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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Monday, September 06, 2004[iMac] G5 lacks that G-whizz factorThe Post.IE: "Pop quiz: which of the following does Apple's `stunning' new iMac look like?(a) A Tesco checkout terminal. (b) Hasbro's My First Computer for the under-fives. (c) A 1983 Texas Instruments prototype. (d) All of the above. Most people's reaction when they see the new iMac G5 will be: 'Huh? A monitor with a built-in computer?' They could be forgiven their lukewarm emotion ... So what's the deal with the [iMac] G5? Because it certainly ain't hip. Apple's celebrity designer, Jonathan [Ive], is putting out the line that it's supposed to look like an iPod. Aside from the fact that it doesn't, why would anyone want to use a computer that looks like an iPod? Why not make it look like a grand piano? Or the state of Texas?" You know, screwing with Ive is about as dangerous as screwing with Jobs: The guy is so revered in the Mac community that few will admit he's capable of a bomb. But the iMac G5 is such a bomb: Derivative and uninspiring. It's too bad, because the previous gen iMac was so beautiful, I spent a way-too-expensive $2200 on one in March 2003. But I won't be buying this version, and someone needs to call the pretentious Ive to task for his pompous and conceited baloney about the iMac G5 design. There, I've said it. And I feel better now. [ Posted at 8:42 AM | Permalink ]
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