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Title: iMac G4: Form, meet function Post by: HCK on February 25, 2016, 09:00:21 pm iMac G4: Form, meet function
The Mac with an attitude. In 2002, One year after outlining the Digital Hub strategy, Steve Jobs unveiled one of the most iconic computers of the 21st century: the iMac G4. This new computer made the machine that helped save Apple look much older than it actually was. Gone was the heavy, bulky CRT; in its place, a 15-inch LCD screen. Twice as bright and twice as sharp as the old CRT, it was a major upgrade. The new iMac also featured a G4 processor making things like DVD creation in iDVD possible on a consumer machine for the first time. Also on board was a SuperDrive, allowing users to burn both CDs and DVDs. In teasing the new design, Apple joked about simply "chopping off the back" of the iMac, putting the logic board and other components behind the display. And indeed, while Apple would design the iMac G5 just that way two and a half years later — and every iMac thereafter — in 2002, the technology just wasn't ready. According to Jobs, to do so, Apple would need to n...<br clear='all'/> <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247392785737/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4dd8ffcc/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/> Source: iMac G4: Form, meet function (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/CPKITozpksA/story01.htm) |