Steve Jobs has unveiled a polished new Apple...with innovative bells and whistles.
Most notably, the exterior design has gone through a major transformation.
The sleek little devil is fashioned in an aesthetically-pleasing aluminum casing.
Yeah, time for the old heave-ho.
The old plastic facade always reminded me of a kid's sophisticated plaything.
When I was newbie, a scant few years ago, my first computer purchase was an Apple.
After all, it was always the tool of choice for artists, designers, and other creative types.
But, it wasn't long before I pined for a regular desktop PC.
You see, every time I hankered to attach an appliance, or facilitate leading-edge software, the clerk at the computer outlet would shake his head sadly in response when I beamed that I owned, "A Mac, of course".
"Not compatible", he'd shrug, as he walked away to serve another more computer-savvy customer.
But in recent days, Apple has surmounted many of those obstacles.
For starters, there was a switch to intel-based computer chips which have helped boost performance, and subsequently, sales.
In addition, the ilife suite of applications features a host of innovations for photo management and video creation programs.
Iwork productivity software has been upgraded to include a new spreadsheet operation called Numbers.
Steve Jobs expects that Mac users, who generally use Microsoft spreadsheets, will be joyful about this turn of events.
Believe it or not, the snazzy, ultrathin wafer-like model, are a couple of hundred bucks cheaper than the models before them.
Industry analysts and critics are responding well to the unveiling.
"Because this new iMac is so fully-featured, especially compared to other systems on the market, we had to give it an Editor’s Choice,” reported Rich Brown at CNET.
Brown also compliments the redesign of the Apple Keyboard adding that, “key mechanics also have a smooth response that make it a pleasure to type on.“
Bottom line, Brown concludes, “With its super-elegant new design and a strong configuration, Apple’s new iMac competes with the PC desktop market better than perhaps any previous Mac to date.”
Maybe its time to trade my PC in.
Any takers?
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