate the graphite.

ahwell... we all knew we would be dissapointed

[flatcatch]

I have to say, the Flower Power iMac leaves me speechless... and not the "drooling, gotta have it" kind... more like dumbfounded and aghast. I think the only place for this thing is on Mimi's desk on the Drew Carrey show.

Yeah Right,

UGLY = Beige Compaq running Windows.

THE new iMACs are awesome -- Apple is the only company in the WORLD that can make a "Blue Dalmation" computer.

Apple Rocks!

New iMACs Rock!

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Having said that, I will get a Powerbook G4 when OS X comes out.

Originally posted by austeros:
my girlfriend already has her heart set on the blue dalmation. i dont know, it looks like apple is catering to the 12-19 yearold girl crowd... though i would not hate the graphite.

ahwell... we all knew we would be dissapointed

so you like 12 year old girls eh?

[austeros]

ha wise ass... no, i am afraid i(19) only like my 18 year old girlfriend...

You know, I thought that the Key Lime iBook was bad, but this crap takes the cake!

As soon as Apple cleared the channel, they're going to fill it right back up again... What family would want a "flower power" iMac in their home?

Snow and Sage were cool and the sold! I don't expect any of the two "odd" iMacs to sell at all.

I'm waiting for the next Rev iBook... geez, I hope it's not purple with pink poka dots....

-Tom

One word---- LAME

Thank god they didn't make any iBooks. They would probably have been pink polka-dotted.


Hello, Dell, I'm ready to buy. When Apple starts making "flower power" computers, I know its time to jump ship.

[foobars]

I guess we now know what Apple did with all those left over Snow parts.

The spotted version isn't SO bad. It would get boring quickly, though.

[ibookuser2]

I went to Apple's website to download quicktime for my old mac, and now I am too dumbfounded to work!!! Those computers are, well, um, lets just say I don't want one of those on my desk. I mean, KeyLime was okay, this is just too much!

[lee vieira]

Actually, I'm ok with the new colors, for two reasons:

1) They're designed to appeal to women and kids. That actually may be smart, as no one is really catering to them.

2) You can still get Indigo or Graphite, thus dodging the 'chickMacs' at every pricepoint...

If it were the new colors ONLY, then yes, I'd be queasy...

--lee

[GK]

You said it dude,

I think the target audience ic clearly women and girls
who by the way have anormous influence in family purchasing
decisions. You can be assured that iSteve did look at a lot
of studies and had some consulting groups do a lot of research.

Although I don't want to buy it (still waiting for my TiG4)
I think it is a POTENTIALLY smart business decision for Apple.


GK

[xyber233]

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I am feeling very disturbed right now.

[austeros]

i cant see apple screwing up the ibook line... they are tooo much a moneymaker for apple

[ibookuser2]

I am a high school student and I already have enough trouble defending my platform.

How am I supposed to explain Flower Power computers?!??

Will someone please inform Steve that the sixties ended 30 years ago...

[Kon-El]

I think we can all blame MacWorld for coming up with a Key Lime Flower Power iBook in their January(?) issue.

I'm suprised we didn't their cow-spot design too ;-P

So, is anyone excited about the new video card or the new GeForce 3 Video Card announced for March? Not that IT would fit into an iMac, I'm sure.


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[mindwaves]

ok, I can stand the flower one but not the dalmation one.

[austeros]

fit that with the 2999 cinema display and we have a nice system

Come on...

Stop being macho and recongnize that thse two new designs are just not for you.
That doesn't mean that they are for nobody. It's clear Apple is aiming at women and school girls with these. What's the matter with that? There is more women than men in this world and there is a bigger portion of this market that does not own a computer yet.
So I think its a good move.
Face it: Steve Jobs has always had more success with looks, fashion and fell (iMacs, iBooks) than with other aspects of the business.

[mchladek]

I don't think these new iMacs will back up the supply line. Apple knows these computers are very different and won't hit a huge market so I doubt if they'll be making a lot of them. BTW I think the new schemes are pretty cool. No other computer company would dare to try something like this.

[imac.usr]

One wonders how much input Michael Drexler (Apple board member and Gap CEO) had in these designs...

Everybody in Flowers!

