The new Towers aren't that ugly...

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emaneman
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I had to go to the mall to pick up something an hour ago so of course I went into the Apple Store while I was there. They had the new towers (867 and 1GHz). IMO, they look MUCH better in person. For those of you that think they're ugly, go check them out if you can.

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  • Reply 1 of 14
    surfratsurfrat Posts: 341member
    It seems that's how it is with a lot of things. I hope they look better in real life. But hey, what are you gonna do with all that heat??



    Another cool thing I noticed was that there is a headphone port on the front of the computer by the drive bay! One thing that always bugged me about my Power Mac.
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  • Reply 2 of 14
    imudimud Posts: 140member
    [quote]Originally posted by SurfRat:

    <strong>Another cool thing I noticed was that there is a headphone port on the front of the computer by the drive bay! One thing that always bugged me about my Power Mac.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Would the iPod headphones work with that port on the front?
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  • Reply 3 of 14
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    I think they look good in pictures as well. I like the more rugged, industrial look of the new towers.
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  • Reply 4 of 14
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I forgot to mention when I posted this how stupid the Apple Store employees are. Some guy came in asking if he could bring back his week old, unopened Dual GHz and exchange it for one of the new ones and get the difference back. The employees said yeah and the guy asked them what was better about the new ones. One employee said "ummm, a lot of things are" the other didn't know what else to say. I mentioned to the guy about the DDR, the system bus, the dual drive baays, etc and then the employees were like "oh yeah, it's got a faster bus" after i said it.



    This was the third time I've encountered idiot salesmen at the Apple Store.
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  • Reply 5 of 14
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by iMud:

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    Would the iPod headphones work with that port on the front?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Why wouldn't they? Aren't they normal headphones?
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  • Reply 6 of 14
    mcqmcq Posts: 1,543member
    I thought the Apple Store people were supposed to know stuff about the products they sell... or did Apple just transplant people from CompUSA over there? The Orlando store better not be like that when it opens in a couple months.
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  • Reply 7 of 14
    badtzbadtz Posts: 949member
    the ipod headphones will work......



    = both 1/8" stereo plugs
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  • Reply 8 of 14
    imudimud Posts: 140member
    Wasn't sure if it had a special plug now because of that remote thingie. I don't have an iPod right now but I'm hoping I can sneak one in under my wifes radar when i get me a dual 1ghz
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  • Reply 9 of 14
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>I forgot to mention when I posted this how stupid the Apple Store employees are. Some guy came in asking if he could bring back his week old, unopened Dual GHz and exchange it for one of the new ones and get the difference back. The employees said yeah and the guy asked them what was better about the new ones. One employee said "ummm, a lot of things are" the other didn't know what else to say. I mentioned to the guy about the DDR, the system bus, the dual drive baays, etc and then the employees were like "oh yeah, it's got a faster bus" after i said it.



    This was the third time I've encountered idiot salesmen at the Apple Store.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Man, what are these guys getting hired for then?
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  • Reply 10 of 14
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Uh oh, that's disturbing news, EmAn.







    I've come to expect that sort of thing at CompUSA (and, at the time, Circuit City and Sears). But I hope - in an effort to staff all these new stores popping up monthly - Apple isn't starting to scrape down deeper and starting to hire just ANYONE off the street.



    Not good. Ignorant, unqualified staff can do A LOT of damage. At any store/business, not just Apple.



    Hope that was just a small blip on the radar and a rare situation.



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  • Reply 11 of 14
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
    I had the chance to visit the Apple Store in Palo Alto two weeks ago and it's no different.



    Sales guy didn't know the difference between the new iPod solid state wheel and the old one.

    You'd think of all place, right near Cupertino, the sales staff would know their stuff.

    I wonder if one needs to pass a test before landing the job.

    Oh BTW, I still think the tower looks ugly

    But maybe i should see it in person.
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  • Reply 12 of 14
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Damn Apple for employing retards. How many people here wouldn't LOVE to work at an apple store (providing they can afford us). Who would know more then us? I mean i'm only 16, but i keep up with apple news, tech news, and know a hell of alot more then almost anyone i've ever met in a computer store. I always mess around with radio shack people and ask them questions they can't answer or walk by and say dont lie when they are selling their gateways to old people. If we were hired we could explain the greatnest off apple!
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  • Reply 13 of 14
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by pscates:

    <strong>Uh oh, that's disturbing news, EmAn.







    I've come to expect that sort of thing at CompUSA (and, at the time, Circuit City and Sears). But I hope - in an effort to staff all these new stores popping up monthly - Apple isn't starting to scrape down deeper and starting to hire just ANYONE off the street.



    Not good. Ignorant, unqualified staff can do A LOT of damage. At any store/business, not just Apple.



    Hope that was just a small blip on the radar and a rare situation.



    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well Paul, I don't know if you remember the other times I posted about bad Apple Store employees.



    First was when an employee said to a customer that likes the black keyboard better when the iMac G4 came out that you couldn't use the black one on the iMac and you can't use the white one on other Macs because the iMac has USB 2.0



    The second time was when an employee said Apple should ship ever Mac with VirtualPC so Macs can run Windows.



    [ 08-14-2002: Message edited by: EmAn ]</p>
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  • Reply 14 of 14
    flyer82flyer82 Posts: 9member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>



    Well Paul, I don't know if you remember the other times I posted about bad Apple Store employees.



    First was when an employee said to a customer that likes the black keyboard better when the iMac G4 came out that you couldn't use the black one on the iMac and you can't use the white one on other Macs because the iMac has USB 2.0



    The second time was when an employee said Apple should ship ever Mac with VirtualPC so Macs can run Windows.



    [ 08-14-2002: Message edited by: EmAn ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I knew it was bad, didn't know it was that bad though. Wow <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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