[WinMac] (Fwd) Re: [WinMac] New iMac/15" Flat Screen

Subject: [WinMac] (Fwd) Re: [WinMac] New iMac/15" Flat Screen
From: Robert W. James Jr (rwjames[at]uncfsu.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 16:13:20 EST

From: Robert W. James Jr <rwjames[at]uncfsu.edu>
To: winmac@iffy.com
Subject: Re: [WinMac] New iMac/15" Flat Screen
Date sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:49:44 -0500

On 22 Feb 2002, at 16:57, David Flory wrote:

> Categorizing the design of the new iMac as "off-
> the-wall" is hardly an accurate statement. We all know they
spent a lot of
> time refining this design into one that will work. OTW implies a
fast,
> almost frivolous approaach.

No...you're confusing "off the wall" ("Extremely unconventional")
with "off the cuff" ("In an extemporaneous or informal manner"). At
any rate, I've been leery of Apple's experimentation with computer
design over the past three years or so. Radical designs often
mean radical design _flaws_ that won't be discovered until after a
few people have bought the thing.

> As many have said the LCD 15" is about as large in display area
> as a standard CRT 17". The display is very sharp and steady (no
flicker)
> and easy to look at. Try one out and see for yourself.

I'd like to see one, but that's much easier said than done, since no
store around here seems to stock Apples anymore. Once upon a
time, we had Best Buy and Circuity City. Best Buy stopped
selling them nearly two years ago. I asked about them in Circuit
City two weeks ago, and was told they should be getting some in
a week. I called last week, and they said they were no longer
carrying Macs. That actually made sense, because you'd think
that if they still sold Macs, they would've had *some* type of Macs
in when I was there, even if the new iMacs weren't in yet. So it's
that same old story again.

STORES where you can go in and look at Macs...what a radical
concept! THAT'S what Apple needs to be concerned about,
instead of trying to make a computer look like everything but a
computer...

Bob

Robert James, Jr., Fine Arts Resource Center Coordinator
Dept. of Performing & Fine Arts <http://spacer.uncfsu.edu/d_fah/>
Fayetteville State University/Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298
Phone: (910) 672-1439; Fax: (910) 672-1572

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