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[SupahCoolX]

As mentioned earlier, if you don't like the, um, "different thinking" colors, go with Indigo or Graphite. I don't think the Blue Dalmation is TOO bad, but the flower power is, um... well, I don't think I can say those words in this forum. I probably buy one of these iMacs in the next month or two, and will go with a graphite (though I'd get Indigo if it was available for the SE).

[iPaul UK]

Oh dear.. Oh dear oh dear oh dear!

What the hell has Apple done!? Do they want to survive or not? What the hell were they thinking off!? I mean.. The specs are great but they look AWFUL! Thank phuq for Indigo and Graphite! They can keep the rest!

[osiris]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

It's the Malibu Barbie Dream iMac!

It wouldn't be so bad if it had more Peter Maxx, but this is very odd.

:O

[elvis]

I kinda like them both, and I'm not even a teenage girl.

(i also liked rhinestones and big collars)

-the king

[TT Esq]

I think that they are ugly, ugly, ugly!

I wouldn't be so disappointed if I felt that I personally just didn't like it, but I thought that maybe it had market appeal. But I don't -- I think that they're going to flop. Badly.

Two big problems:

1) Third-party manufacturers are going to be pissed -- now, they can't hope to sell peripherals with any kind of "matching" scheme. If they were going to get crazy, they should have based new designs on some of the colors that they had going. Now -- you get a printer with six different color lids to "match" -- and NONE of them do!!!

2) They got rid of snow, ruby, sage -- thereby cutting down the only choices that anyone I know would ever consider to two. Only one is appropriate for any office setting.

I think that the reason is obvious -- they want to push the "serious" consumer towards getting a cube, while the iMacs are now being geared towards the "kids."

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[Kon-El]

TT Esquire,

Periphs will match if they are in the Ice/Snow color still. It'd be funny to see EPSON make a Flower Power & Blue Dalmatian lid for its 777i printer though!

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[TT Esq]

Kon:

My thoughts exactly! "Snow" is the only color that would really match. Now that's no longer an option, who knows how much longer it will be available???

I can see it now in New York this summer...

iMac with Wood Panelling.

Or how about iMacs with silkscreens of every little girl's favorite Backstreet boy or N-f'n-Sync guy.

By the way, "TT Esq", I couldn't agree with you more.

I cant say how dissapointed I am by this one, It would be one thing if they made a flowered computer that looked good, this thing just looks like a mess. Maybe steve's having flash backs. I was so excited by the G4 powerbook, thought things were looking up again, and then this s**t.

[osiris]

this is just so frickin funny. I mean, look at the things.

[davi]

With all this talk of schoolgirls, let's not forget that the new iMacs were launched in front of a JAPANESE audience. Have you seen what Japanese domestic consumer products look like? One word: cute. Japan loves cute, and these puppies will be huge.

And think back to how you felt when the original bondiMac was launched. Were you thrilled, or did you see another nail in Apple's coffin? The iMac was designed to bust paradigms. Now that it's become commonplace, it's probably time to shock people all over again.

I agree with TT Esq....

Let us not forget that these iMacs were announced at MacWorld Expo TOKYO. While Apple's sales are slowing down in the US, Asian sales are on the rise, rise, rise. Apple has sold a ton of iMacs in Japan, and with our economy taking a turn for the worse (sob), Apple is just trying to capture more market share in a country that has more to give. Just watch other contemporary designs coming from Japan, except for bland Toyotas, and Hondas, most of the stuff, like Pokemon, and especially the clothes go well with Flower Power and Dots. Apple is appealing to the only iMac market left. Us folks stateside can buy Indigo, which is arguably the best color anyway.

Can't you just see a Flower Power iMac riding on a Yellow Xterra's aluminum roof rack, with Pokemon suffed animals on the dash!

I dig it! Well not really, but the idea is growing on me!

you know they might be ok if they cost $150.00

they might be made of teenage girls but how many teenage girls you know have $1200.00

-i think the flower power imac is something id probably give to my girlfriend, but id never want to own one.
-ass for the blue dalmation. cool name, hanes looking computer. im glad they didnt do away with graphite though. im surprised they got rid of sage.

[MikeM32]

Well while everyones whining about the "looks" (I agree both the Blue Dalmation and the Flower Power ones suck............why not army camoflauge? actually that would be kinda cool )

Here's the cool thing. I was looking at the specs on these just a few hours ago at work when I discoverred they even existed (it was slow so I admit I was goofing off )

BOTH the newest 500 and 600 MHz models have a L2 on chip cache. What this means is even the latest 500 MHz model (whatever color........who cares? although thank god for Graphite ) is actually faster than it's 500 MHz predecessor iMac DV SE predecessor.

