Thursday, September 23, 2004

Greetings from the Apple store in Easton...

I'm posting now from one of the new 20" iMacs. And i must say, Apple did a pretty nifty job of integrating the entire computer behind the LCD screen in a very clean manner. In terms of speed, it definately runs circles around my 2 year old iBook :P One interesting design decision was the idea of putting the speakers to reflect the sound out the bottom of the "screen" and off whatever surface you have your iMac sitting on. It doesn't seem to detract from the sound too much, but I'm guessing if you have your iMac sitting on some furry surface, you definately won't be getting good sound quality. One of the big complains of the new design was the fact that the iMac now has a prevailing "chin", which is the white block under the LCD display. On the 20" version, the "chin" didn't seem too bothersome since you're focused on the screen all the time. However, on the 17" iMac, the "chin" seemed to be more annoying due to the smaller screenspace. But overall, not a bad job by Apple d_(^.^)

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