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> At 6:16 PM -0700 10/15/98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I got a look at the Imac a few days ago. It looks odd and flimsy in
> >that transparent case; like a toy balloon and that funny "plastic
> >cardboard"; not the solid industrial engineering of a PC.
>
> you're right -- it *doesn't* look "solid" ie "boring" like most pcs!
What I liked:
Handle! Wrong place, should be near front to protect the face of
the CRT, and but it is there
Ports: Protected
The thing I didn't like about the transparency, was that it was a
micky mouse transparency. Either show all the real components, or make it
a solid and substantial case, and spray the EMI sheilding on the case
itself, saving the cost of all that metal inside the case that still makes
it look closed. Now, it just looks like a large stuffed balloon,
targetted at the pre-teen to teen market. (Then again, my inner child did
grow up to be an engineer, and my toys today put all the toys I built with
switches and relay to shame! What is more, I actually get paid to play
with them.)
> which is why porches and vegas look different and appeal to different folks!
Yes. And why some folks drive large station wagons, and others drive
VW beetles. Anbd then there is the http://www.busnut.com/ crowd... which
I've been thinking of joining. But Califaultia has these regulootions...
Long story. A friend ran across a bus and bought it. And I just saw one
I can afford. But... Califaultia RV parks need certifications, seals and
approvals up the ying yang or they won't let you in. "Web a` la Go!" (tm)
Call me for Total Webulation at Your doorstep! Just toss me your LAN line
and a 50 amp extension cord... (Modest extra charge if I have to spin up
my 5KW generator.) Ah well... such is the stuff that dreams are made of.
And such are the burro-k-rats that keep them as dreams.
> *I* think it's cute as hell -- i liked it the first time i saw a picture of
> it and liked it even better when i laid hands and eyes on it this summer
> (august?) when apple visited user groups around the country.
It looks cute, that I won't disagree with! It just does not look like
a substantial industrial strength tool. Linux -- Industrial strength toys
for industrial strength boys! (tm)
> Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they
> should live next door and just visit now and then.
> --- Katharine Hepburn
Depends on the gal... She seemed to do OK with Spencer Tracy. I
walked by her summer home in Old Saybrook a few times. Didn't know it was
her's till I saw that autobiographical movie of her's years later. I
remember we'd get a TV Christmas card from her and some bank every
Christmas in Connecticut. Lousy way of advertising, as I forget the name
of the bank. But who can forget her!
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