You know it must be really fast, cause it's sooo damn ugly!

[warpd]

Good god they are fast, good god they are sexy, but, good god, they are DAMN ugly!! What is with the "bullet holes" on the back?? For all those who do not know, the new Powermac, represents another first from Apple;

Jonathon Ive was in Aruba on vacation with Heidi, his Swiss miss, so this is the first machine to be designed from the ground up, by his mother.


Hey, dont flame me, ok!! Be gentle with me, it's my first time. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

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[clonenode]

Tell us more about Heidi!

[Jet Powers]

It's not ugly, it's...uhhh.....

cosmetically challenged. :p

Hell, as soon as I'm employed again, I'm getting one. They could look like HP's for all I care.....these sumbitches smoke.

Jet

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[brokenphone]

those are speed holes.. ;)

[thuh Freak]

[quote]Originally posted by brokenphone:
<strong>those are speed holes.. ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

lol. homer is a god.

[Cobra]

[quote]What is with the "bullet holes" on the back?? <hr></blockquote>

Yeah, I know what you mean. I always look at my machine from the back.

:rolleyes:

[thuh Freak]

[quote]Originally posted by warpd:
[QB]What is with the "bullet holes" on the back??<hr></blockquote>

i think they are to allow more air to circulate. fugly if u ask me. i'm inclined to think its gonna scream (not just in a metaphor for speed, but referring to the loud sound of the device as well).

[hmurchison]

It's not as svelte as the Quicksilvers but then again when we got the quicksilver the whiners chimed in about not having 2 5.24 bays. Now we have them and the whiners don't like the bezel. Sheesh. :p

[BrianMacOS]

When your flying down the highway @ 250 mph you have to keep it cool some how.

[Spart]

I think it looks like ass...

Looks like something I might make in Photoshop. ;)

[O and A]

I like it so die :D

[apple.otaku]

What's truely bizzare it that it still looks photoshopped.

[Luca]

How do you eject both drives? Does the eject button eject both at the same time, or do you have to do a keystroke to open the second one? Maybe Apple will release a slightly revised keyboard with them with two eject keys.

[UberInstaller]

I am all over the new design. It looks like something from MIB- industrial and beautiful at the same time. Perhaps cognitive dissonance betrays me, because I just maxxxxxed the Visa for one. The QS case has gone from just slick and clean to slick and MEAN. Bulletholes? That's from the PC World throwing all it can at it... just keeps on smokin <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> , puttin the SMACK to the 2.53Ghz InHell chips.

Apple- I am impressed. Enuf to buy one, but knowing full well that I am going to be getting a new one within 1 year- when IBM Pwr4, DDR, and associated technologies make it to Mac.

Now I have to go break the news to the G/3 that he is getting ready to go to a new home. Geez, I am no good at this sort of thing. :(

[Junkyard Dawg]

You people are a bunch of vain idiots.

FINALLY, we have a Powermac with true expandability, with a second external drive bay, and all you runts can do is whine about front fascia of it.

I personally don't understand what is so ugly about it. :confused:

Comparing it to my Sawtooth, it looks a hell of a lot more stylish. That polished bezel adds some class, the vents in front are cool looking AND functional...only eyesore is that dumb exposed speaker that every kid under 10 is going to want to poke out. Me, I just want to ram my cock into that glory hole on top! :) But then, the Quicksiver had that speaker too, and you whiners didn't bitch about that, did you?

This is the most functional tower case from Apple, EVER. The functionality alone is beautiful, and if you can't see that then you must be some trendy GAP mutha who's vanity is matched only by the shallowness of your life. Get over the stylin' and worry about what counts, muthas.

[sizzle chest]

Is that you, JD?

[warpd]

[quote] Me, I just want to ram my cock into that glory hole on top! <hr></blockquote>

Gosh Dog, Um there is a really big power supply not too far from there, you might want to consider that instead of probing the new PM, you should be probing through the Yellow Pages for some help in your area.
<img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

[I-bent-my-wookie]

[quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:
<strong>It's not as svelte as the Quicksilvers but then again when we got the quicksilver the whiners chimed in about not having 2 5.24 bays. Now we have them and the whiners don't like the bezel. Sheesh. :p </strong><hr></blockquote>

Word! Bitchers are going to find something to bitch about, regardless of what happens. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />

[ZO]

ok.. the chrome( ? ) face plate doesn't jive with the rest. The vent holes look HR Geiger-esque (guy that brought us Aliens mind you).

