You want an abomination, you should see the older Profiles, they have been trying to rip off the iMac since ~1999, and I have some old PC Mag issues in the closet, if anyone is interested and I get time and a server, I could scan and share...
Update: forget the scans...I will lookup the models in Google images and provice links...
And as we all know, the 6 is no let down in the trend of a more disgusting, stupid design with each rev.
That's weird. The latest iteration is by far the worst of the lot. At least the earlier models look like they got a second year design student to make some sketches.
This thing looks like..... actually, I don't know what it looks like. I can't figure out how an actual company would actually make this. it's just a random collision of parts, roughly in the necessary shape to hold a monitor up and not fall over.
Wait, I do know what it looks like-- like a 6th grade class was given a project to make an "all-in-one computer" out of stuff from the craft closet-- cardboard, a shoe box, some foam core, and poster board. And hot glue. Lots and lots of hot glue.
You want an abomination, you should see the older Profiles, they have been trying to rip off the iMac since ~1999, and I have some old PC Mag issues in the closet, if anyone is interested and I get time and a server, I could scan and share...
Update: forget the scans...I will lookup the models in Google images and provice links...
And as we all know, the 6 is no let down in the trend of a more disgusting, stupid design with each rev.
Nice review of the design history of the all in one Gateway Profile. Anyone have any idea or want to make any guess as to why they(Gateway) get farther and farther away from the iMac with each new design? It's like they go backward to go forward.
A full-height PCI slot, half-height PCI slot and full-height PCI Express x16 graphics slot all make expansion easy.
So in a couple of years when that X1600 in the iMac is low-end and being sold in the bargain bin, you could upgrade the Gateway to the latest GPU. Other that than the iMac wins hands down!
Nice review of the design history of the all in one Gateway Profile. Anyone have any idea or want to make any guess as to why they(Gateway) get farther and farther away from the iMac with each new design? It's like they go backward to go forward.
they lose so much money that they hire a lesser designer dor each one, tghe G6 was designed by a 10th grader who was using AutoCad for the first time!
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Originally posted by a_greer
You want an abomination, you should see the older Profiles, they have been trying to rip off the iMac since ~1999, and I have some old PC Mag issues in the closet, if anyone is interested and I get time and a server, I could scan and share...
Update: forget the scans...I will lookup the models in Google images and provice links...
Profile 1(iirc)(circa 1999, not too bad for 1999 hardware, but it has been down hill since)
Profile 2 (the poor lamp iMac was in a head on colision!)
Profile 3 (direct from the farm!)
Profile 4 (not 'too' bad, but I wouldnt be caught dead buying one!)
Profile 5 (10 paces back for every step forward in logical design)
And as we all know, the 6 is no let down in the trend of a more disgusting, stupid design with each rev.
That's weird. The latest iteration is by far the worst of the lot. At least the earlier models look like they got a second year design student to make some sketches.
This thing looks like..... actually, I don't know what it looks like. I can't figure out how an actual company would actually make this. it's just a random collision of parts, roughly in the necessary shape to hold a monitor up and not fall over.
Wait, I do know what it looks like-- like a 6th grade class was given a project to make an "all-in-one computer" out of stuff from the craft closet-- cardboard, a shoe box, some foam core, and poster board. And hot glue. Lots and lots of hot glue.
Originally posted by troberts
Ives has his work cut out for him when he designs the next iMac.
Look's like he has a chance to pick up some side work.
it looks like something you'd stick .50 cents in at the bus station to watch 15 minutes of t.v. on.
"Its unique design is streamlined, simple and clutter-free..."
Originally posted by a_greer
You want an abomination, you should see the older Profiles, they have been trying to rip off the iMac since ~1999, and I have some old PC Mag issues in the closet, if anyone is interested and I get time and a server, I could scan and share...
Update: forget the scans...I will lookup the models in Google images and provice links...
Profile 1(iirc)(circa 1999, not too bad for 1999 hardware, but it has been down hill since)
Profile 2 (the poor lamp iMac was in a head on colision!)
Profile 3 (direct from the farm!)
Profile 4 (not 'too' bad, but I wouldnt be caught dead buying one!)
Profile 5 (10 paces back for every step forward in logical design)
And as we all know, the 6 is no let down in the trend of a more disgusting, stupid design with each rev.
Nice review of the design history of the all in one Gateway Profile. Anyone have any idea or want to make any guess as to why they(Gateway) get farther and farther away from the iMac with each new design? It's like they go backward to go forward.
The only good thing I can see about it:
A full-height PCI slot, half-height PCI slot and full-height PCI Express x16 graphics slot all make expansion easy.
So in a couple of years when that X1600 in the iMac is low-end and being sold in the bargain bin, you could upgrade the Gateway to the latest GPU. Other that than the iMac wins hands down!
Originally posted by backtomac
Nice review of the design history of the all in one Gateway Profile. Anyone have any idea or want to make any guess as to why they(Gateway) get farther and farther away from the iMac with each new design? It's like they go backward to go forward.
they lose so much money that they hire a lesser designer dor each one, tghe G6 was designed by a 10th grader who was using AutoCad for the first time!
" And it even has less deployment and disposal costs than a standard desktop with a monitor."
Are you REALLY using 'lower DISPOSAL costs" as a key feature of this system? Well after looking at it for a third time, perhaps they are.
Dave
That thing cannot be for real, can it? Is it really real? Are they actually selling those things now, in 2006? Surely, it is some sort of joke?
Originally posted by lakingsfn
I think my IQ just dropped a couple of notches just looking at the thing.