OT: The new iMac!

Chris Cowan plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:14:40 -0700 

Mmmmmmmm brest... he said breast... now that you mention it I like it 
even more... No wonder they say it's sexy.

Chris

On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 12:08 AM, Jay wrote:

>
>
> Heh, that's pretty good. :)  I do have to admit though, I really don't
> like the new iMac design. I like the concept, I *really* like the screen
> (except for the size), and I like the specs on the machine. However, 
> that
> "breast implant with an Apple logo" they used for a base just doesn't
> impress me. :)
>
> ~Jay
>
>
>
> On 7 Jan 2002, Todd Hought wrote:
>
>> I can certainly attest to that, that Powerbook of yours is dead sexy.
>> and every time I go to fry's for something, I find myself drawn to 
>> those
>> nifty macs, they're just smooth, makes me wanna buy one, if not for me,
>> for my wife, since she does most of the graphics stuff around here.
>>
>> However, I cannot help but put this in here, for those who may or may
>> not have seen it. :-)
>>
>> http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/01/oooh.html
>>
>> -T
>> On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 22:58, Jay wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> A couple points...
>>>
>>> * I used Apple products exclusively from 1979 (Apple ][) through the 
>>> late
>>> 80's. Then Apple got boring and fell behind the pack.
>>>
>>> * I have been a Linux zealot since 1995 and have used it exclusively 
>>> for
>>> both servers and desktops since (although I do have VM Ware for a 
>>> couple
>>> of Windows apps, but only run it once a month or so). I have mainly 
>>> used
>>> Slackware, although relatively recently I've started using Mandrake.
>>>
>>> * About three or four months ago, I just couldn't resist the Mac OSX
>>> "urge" any longer and went to the Apple Store in Chandler and bought a
>>> Titanium PowerBook G4.
>>>
>>> * In a matter of HOURS, I was instantly re-converted to an Apple 
>>> zealot
>>> for the desktop. I'll still use Linux and *BSD for servers, but ANY
>>> desktop/portable products I buy from now on will be 100% Apple and 
>>> OSX.
>>>
>>> The early OSX releases were kinda' slow sometimes (OSX loves RAM, but 
>>> hey,
>>> it's cheap these days). However, current OSX releases absolutely 100% 
>>> KICK
>>> ASS - no question about it. I know of at least one other long-time 
>>> Linux
>>> zealot, now OSX-on-the-desktop/portable zealot, on this list. In 
>>> reading
>>> online forums, mailing lists, etc... it is quite clear that GEEKS 
>>> LOVE OSX
>>> and I couldn't agree more.
>>>
>>> The system is just so perfectly seamless and beautiful. Everything 
>>> always
>>> just works. No drivers, no hours of obscure configs, no library 
>>> problems,
>>> no muss, no fuss. I can't stress this enough - everything just works -
>>> period.
>>>
>>> A couple of examples...
>>>
>>> * I bought a new 802.11b base station. Getting my TiPB online with 
>>> it -
>>> easy - turn on the laptop. That's it. OSX auto-finds the basestation,
>>> reconfigures the OS's networking configs, all instantly and 
>>> automagically.
>>>
>>> * I took a bunch of pictures with my Sony digital camera and I needed 
>>> to
>>> get them onto my computer. How do I do that with OSX? It was pretty 
>>> tough
>>> - not only did I have to turn on the laptop, but I also had to plug 
>>> in the
>>> camera's USB cable (I know, horribly complicated, eh? :).  That's 
>>> it - OSX
>>> recognized the camera, mounted it as an external drive, placed an 
>>> icon on
>>> my desktop, launched the Image Capture app, and downloaded all my 
>>> pics to
>>> my Pictures folder - all automagically (remember, all I did was turn 
>>> on
>>> the laptop and plug in the camera).
>>>
>>> * I'm sitting at Coffee Plantation the other day and thought to 
>>> myself,
>>> "Self, wouldn't it be neat-o if I could get online with my cell phone
>>> right now?" The obvious answer was "yes, that would be neat-o." What 
>>> did I
>>> have to do to accomplish this mess (my cell phone came with a PC data
>>> cable). I plugged in my cell phone to my laptop. THAT'S IT! OSX 
>>> recognized
>>> the device and automatically figured out that it could act as a 
>>> modem. I
>>> clicked on the network connection icon, typed in my ISP's phone 
>>> number,
>>> typed in my username and password (OSX can't quite guess those things