Heck, maybe Apple is edging towards a mean bio-organic look (a la aliens).

Otherwise, this looks like a design hack for new internals.

Hopefully G5 (if it ever actually comes out) will sport a TOTALLY revamped case and especially face.

blargh... yuk

[Junkyard Dawg]

[quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:
<strong>Is that you, JD?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah, just returned from the emergency pysch lock-down ward. Don't ask, don't tell.

And will someone please find their sense of humor here? Dumbass, I'm being sarcastic when I speak of humping a Powermac.

But you must admit these are fine Macs....not great, but very fine indeed. A decent stepping stone to the Power 5 or whatever it will be called.

[I-bent-my-wookie]

[quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg:
<strong>You people are a bunch of vain idiots.

That polished bezel adds some class, the vents in front are cool looking AND functional...only eyesore is that dumb exposed speaker that every kid under 10 is going to want to poke out. </strong><hr></blockquote>

You can bet the Ti finish bezel is just a sign of things to come with the next revision including XXX next generation processor.

The G5 or Power4 or whatever will have a Titanium casing like the xServe. Im sure its all ready to go, Apple just needs that next-gen processor to fill the bad boy. They wont waste a whole new case on an incremental (although substantial) upgrade.

!I love snpp.com!

Salesman: [quickly] These are speed holes. They make the car go faster.
Homer: Oh, yeah. Speed holes!
[bullets riddle the car and smash the windshield]
Salesman: You want my advice? I think you should buy this car.

[warpd]

[quote] But you must admit these are fine Macs....not great, but very fine indeed. A decent stepping stone to the Power 5 or whatever it will be called. <hr></blockquote>

Hey, hold on a second!! I would most assuredly shag the shit out of that speaker (if only it were a wee tad bigger) if it would get the damn thing to come home with me. There is no question that the machines ROCK!

I started this thread, not as a bitch-fest, but merely to say, that sexy they may be, but pretty they aint!!

[Matsu]

They could clean up the face with a QS style bezel: one piece, keep the holes and speaker location of the portal (tm) mac, keep the drive locations too, but no steel bezel, just two QS style trays that happen to fit full-size bays behind them.

I think it would look better, anyon wanna mock one up?

On to more important things, I think this case will be with us for a good long while, and really why shouldn't it?

Even now it looks better than anything in PC land, they kept the beautiful swing out door, it takes two full size optical bays, hold 4 HDD's, has 4 DIMM slots, has 4 *empty* PCI slots and an AGP slot.

Seems to me that all of the case design issues have been successfully adressed.

To me, it looks like a substantial MoBo redesign with components moving about every which way compared to the old. I think the work has been done, and any updates will come in the form of an updated controller here and there. AGP 8X, 64bit/66Mhz PCI, or PCI-X, 4GB RAM support, faster firewire, USB2.0, etc etc... Shouldn't these things be relatively easy to add now? We're really only talking about a new controller chip or slightly altered traces in any one of these instances. Increasing the RAM limit is probably just a matter of a ROM flash and finding 1GB dimms with acceptable tolerances just as an example.

I kinda hope this design sticks around, the case is a winner, they could tweak the front a bit, but the internal layout is damn near perfect.

[Scifience]

Whenever you think Apple's latest design is ugly, take a look at this:

<a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1870914&cat=96356&type=1&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A96356" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1870914&cat=96356&type=1&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A96356</a>

It will make you think otherwise. ;)

[thuh Freak]

[quote]Originally posted by Scifience:
<strong>Whenever you think Apple's latest design is ugly, take a look at this:

<a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1870914&cat=96356&type=1&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A96356" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1870914&cat=96356&type=1&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A96356</a>

It will make you think otherwise. ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

i didn't know companies still sold beige computers.

