>>> Well hell - I don't see any other cases out there that look REMOTELY >>> like it.
>Huh? let's see now - non have handles, non have a full face grille at=20 >the front, non are totally aluminium faced (they have to allow for=20 >crappy plastic drives), non anve a *totally* full face grille... etc etc etc etc etc I don't recall saying that some PC cases are the same as that of the G5, I recall saying that there are many that bear a resemblance to it. "OH not forgetting that the non have hinge open side panels on them". When was the last time you saw a PC?! Oh, and thanks for reminding us that they don't have an Apple logo on the side - THAT's why we can't get OS X to run on our Dells.. >> If I just wanted POWERR!! I'd buy a PC with multiple >> top spec Pentiums in it. I don't just want that, I want what Apple=20 >> have been able to >> provide in the past - power, ease of use and style. >It provides both! Etc.. The G5 statistics are very impressive. If you buy a dual CPU one. It's not quite such good news lower down but they are still good. There has to be a trade off for price but the speed will be a little bit less impressive by the time the G5 hits the shops. And people just aren't going to buy it - I can honestly say that after asking several people from greatly varied backgrounds while some said it looked like a good quality item, they all said it was just too ugly. You may have guessed that I care a good deal about fortunes of Apple and have done for nearly twenty years now - this computer is a bad move as fickle Joe Public buys with his or her eye and there will be less money made on this than any PowerMac before. >> If you had asked someone to design a computer case for you, would you >> be happy >> if they spent 2 minutes with a set square doing it and excuse it just >> because its >> made of aluminium? I would hope not. Simplicity can be the most >> beautiful thing but laziness is >> just pathetic. > >You don't have any idea how many design sketches, consultations, focus >groups, revisions and material analysis sessions Apple go through to >design a computer. Yes I do. I used to work in design and I got out because I was ashamed at the way design firms rip off their customers. Norwich Union paid a million pounds for a firm to come with a new name for them. After consultations, focus groups (the worst of all - guaranteed to destroy the soul of product) and analysis sessions they came up with the name 'Arriva'. Some time before, a woman who ran a clothes shop not ten minues away from their headquarters had also called her business 'Arriva' - and she designed, consulted, focused, revised and analysed with a couple of her friends usng a biro on a napkin on the train back from London one day. The G5 is at best a very average design and certainly not what Apple need. >> People are expected to pay so much money for this computer - why=20 >> shouldn't the >> customer have it all? >Apple's designs are always minimalist, design to reduce clutter and=20 >increase work, that thing we all hate but have to do and may as well=20 >make easier on ourselves. Etc.. Agreed, that's why I generally prefer them over PCs. And I agree that the G4 was showing it's shortcomings and needed revising, but not like this. By the way, if you think that multi Xeon PCs would make good boilers, why do you think the G5 needs to be practically open and have 9 fans? >Makes me wonder wether you have ever been into an expensive designer=20 >furniture shop like Habitat. They sell enough stuff in this kinda=20 >Aluminium and mesh design to start a small scale aluminium mesh=20 >shortage, and why? Because it's simple and it looks good. I don't see=20 >1000s of Habitat customers going by the shelves and picking up a pencil=20= > >holder and saying "It looks like some bloke made it with a set square=20 >in 5 minutes." They buy it instead, that makes money. Get my drift? Pencil holders don't cost several thousand pounds. Also, Aluminium mesh furniture may look impressive but it the novelty soon wears off when it's impracticalities are revealed. Then people don't buy anymore and tell their friends not to buy it and the stores move on to something else. Get my drift? Probably not if you think that because thousands of people buy something justifies it's existence - that's how PCs became so popular and why Apple are unable to improve their situation. -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
