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Re: FN-FORUM New iMac

date posted 10th January 2002 11:21

what has that got to do with aubergines?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Hutchinson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM New iMac


> It hit me the other day. That 'new' iMac is a slightly more rotund
> version of a PC that Gateway released last year. As I seem to recall
> when I reviewed it, that was a pile of shit too,
>
> Hutch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Neelesh
> Sent: 10 January 2002 10:18
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New iMac
>
> hehe!
> She used to cook whole aubergines on a rotary grill which lead me to
> believe
> my parents ate giant beatles! I still find it hard to eat aubergines
> now.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Gentle" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:06 AM
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM New iMac
>
>
> > Now... Tell me about your mother :-|>
> >
> > --------------->
> > You poor poor child. I can sympathise with you on that.
> > I too had a train engine when I was a child, it had tracks and a full
> > set
> > with figurines and carriages and it was really nice. The problem was
> > though
> > the other bits were really ugly and the couplings for the carriages
> was
> > different to the engines and the gauge was the wrong girth and the
> > figurines
> > were the wrong scale. The whole thing just never worked well together
> > and
> > looked stupid and a real mish mash of bits, some of which I never
> needed
> > or
> > didn't want. And when I tried to get it all fixed the toy shop owner
> > just
> > kept shaking his head muttering 'you shouldn't be playing with this,
> > it's
> > not a toy you know. It's only for adults s'why it looks so boring an
> > austere'. Eventually it was all put right and I remember that day
> well.
> > I
> > ran home after school and straight to my train set. I placed the
> engine
> > on
> > the tracks and coupled the carriages, picked up the control box and
> > turned
> > the dial to forward. Nothing happened. Turns out the engine driver was
> > too
> > old by this time and needed updating. I got tired of all this and for
> my
> > next birthday I asked for a remote control car. It was great. I took
> it
> > out
> > of the box, put in the batteries and off it went. Great fun.
> > So inspite of having a wonderful engine with a boring ugly set of
> > accessories, I too never got to play with my train set. I spent all
> the
> > time
> > trying to get it working.
> > =)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nicholas Berry" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:09 AM
> > Subject: RE: FN-FORUM New iMac
> >
> >
> > > I suppose I'm a bit negative about Imacs myself because When I was
> > very
> > > young I wanted a train set and my parents bought me a little engine,
> > it
> > was
> > > really nice, but it didn't have any rails with it and I can remember
> > > frustratedly trying to tell my parents "wailings wailings" trying to
> > get
> > > them to understand it wasn't like a real train, I don't think my
> > parents
> > > thought I could possibly be that bright, but eventually I got
> through
> > to
> > > them and I got a new train set with wailings :) I suppose I was
> quite
> > spoilt
> > > in some ways. But the trouble with Imacs they remind me of the
> trauma
> > of
> > > having something not quite a full shilling and the whole marketing
> > strategy
> > > seems patronising when you just know a real computer has two mouse
> > buttons
> > > and a floppy disk drive and you can add loads of extra bits to it.
> So
> > I'm
> > > afraid the entire imac concept is completely lost on me.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> > > Nicholas Berry
> > > http://www.artberry.net
> > > _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Neelesh
> > Sonawane
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:41 PM
> > > To: freelancers
> > > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New iMac
> > >
> > >
> > > Out of interest how many consumer PC have been upgraded since
> they've
> > been
> > > bought. Most consumer users are too scared to do things like that so
> > for
> > the
> > > general consumer the iMac (which does allow piss easy RAM upgrading,
> > plus,
> > > to a level most consumer PCs cannot count up to ;-} ) is quite
> > suitable.
> > > Apart from the supposedly faster processors and larger screens of
> > consumer
> > > PCs iMacs are specced to match for their purpose and market
> position.
> > > Not everybody wants a 4x4, I want an old 3 series BMW and my fiancée
> > wants
> > > (and has) a camper van.
> > >
> > > On 09/01/02 05:58 pm, "Nicholas Berry"
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > quite nice. But generally I have found Imacs to be very limited,
> > also
> > the
> > > > new OS seems untidy and cluttered (worse than Windows XP)
> > particularly
> > on
> > > > what is usually a very small integral screen (closed architecture
> > integral
> > > > and non upgradable), saying that do shop assistants really know
> > anything
> > > > about computers?
> > > >
> > > > I suppose really being realistic though I think the Imac is a bit
> of
> > a
> > > Robin
> > > > Reliant of a computer or even a Bond bug (that had style). There
> is
> > a
> > > market
> > > > for quirky plastic things one can drive on a Motirbike licence no
> > doubt
> > > but
> > > > most people go for 4 wheels or an all terrain vehicle even ;) This
> > isn't
> > > to
> > > > say that some Macs have 4 wheels to, always remember the Reliant
> > Scimitar
> > > ;)
> > > >
> > > > Nick
> > >
> > >
> > >
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