New Apple Products Have Me Left Speechless

I went to the Apple Store @ The palisades Mall yesterday for the first time. 2nd apple store I've been to but my first was back in september in boston (north shore).

I'll go one by one

iMac G4

in a word... wow. The imac is beautiful. It's better in person. the design is perfect and not a detail is left untouched or forgotten. the white color is just right.

the display is awesome. I was amazed by how good an LCD Apple is using. it beat any Apple LCD I have seen for brightness and viewing angle. The swivel arm is flawless as well. even as I was turning it to the extreme left and right the color remained consistant and didn't fade.

speed. the imac flies. I don't have slow poke machines (G4/400 desktop and G4/667 Powerbook) but when I used tthis iMac there was a difference... a big difference. OS X flew. it's just so damn cool to be able to see how everything is SUPPOSE to run. This machine is definitely the showcase OS X machine. iMovie 2 transistions rendered amazingly fast. the little red bar in the icon just flew across. it was so damn cool.

graphics- again, impressive. not muc gaming options installed by cro mag rally booted up instantly and ran incredibly smooth at 1024 x 768 @32 bit. and it looked beautiful. plays much better than on my G4/400 with radeon @ 640 x 480.

sound- speakers are better than I thought they would be but distort when you go above 70% which is dissapointing. I understand that the addition of the iSub almost eliminates that problem which leads me to ask why the iSub isn't included?

this iMac just has me dieing to get one. It is that good.


iPod

I saw the iPod in person for the first time a few weeks ago at J+R ComputerWorld but they had it under some 1 inch thick glass contraption which sucked. This time I got to hold it, use it, etc.

The iPod is just so damn cool. It's smaller than I had imagined even after reading other people say the same thing and it has a great feel to it. the interface is great and the responsiveness is top notch. firewire transfer works perfect. Only thing I wasn't quite sure of was the headphones but that's just because I couldn't figure out how to put em on.

Apple definitely has me wanting to unload 400 bucks on this thing after using it.

must resist and hold out for next rev

14 inch iBook

it's been getting some bad press, people saying it looks bad, etc. I thought the same... then i got to use one.

It's no where near as bad as I thought it would be. Actually, I think its quite nice. It's a great option for someone who wants a big screen but requires ruggidness. the Powerbook simply is not a road warrior laptop. the iBook is. I would not fear dropping the 14 inch or throwing it on my bed when I finish using it. but I certainly would with my Powerbook.

The screen is inline with the other apple portable LCDs. performance is good. the weight isn't bad and the design IMO looks good. there is a bit of unneccessary space but it adds to the ruggidness.

and it looks kind of cool next to a 12 inch iBook.. it's like an older brother or something


Overall, Apple is running nearly on all cylinders. It brings back memories of 1999 when I wanted nearly every product apple made because they were all so cool and just damn good. Apple just needs to get the PowerMacs in gear (note: no one was looking at powermacs).

apple's product lineup is pretty damn sweet

[quote]Originally posted by Macintosh:
<strong>I agree with all of what you said except for a little thing. Apple is firing on all cylenders right now. I am so happy for them right now. PM will blow us away if it is equivilanlty good for the pros as the iMac is for the consumers.

The iPod is a little unresponsive when switching songs imho. </strong><hr></blockquote>

1.) Apple will be firing on all cylinders if a G5 is announced in the next 2 months. until then they aren't there yet

2.) funny you say the iPod unresponsive thing. the one at J+R and another one at the apple store had that little unresponsiveness switching songs but another one in the aple store played the songs close to instantly. maybe a new firmware?

[quote]Originally posted by EmAn:
<strong>applenut, you should've told me you were going. I would've went.

Did you talk to any of the idiot salesmen that I always tell stories about?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I was gong to give you a call (I think I have your cell phone number somewhere) but I wasn't sure when or even if I was going to go so I didn't want to set anything and then have to back out of it.

It won't be the last time.

I only talked to one salesmen. Middle aged heavyset guy with short hair. Can't remember what his name was.. oh well. seemed like a decent staff (I would be better )

I think the biggest thing about the iMac is that it truly has the potential to be a wintel switcher grabber.

I don't see how anyone when put in front of one and let free to use it for a few minutes would not want it. Apple needs to get these out to Circuit Cities, CompUSAs, anywhere. Have promos at apple stores to get people to come into the stores.

whatever it takes. people will switch