Why the next case revision to the Powermac won't be white
Apple seems to like to mess with people when it comes to a unified 'look' for their products.
Just when you thought they had settled on Bondi with the B&W Powermac and the first iMac, they crossed it up with fruit colors.
Then they went with a graphite tone Powermac, and added a vastly simpler line of iMacs, including a 'graphite' version, then they zagged with the blue and orange (and later, lime green) iBook.
Then they switched the iMac to their "fall colors" lineup, threw out the sage (a bad move, IMO) and ruby (over time), falling to three basic colors, black, white and blue.
In the meantime, they release a bone white iBook, and a flat Titanium Powerbook and a white Powermac.
Then to top it off, they released a white iMac with chrome accents.
Minimilism seems to rule the day in Apple design, so I think they will break out of this with the product most likely to get a new case, the PowerMac.
If I had to guess, the new Powermac will be a striking but non-offensive color, maybe a dark blue with chrome accents. This will probably coincide with a repackaging of the displays to match.
SdC
Just when you thought they had settled on Bondi with the B&W Powermac and the first iMac, they crossed it up with fruit colors.
Then they went with a graphite tone Powermac, and added a vastly simpler line of iMacs, including a 'graphite' version, then they zagged with the blue and orange (and later, lime green) iBook.
Then they switched the iMac to their "fall colors" lineup, threw out the sage (a bad move, IMO) and ruby (over time), falling to three basic colors, black, white and blue.
In the meantime, they release a bone white iBook, and a flat Titanium Powerbook and a white Powermac.
Then to top it off, they released a white iMac with chrome accents.
Minimilism seems to rule the day in Apple design, so I think they will break out of this with the product most likely to get a new case, the PowerMac.
If I had to guess, the new Powermac will be a striking but non-offensive color, maybe a dark blue with chrome accents. This will probably coincide with a repackaging of the displays to match.
SdC
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That was the best color.
<strong>I'd be willing to risk a friendly wager that the new powermac will be black...</strong><hr></blockquote>
I hope so! I've waited all my Mac-using life for a black PowerMac (yes, I had a 5xxx series... ah, those were the days...).
I would think metallic... maybe metal and black? (notes that DVD Studio Pro & WebObjects boxes are still white, but have a black stripe on the side)
<strong>In the meantime, they release a bone white iBook, and a flat Titanium Powerbook and a white Powermac.</strong><hr></blockquote>
White Power Mac?? QuickSilver is certainly not white.
puce? salmon? vomit?
C'mon you've gotta admit that something that looks as good as that black semi-translucent pro mouse would look even better as a full-blown tower. A Black Tower...
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Still waiting on my G5.
Remember when the rumor was that we were going to get different colored G3 towers (B/W series) a la the iMac flavors? I remember seeing that someone had done a strawberry G3 tower mockup. It was cool.
The PowerMac will never be made of metal. The only reason the TiBook is metal is to make the casing so thin as to facilitate a 1" thickness. I would look for Apple to continue on the "colorless" trend for a while (i.e. white, grey, "silver", metallic, black accents). As for the colors, Apple's probably saying, "been there, done that."
My wife tells me that orange is the big color in fashion at the moment. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
Actually, a royal blue anodized titanium shell with a chrome apple logo would float my boat pretty well.