Message: 5
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:16:58 +0800
From: Stephen Chape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Flat Screen Imacs
Hi folks,
Did anyone see the story a couple of days ago from News.com which stated
that Apple recently placed an order for 150,000 Flat Screen Displays,
fuelling speculation about a new Flat Screen iMac due in early 2002.
I can't imagine the design of an "all in one" unit with a flat screen.
Regards,
Stephen Chape
I think, at an educated guess, that the form factor will not resemble
the current iMac, because as wonderfully funky as they are they are
an ergonomic nightmare (almost every one of the dozen or so iMacs in
my area are on monitor arms or risers). Plus the translucent trend
has been done to death with every thing from office furniture
(Blueberry desks & chairs!) to "marital aids" (and that I'll leave to
your imagination) jumping on the band wagon.
Having cruised the mac rumor sites the general consensus is it will
probably be more along the iBook/iPod finish and look not all
together unlike a iBook with a swivel/tilt mounted flat screen on
the middle/top.
ie. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/19486.html
Of course, all that said, Apple have been known to throw the odd
curve ball so....
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