How about a smaller base unit - with a separate PSU like the other ideas on this thread:
Vox Barbara and lucida: I really like the white mockups better than the Aluminum/ACD-based ones. IMO, this latest one, with the LCD larger and the base unit smaller, is the best.
Vox Barbara and lucida: I really like the white mockups better than the Aluminum/ACD-based ones. IMO, this latest one, with the LCD larger and the base unit smaller, is the best.
Let's hope Apple gets the price right too!
Escher
Me too, Mr. Escher! It needs a little refinement, though, takeing a hint from the iBook: round the corners even more.
Make it look like a closed inflated 12" iBook. Give it a high-gloss painted-from-the-inside finish similar to the first 2-USB-iBooks with some aluminium accents. Let it have the looks of a bigger "lunch-box" to accomodate a G5 and the necessary cooling.
The slot-loading optical in the front center is ok with me, how about the powerbutton and one USB and Firewire port, too, on the same height to the right. And how about getting rid of the "iMac G5" signature?
Maybe one of you PhotoShop/Illustrator/FreeHand-whizards can help me out and do a little mockup?
... Starting to look more like a computer, less like something you'd go "Wow" at...
The "WOW" effect comes when you actually are looking into the face of that thing, really. I can imagine its sheer beauty indeed (But i would drop the front holes either, too much of a computerish look)
Look, when i first saw pics from the original imac (bondi rev. A), i thought:
oh no, that's all about that fuzz, actually it is a "Captain Kirk enterprise star trek movie computer"??? But when i covered that machine in reality, i changed
my mind completely. The machine was a miracle, especially for the time beeing
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Come on, we KNOW it's going to be a glorified 17 inch alu studio display...
...right?
Lemon Bon Bon
? white plastic ala iBook/eMac
? all i/o sockets on the right side
? to turn on/off/sleep just touch the apple logo (which is slightly pulsing)
? dvd combo slotin at front only
? 1.6-1.8 ghz G5
? reasonable (AND exchangeable) graficcard
(and no, they won't use aluminium for the consumer line)
This baby is sitting right on my desk, but ... pssssssst ..
That is sort of what I'd like to see. Cool, clean, with a matching 17" LCD on top.
Kind of reminds me of a Quadra 700 - a beautiful little box.
I think an iMac should have a face.
Like This?
Originally posted by lucida
... I think an iMac should have a face.
Absolutely.
Originally posted by lucida
Originally posted by Vox Barbara
I think an iMac should have a face.
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You beat me on this case
Anyway, just for the record
Originally posted by lucida
That is sort of what I'd like to see. Cool, clean, with a matching 17" LCD on top.
Kind of reminds me of a Quadra 700 - a beautiful little box.
I think an iMac should have a face.
Like This?
I really like that design, very nice
I'd like to see an iMac with a 23" screen, but i guess they won't go that big in a consumer product?
Or you could use any old monitor if you prefer.
How many people would buy the base unit for, say, £600, and use an old monitor, but then at a later date add an Apple screen for another £300?
That's how it used to be with the Quadras, Performas etc.
When you look at the size of the Quadra 700 next to the G5 tower you realise what monsters they are.
Vox Barbara - I prefer yours, - pure elegance. Congrat.
Thanks - you inpired me!
How about a smaller base unit - with a separate PSU like the other ideas on this thread:
20th aniv. speacial anyone?
Originally posted by lucida
How about a smaller base unit - with a separate PSU like the other ideas on this thread:
Vox Barbara and lucida: I really like the white mockups better than the Aluminum/ACD-based ones. IMO, this latest one, with the LCD larger and the base unit smaller, is the best.
Let's hope Apple gets the price right too!
Escher
Escher: Let's hope Apple gets the price right too!
Thanks!
It's something I'd pay £999 for:
17" LCD
1.8Ghz G5
Superdrive 8x
120GB HD
512MB RAM
Radeon 9800 (swappable)
2 x FW
1 x FW 800
3 x USB 2
Bluetooth and Airport Included
Originally posted by Escher
Vox Barbara and lucida: I really like the white mockups better than the Aluminum/ACD-based ones. IMO, this latest one, with the LCD larger and the base unit smaller, is the best.
Let's hope Apple gets the price right too!
Escher
Me too, Mr. Escher! It needs a little refinement, though, takeing a hint from the iBook: round the corners even more.
Make it look like a closed inflated 12" iBook. Give it a high-gloss painted-from-the-inside finish similar to the first 2-USB-iBooks with some aluminium accents. Let it have the looks of a bigger "lunch-box" to accomodate a G5 and the necessary cooling.
The slot-loading optical in the front center is ok with me, how about the powerbutton and one USB and Firewire port, too, on the same height to the right. And how about getting rid of the "iMac G5" signature?
Maybe one of you PhotoShop/Illustrator/FreeHand-whizards can help me out and do a little mockup?
Originally posted by RolandG
Me too, ...
last try to satisfy
Starting to look more like a computer, less like something you'd go "Wow" at...
Originally posted by lucida
Starting to look more like a computer, less like something you'd go "Wow" at...
I really is starting to look like a regular compter...
Could you get rid of the holes, curve the edges even more and make it a thiner yet a little bit wider?
Are the ports shown in the right proportion relativ to the optical drive's slot?
Originally posted by lucida
... Starting to look more like a computer, less like something you'd go "Wow" at...
The "WOW" effect comes when you actually are looking into the face of that thing, really. I can imagine its sheer beauty indeed
Look, when i first saw pics from the original imac (bondi rev. A), i thought:
oh no, that's all about that fuzz, actually it is a "Captain Kirk enterprise star trek movie computer"??? But when i covered that machine in reality, i changed
my mind completely. The machine was a miracle, especially for the time beeing
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pure evil, just pure evil
Originally posted by lucida
Starting to look more like a computer, less like something you'd go "Wow" at...
Looks way too close to this
Originally posted by a_greer
Looks way too close to this
Was the mock-up above supposed to be an AIO design? I thought the "box" was the headless iMac with an iCinemaDisplay...
Don't know if it would be classed as an "iMac" though...
Maybe the Apple screen could "dock" with the base unit without wires...?