Here's the new iMac. First off -- the highest spec one is 200USD CHEAPER than the previous highest spec iMac! Damn good I didn't get an iMac then *_* !!
Now here are the latest screamers. Who was that guy who said that Apple's stuff look like kid's toys coz of the white colour? Well now you can rest easily knowing these are no white tinker-toys. Apple's taken the aluminium frame of their LCD display line and put it into the iMac line.
Macs are never perfect -- but they're next to perfection anyways. Take for example the glossy screen. Why the hell did they go with glossy? Yeah, sure the colours look deeper and richer on a glossy screen ... but what if... just WHAT IF you have a light glaring on your screen at an irritating angle? Dunno if it's affected anyone in the past, but I'm so used to matte screens I'm a bit paranoid of this -- even though I've never seen or experienced the glossy screen for myself. I could be wrong, in other words.
Next -- the keyboard. Oh sure, it's thinner than the bloody iMac stand! BUT -- there aren't any keys anymore! They've put BUTTONS! Now I probably don't need to experience this in person to know that li'l poke-buttons aren't a good thing for serious typing. But then again, Apple usually researches this, and again, I may be wrong. Maybe it will take off. Afterall, I've had my own share of complaints about the dust-collecting design of Apple's former keyboard yet in the end I love it more than it's predecessor. Hmmm... we'll see.
I won't be getting one of these though. Nope. My 2Ghz G5 iMac still serves my needs (PC gaming aside). Also, I'm really in need of a laptop err... notebook computer right now -- I hardly ever get to use my iMac at home these days (hint: wife and baby kid).
But for those of you who are looking for a desktop. Why get anything else?