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Sony's new answer to the iMac
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Awesome! All the functionality of a PC with all the beauty and grace of Chris Farley on a coke binge.
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Being in debt and celebrating a lower deficit is like being on a diet and celebrating the fact you gained two pounds this week instead of five.
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Where did the computer go?.. oh hang on.
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Originally Posted by smacintush
Awesome! All the functionality of a PC with all the beauty and grace of Chris Farley on a coke binge.
Haha. I was actually thinking that it looked like it followed the aesthetic guidelines of the Star Wars' Galactic Empire. It would look right at home on the bridge of a Star Destroyer, or perhaps tucked away in Darth Vader's meditation sphere. "Evil Empire," indeed.
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it look slike it houses a handy stapler too 
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A computer controlled sewing machine? or is there a bar code scanner under there?
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Gross. Boring old beige is better than this.
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Originally Posted by ajprice
Where did the computer go?.. oh hang on.
 
That thing is absolutely disgusting. *hugs his Powerbook*
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I'm not gonna post here...
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Just what I have always wanted... *puts intel iMac on ebay*....
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iMac Core Duo 1.83 Ghz | 1.25GB RAM | 160HD, MacBook Core Duo 1.83 Ghz | 13.3" | 60HD | 1.0GB RAM
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Did you know that the CEO of Sony is actually a British man and that he introduced American ways of doing business?
At least, it looks like something totally different.
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Btw, call me crazy, BUT
TIMELINE, anyone ?
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iMac 20" C2D 2.16 | Acer Aspire One | Flickr
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I think what's hard for companies like Sony to grasp, is that you have to design something like the iMac from the outside in, which is extremely tough.
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that is nothing… compare it with sony's shameless answer to Nintendogs
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Is that an LCD or super slim CRT? If it's a CRT it's not an awful design, if it's an LCD the designer should be beaten with that thing...
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so has sont had any original ideas lately?
this whole thing reminds me of the zen ipod Killer, twice as thick and heavy I think.
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That looks like a piece of lab equipment. Or maybe an all-in one for a video store. Doesn't it look like that gap should house a bar code scanner, or microscope, or mini X-ray machine or something?
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Just what I always wanted! A computer ...uh.. television?
Sometimes Sony just makes me shake my head in astonishment.
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Could anyone here please post a link to a source ?
I'd still call it BS ! This smells OLD !
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Yeah, surely they're not actually selling this now? This must be from five years ago.
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Pfft! It doesn't even have a floppy drive!
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The other side has 7 floppy drives and a mini oven.
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Reminds me of the NeXT machines somehow.
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Thx, MaxPower2k3
Ok, so this is pitched as an entertainment / media PC, running Windows XP Media Center Edition.
Yeah, fugly, but ah well.
NOT a competitor to an iMac.
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^^^ Much gooder
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Originally Posted by MaxPower2k3
Holy Jesus this thing is for real!!? What were they thinking??
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This isn't happening. Wow. Sony's got balls. I mean - is this thing for real? If it is - Sony's got big balls.
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Awesome!
Glad that blacksmithing is making a comeback. And the sheetmetal work on the screen is fantabulous.
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pft...yeah in direct competition. Really I don't get how sony actually thought this was good.
amazed 
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how much is 1500 euros in USD?
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Originally Posted by hickey
how much is 1500 euros in USD?
$ 1,800
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It looks like someone "frankensteined" an old Gateway all-in-one. And not well, either. Sewing machine? Lab equipment? Rejected Star Trek prop? Take your pick.
Today, the Euro is about $1.19+ (if I read the table right). Which means that whichever one of the above labels you choose, you should add "bloody expensive" to it. For ~$1785 it had better be my GOOD friend, give me really winning lottery numbers and truly convince everyone to do my bidding.  That's one expensive piece of modern art there!
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
$ 1,800
Yes, but doesn't that website say 1,500 pounds? That makes about US$ 2,600.
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You're right, £ is pounds, not euros. Thanks
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Yeah € is not the same as £, people.
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I configured a fully-loaded iMac and it came to only $2,423. Plus it doesn't look like a stapler with a TV on top.
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Originally Posted by Tesseract
I configured a fully-loaded iMac and it came to only $2,423.
You aree forgetting the sales tax in the UK. Without the sales tax the Sony would only be $2,212 and therefore cheaper than the iMac. Or the other way around: I fully configured an iMac in the UK-Apple-Store (except modem, AppleCare and additional software) and comes out as £1,749.00. £250 more than the Sony.
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Still a new iMac Core Duo is still way nicer than that thing. Though I'll give em that perhaps Apple should start including IR mice and keyboards with the new iMacs that would use the built in IR sensors.
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Originally Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost
Ha ha that is the worst thing ever!
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
The other side has 7 floppy drives and a mini oven.
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2008 iMac 3.06 Ghz, 2GB Memory, GeForce 8800, 500GB HD, SuperDrive
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Originally Posted by Salty
Still a new iMac Core Duo is still way nicer than that thing. Though I'll give em that perhaps Apple should start including IR mice and keyboards with the new iMacs that would use the built in IR sensors.
Got a problem with bluetooth?
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I think the iMac actually might outperform that thing...does anyone have benchmarks for a 2.8 Pentium D with a Radeon X700 vs. a 2.0 Core Duo with a Radeon X1600? Or even just for the CPUs?
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