What design is best. iMac G4 or iMac G5
only considering the aesthetics and usefulness. Not "WOuld it be able to handle the heat?", "is the design too expensive?" etc.
I consider the G4 iMac the perfect computer design but people have begun saying the current iMac is better because of the smaller space. The space requirements are too similar for me to be taken into consideration.
But how do you feel?
I consider the G4 iMac the perfect computer design but people have begun saying the current iMac is better because of the smaller space. The space requirements are too similar for me to be taken into consideration.
But how do you feel?
Comments
Just try making a cute hopping lamp style advert with a G5 imac.
Originally posted by Anders
I consider the G4 iMac the perfect computer design but people have begun saying the current iMac is better because of the smaller space. The space requirements are too similar for me to be taken into consideration.
But how do you feel?
I am with you in this. The perfection level achieved with the iMac G4 has no similar in computer design. Apple has outdone itself with this one and of course no one yet has even come close.
Originally posted by mbG5
they are both sick
sick good? or sick bad?
On another note, how come the iMac G3 isn't on this poll? That was the ultimate in cool in its day.
Originally posted by chipz
The G4 is gthe absolute best design ever!!! The G5 might have a smaller footprint, but it has design flaws. i.e., the "chin".
I wonder why they didn't put the chin at the back in the middle of the monitor. It looks as though it would fit there quite easily.
I really do not know if one really needs that much monitor adjustment.
And I am sure if cost a fair bit more for Apple to produce.
The optical drive door on the G4 was kind of clunky IMO.
Though I may be a bit biased since the G4 is the only model of Apple I have owned so far, and the only other ones I have seen in person were a PM G3 and a G3 iMac. The 'Jay Leno' G5 just doesn't do it for me aesthetically...and I'm very concerned about the life-span of the vertically mounted HDD and Combo/Superdrive. Most drive bearings AFAIK are just not designed to wear normally in that orientation! Had a PC at work with a vertical HD and the IT guys had to replace it annually....
The reality is I really only need see the screen so anything else is just in the way.
While I liked the G4 the plastic used for the dome seemed to get dingy and dirty looking (at least it always seemed that way to me).
My personal favorite though is the original. I had a rev. A G3 and it was a fantastic machine in its day.
In the end though they are all winners.
I like the iMac G5/Intel because of the iSight, very slim design, nice screens and iPod-like style. Also, it's awesome when I show people the iMac (for the first time... PC users) and they say "where's the computer?" and I say "That's it!"
I like the iMac G4 because it just looks cool, with the round case. Also, it's very nice to be able to swivel the screen in any direction. If they had managed to find a place to put a slot-loading drive in there while still making it look nice, that would be awesome.
remember that ads of the G4? lol...
Originally posted by dBUG7
G4 for me
remember that ads of the G4? lol...
Like this one?
Originally posted by iPoster
Like this one?
i've never seen that one before..
the one with a guy walks pass an apple store with a G4 in the display..;D
The G5/intel is for me the perfect symboiosis of function and form, it solves all my issues withe the G4.
It has looks destinctly as a natural evolvement of the first imac, while the G4 looks more like a danish design experiment.
The worst thing about the G4, where it actually became less functional than the original imac was the cable clutter. Going for external speakers and a base where the cables had to run around it was not a brilliant design move.
Also going back to tray-loading was always a mystery to me, the way it hit the back of the keyboard was a joke.
Lastly, while being great engineering, the arm was an answer to a problem that wasn't there. why have a turnable screen, when the whole machine turns easily by itself?