So even a new 500 Mhz iMac has a 500 MHz backside cache

Now that's definitely sweet

Looks like Apple is really getting aggressive with Motorola in getting these chips developed for a change

Mike

[TT Esq]

How much LSD was Steve rumored to have taken way back when anyway? Joking. (Steve, no need to call your lawyer.)

I have no issue with doing something completely different, and in fact encourage it. However -- I think the error here is LIMITING choice. Getting rid of the snow, sage, and ruby iMacs while replacing them with novelty items cannot possibly help sales.

On a side note, one of the neat features on my PB 1400 was it's changeable cover. I could put my school crest, different colors, whatever, and it was actually kind of cool.

An iMac where the user could have perhaps customized the panels would have been awesome -- here, I just don't think they're going to appeal. Just look at the postings in this forum!

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[richardjanus]

Damned hackers hijacked several minutes of the keynote broadcast *and* doctored Apple's website to match. Just wait 'til Steve finds out about this!!!

[dawaves]

LOOK.....

Apple is a CRAZY company ok.....

#1) They pay homage to people people who changed the world

through unconventional ways of thinking, hench the "Think

Different AD campaign thats still running....

#2) We have a 'crazy' CEO...U know this guy did a lot ACID in the

60's ...give him a break!!! I think he wants change (again) how

computers should be perceived, hench the new designs....

#3) and finally MAC people are CRAZY...admit it...we're fanatics!!! We

were the original rebels of the computer industry...."Raise the

Black Flag!!!" !!!!

You have to give credit to Apple for taking a leap NO OTHER

COMPANY WOULD DARE DO!!!! I truely admire that sort of

thinking....of always wanting to be first...well...That's what I believe

and I'm stickin to it!!!



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[Danny DLT]

What the hell were they thinking?!! That was such a terrible idea. Their previous colors were so nice (I can't believe sage is gone!!).

It will flop!! I know it!!

That was such a mistake.

--Danny

PS. I forgot...other than the normal graphite and indigo, the egg and flower sh*t is so incredibly ugly.

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[CharlesS]

Indigo, Ruby, Sage, and Snow looked *great!*

They were the best-looking computers that Apple (or anyone else thus far) has made. Those were the first of the colored iMacs that were actually able to get my attention and make me get the feeling that I wanted one! (Even though I already have a much more powerful G4... !)

The deep colors were very classy looking, and very cool looking. Ah, well, at least Indigo is still around.

The new ones, ugh! I thought that was a bad Photoshop hack when I first saw it. Let's hope that's all this is. Apple.com has been hacked! Damn hackers

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[This message has been edited by CharlesS (edited 02-22-2001).]

i personally think the two new iMac's patterns look AMAZING!
and no, i'm not a U.S. teenaged girl

[packley]

Nah, it's just Steve giving the finger to all the whiners.

Laugh already. They're funny.

Yeah... Ugly...pretty...awful...cute...rediculous...daring ...stinky...innovative...stupid...brave...Thunk Different...whee!...groovy...unbelievable...outrag eous...foolish...iSore...trippy...Scully...it's out there...Yada-Yada...

All we are saying................is give Steve a chance............(everybody!)

PS Where the hell is my Titanium iMac???

All you people bitching and complaining --- SHUT UP!

"Oh, how horrible, I don't like it ... Why didn't they make something for ME...."

WHAT ARE YOUR BRILLIANT PLANS TO GROW APPLE'S MARKET SHARE?

Apple is a corporation facing a very difficult strategic situtation, for those who have the IQ to understand it.

Starting a fashion craze (remember the original iMAC?) is the only near term way Apple can increase its share. Maybe girls 15-29 will go crazy for it -- Apple NEEDS to take a risk like this. Where was the iMAC line going with just another color change and CR-RW -- NOWHERE.

Just chill out -- buy a blue or graphite iMAC, get a cube, a powermac, a studio display, a titanium powerbook.

Let's just see how this goes over with the intended demographic, instead of bitching, bitching, bitching about how it's not for you, and how you KNOW it's going to fail.

You don't know anything until it happens. Even the best marketing CANNOT create a commercial success.