[cinder]

I dub it

"Cyclops the Snitch"

Frankie "Cyclops" Balbone, after giving his testimony to the cops - is found laying in the street.

riddled with bullet holes.

[TigerWoods99]

Dual drive bays kick arse. I was wondering about the eject button too......that's one thing that I find stupid with my dual GHz G4.

Man, this thing is gonna smack my G4 up. :(

I might trade for one.

[satchmo]

I think it's part of Apple's new Switch campaign...design an ugly box so PC users can relate to. Only then will they consider switching. ;)

[EmAn]

It's not as good as the QuickSilvers, but I don't see what's so ugly about the new design.

[UberInstaller]

JYD: thanks for your uplifting comments! :eek:

JYD is right. I don't care if the thing comes in a beige box again, (you folks REMEMBER that we don't have to endure beige anymore)if it will give me the performance I want. I would take the hood off of a Buick and hammer it into a case if it meant that I could get hardware that is as snappy as this new PM.

Its the GUTS that count people. Apple had to do SOMETHING for heat dissipation. So you fools answer me this: would you rather have a few holes on the front of your tower or a helicopter inside to cool the thing? Bitching about the holes on the back? How many hours a day do some of you anal types have to stare at the BACK of the computer. BALDERDASH! POPPYCOCK! <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />

Perhaps George Carlin is right about America. :confused:

UberOut.

[satchmo]

[quote]Originally posted by UberInstaller:
<strong> Apple had to do SOMETHING for heat dissipation. So you fools answer me this: would you rather have a few holes on the front of your tower or a helicopter inside to cool the thing? </strong><hr></blockquote>

I would think there could have been other ways to design a vent.
Perhaps it could have one large vent hidden under a bevel which would be was less obvious and in your face.

I understand if this is just a tie over until a fully new enclosure is ready, because frankly, it looks exactly like that to me...quick and dirty.

[Matsu]

The only problem with this case is the face (and it really isn't that bad, though it isn't as beautiful as the QS). Maybe a one-piece QS style face plate (as I described earlier) would clean up the appearance.

I hope they leave the inside layout EXACTLY as it is, the space efficiency and easy access are awesome.

[trevorM]

hey you know what? It really doesnt look too bad! I agree its odd, bu hey its still cool! And you know what the computer has true expandability so anything goes frankly!

[Cubit]

[quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:
<strong>

i didn't know companies still sold beige computers.</strong><hr></blockquote>

That's not beige, thats industrial waste!

[Overhope]

I think there must be a better design solution for the requirement to suck air in through the front, but I do like the metal panel for the optical drives.

Still, i spend more time looking at the screen than I do at the Mac itself... but then, I do have a Cube. :D

Oh, and who totally screwed the formatting on this thread?

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[Unfiltered]

[quote]Originally posted by satchmo:
<strong>I think it's part of Apple's new Switch campaign...design an ugly box so PC users can relate to. Only then will they consider switching. ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>
I thought that was the point of charging $130 for 10.2?
;)

[iMud]

Hey as long as it doesn't sound like a F-16 jet flying over my house, a few holes are not going to bother me one bit. Sure the QuickSilver case was pretty, but it was loud to, way too loud. Hopefully all of these 'bullet holes' are the result of Apple design working to make the machine keep cool enuff while keeping it as quiet as possible.

[EmAn]

[quote]Originally posted by Cubit:
<strong>

That's not beige, thats industrial waste!</strong><hr></blockquote>

:D yeah, that's what it really looks like.

[Steve]

We should call it... Cyclops. :D :D :D

[Burn]

Cyclops, sounds perfect to me..

I will be waiting yet a little longer for a new tower.. but I really like the looks of where we're headed.

Have any of you taken a look at the Quicktime VR of this new beast? Are there also two rows of 'Bullet Holes" (similar to the back, not the speed vents) right at the bottom front of the face inside the area of the "foot/handle"?

This beast really needs cooling.. how many of you have your tower on the floor? I could see a mini-hoover effect happening there.. dust bunnies beware!