Re: Live Apple ... the Power Box

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Liam Busey (liam1@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

: Jeez, cut Apple some slack! If their new iMac isn't an alternative to
: PC's I don't know what is! With a 233mhz G3 processor, 32MB ram, 4GB
: harddrive, infrared port, 24x cdrom, 10/100base-T ethernet, and a built
: in 15 inch monitor for $1300, I'd think this machine would be pretty
: competitive. It appears to be Job's next "Big Thing". Now if only it had
: a floppy drive ...

Yep another attempt to make the "information appliance" like the original
Mac was to be. It looks like a piece of junk to me, but there's always the
more traditional looking G3s and the like for people who really know how to
use a computer.

Sadly it'll probably end up like someone over in comp.sys.mac said: if it
catches on, the wintel crowd will make a cheesy knockoff, and through their
typical fraudulent marketing, will convince everyone that they came up with
the idea, and will take the iMac's market away.
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