>>> automagically :), and clicked "Connect." A few seconds later, I'm
>>> connected. No muss, no fuss.
>>>
>>> * Uh oh, someone emailed me a MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint document... now
>>> what. Oh! I know! I double clicked it...that's it! Yes, like it or 
>>> not, MS
>>> Office controls the business world. And yes, MS Office runs NATIVE in 
>>> OSX!
>>>
>>> * Now I want to "get my hands dirty" and open a Bash shell, launch Vi
>>> (or Emacs, but I'm not into self-mutilation) and hack up a quick
>>> shell/perl/python/ruby/whatever script and make it a cron job. Hey, no
>>> problem! OSX is built on a FULL COMPLETE FreeBSD system. Not only 
>>> that,
>>> but you have total access to it. Bash? Yup. Cron? Yup. Python? Yup.
>>> Sendmail? Yup. Apache? Yup. Vi? Yup. Pine? Yup. ls? Yup. grep? Yup. 
>>> Bind?
>>> Yup. MySQL? Yup. SSH(d)? Yup. I could go on forever...you get the 
>>> point -
>>> IT IS ALL THERE.
>>>
>>> * Although OSX has tons of commercial apps support (and more every 
>>> day),
>>> let's say I prefer Gimp to Photoshop. No problem there either. I can 
>>> run
>>> XFree86 at the same time (even interleaved with) the OSX GUI (Aqua /
>>> Quartz). That's right - I can run almost all the XFree86 apps right 
>>> there
>>> NATIVE on OSX. Gnome? Yup. Abiword? Yup. StarOffice? Yup. Xeyes? Yup.
>>> XTerm? Yup. GNUCash? Yup. TuxRacer? Yup. You get the point - they're 
>>> all
>>> there. Additionally, just like any other XFree86 implementation, I 
>>> can run
>>> XFree86 apps from my Linux box over the network on my OSX XFree86 
>>> server.
>>>
>>> * Just a side note, if you have used Linux for a while, no doubt 
>>> you've
>>> seen the "less than readable" fonts that some XFree86 apps like to
>>> produce. Personally, I absolutely LOVE a good looking screen with
>>> excellent fonts and readability. OSX borrowed an incredible point from
>>> NeXT here - the entire GUI and rendering engine is all PDF. 
>>> Everything is
>>> antialiased, sharp, and super clean looking. Using OSX is great on my
>>> eyes and REALLY is FUN and ENJOYABLE (is that sadistic?) to look at. 
>>> It
>>> really is a great experience to read documents/web
>>> sites/email/usenet/etc... on OSX. Everything just looks georgeous.
>>>
>>> Did I mention that IT IS ALL THERE (full UNIX and seamless GUI and 
>>> killer
>>> apps) and that EVERYTHING just simply works?  :)   (Of course, the 
>>> UNIX
>>> system gives you the ability to do everything manually and "break" it 
>>> if
>>> you want to. All the power is there.)
>>>
>>> No question about it; OSX is geek paradise. Period.  :)
>>>
>>> ~Jay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Kevin Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't know much about Macs either since almost all my exp is with 
>>>> Intel based
>>>> hardware.  I guess you wouldn't, but then again, I like a box where 
>>>> I can.
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe I just don't know anything about Macs, but, do you really 
>>>>> upgrade them
>>>>> that much?
>>>>
>>>>>> Very weird looking IMO.  Probably runs OSX.  Guess the nice thing 
>>>>>> is the
>>>>> lack of
>>>>>> wires coming out of it, but would probably not much in the way of 
>>>>>> internal
>>>>>> upgrades do to the oddly shaped case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/imac/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you haven't seen the new iMac check it out... very cool!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.apple.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You maybe asking why I posted this on a Linux list. I run Debian 
>>>>>>> Linux
>>>>>>> on my powerbook along with Mac OS (Occasionally I do graphic 
>>>>>>> design and
>>>>>>> I'm too attached to all my fonts, Photoshop filters, and other 
>>>>>>> personal
>>>>>>> stuff that I'm not ready to deal with because I can't afford 
>>>>>>> psychiatric
>>>>>>> help... he he) Linux on a mac is very cool cause of the speed and
>>>>>>> performance and I'm dying to run it on a G4...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also think OS X is not too bad either... but it's super slow and
>>>>>>> crashes... but fun to play with...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyways check it out or don't...
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>>> --
>>> ~Jay
>>>
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