The new iMac is cool. It’s as simple as that. I watched Steve Jobs demo iDVD, iPhoto and the rest at the Macworld Expo keynote, and I thought, I wish I had the money. (I had taped the keynote from TechTV – I am such a geek. And a Mac person at heart sitting in front of a PC who longs to break away from the dark side.)
What was even better was to watch a procession of these geeky guys from Adobe and Wolfram and Wavefront and such get up on the stage and for a few brief moments, they were stars. They wore pocket protectors in high school, they loved math and science, and they were stars. That’s wonderful.
I’m lukewarm on the new iMac design. Like the features, especially the flatscreen, but I’m a little creeped out by the lamp base. If I had the money, I’d probably go for one of the new iBooks or of course a Titanium Powerbook. iPhoto looks interesting. I’m thinking of publishing a book if I ever get access to Mac OS X.
what’s a pocket protector? 🙂