iphones, ipods and macworld 2008.

What do you think will be the big stink at this years macworld?

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What To Expect at Macworld 2008 and Why We It Will Be Huge

We only know one thing for sure about Steve Jobs’ Macworld 2008 keynote: something big is coming from Apple. Maybe not one single iceberg-sized thing, but this year we believe the Boom Count
™ is going to be so high that Apple had to take their new big irons out of the way. Plenty of evidence points out the magnitude of next week’s announcements.

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iPod shuffle Give away, last day! (winner will be announced Monday)

Anyone interested in a free 1st generation ipod shuffle is in luck. (original post)

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Next Week, Thunk Different will be giving away a free refurbished 1G iPod shuffle.

To Whom?

Anyone that can write the best comment on why they deserve it. The iPod is refurbished, turns on and i have never loaded any music on it, it’s all you. You can sell it, use it, trade it, smash it, whatever.

Just write me telling me why you deserve it and may may the biggest mac geek win.

ill send it via post to anywhere in the world: Qatar, Argentina, Russia, Norway, Ukraine, Kuwait, France, Italy, any-where.

Thunk Different. iPod Shuffle contest give-a-way

VoTD: the $100 iPhone + iPod Touch Stand

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iPod Shuffle Give-A-Way!

Anyone interested a free 1st generation ipod shuffle is in luck.

12.6.2007 Audio Podcast | 12.6.2007 Video Podcast

Next Week, Thunk Different will be giving away a free refurbished 1G iPod shuffle.

To Whom?

Anyone that can write the best comment on why they deserve it. The iPod is refurbished, turns on and i have never loaded any music on it, it’s all you. You can sell it, use it, trade it, smash it, whatever.

Just write me telling me why you deserve it and may may the biggest mac geek win.

ill send it via post to anywhere in the world: Qatar, Argentina, Russia, Norway, Ukraine, Kuwait, France, Italy, any-where.

Thunk Different. iPod Shuffle contest give-a-way

Charge your iPod with Gatorade.

iRecently heard that it is possible to charge your ipod with electrolytes from an energy drink, an onion, the USB charger (no wall outlets!) press the USB adapter into your onion and viola…

Works with an apple to, yet ironically not like an onion!

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OS X Leopard Kicks Some Tail, here’s why…

Finally, a PC Unix that everyone can love. OS X Leopard is a triumph of customer-focused engineering

Apple’s announcement of the impending delivery of OS X Leopard (release 10.5 of Mac and Xserve operating systems) marks the public debut of an engineering achievement that dwarfs iPhone, iPod, Windows, and Linux. No other PC server vendor, with the notable exception of Sun Microsystems, invests so much time and manpower in its system software.

In 10 days — 10 excruciating days — I and hundreds of Mac developers and VIP users can finally speak out about that which we have sworn to hold secret. Leopard is magnificent code architected from the user in, rather than from core technology out.

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What’s with Apple users signatures?

“Hi, I have one line to add to the conversation and four lines for you see how much I have given Apple, Inc. That’s all, check out my signature!”

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Intel Dual Core 2.2 MBP with 2 gigs of RAM with 500 Firewire 800/400 USB 2.0 drive running OS X 10.5 Leopard

Single Core 1.83 G5 PPC with 320 USB 2.0 gig drive running OS X 10.4 Tiger (indefinitely)

Single core 400 mhz G3 PPC Lomard (black laptop) running 10.3.9 Panther (indefinitely)

Flash based 1 gig 1st generation ipod shuffle (broken indefinitely)

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i”m not sure. iKnow for a fact that Apple users like to be noticed, it is very much a status thing, white headphones anyone? However many are low key, and yet on the chat boards and such we are compelled to write about all our products, not just the desktop and the laptop, but the OLD hardware, and even things like our ipods and whatnot? Please comment to why this is if you like. Thanks!

The Apple iMac.

iMac

 

The current iMac
Type:	Desktop
Processor(s):	Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme, 2.8 GHz

 

 

The original “Bondi Blue” iMac G3 was introduced in 1998.

 

 

The iMac G4 was the first major case redesign of the iMac line.

 

 

This case design housed the iMac G5s and the early Intel iMacs. Earlier revisions excluded the integrated iSight camera above the screen.

The iMac is a desktop computer designed and built by Apple, Inc. It has been a large part of Apple’s consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998 and has evolved through three distinct forms. In its original form, the G3, the iMac was egg-shaped with a CRT monitor and was mainly enclosed by colored, translucent plastic. The second major revision, the G4, moved to a design of a hemispherical base containing all the main components and an LCD monitor on a freely-moving arm attached to the top of the base. The iMac G5 and the Intel iMac placed all the components immediately behind the monitor, creating a slim design which tilts only up and down on a simple metal base. The current iMac shares the same form as the previous models but is now thinner and uses aluminum and glass for its case.

The machine enjoys a relatively high profile in popular culture due to its distinctive aesthetics and Apple’s successful marketing. The iMac and other Macintosh computers can also be seen in various movies, commercials, and TV shows (both live action and animated) due to their wide use in video editing/film production.

The iMac has also received considerable critical acclaim, including praise from technology columnist Walt Mossberg as the “Gold Standard of desktop computing”;^[1] Forbes Magazine described the original candy-colored line of iMac computers as being an “industry-altering success”.^[2] The original 24″ Core 2 Duo iMac received CNET‘s “Must-have desktop” in their 2006 Top 10 Holiday Gift Picks.^[3]

Contents [hide] 1 iMac models 2 Popular culture 3 USB 4 Timeline of iMac models 5 References 6 External links

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[edit] iMac models

• iMac G3
• iMac G4
• iMac G5
• iMac (Intel-based)

[edit] Popular culture

he announcement of the iMac initially caused considerable buzz among commentators, Mac fans, and detractors in the press and on websites. Opinions were polarized over Apple’s drastic changes to the Macintosh hardware.^[4][5] At the time, Apple was revamping its retail strategy to improve the Mac purchasing experience. Apple famously declared that “the back of our computer looks better than the front of anyone else’s”.^[6] The distinctive aesthetics were easily spotted in public. The iMac was recognizable on television, in films and in print. This increased Apple’s brand awareness, and embedded the iMac into popular culture. When released, the iMac was one of the best selling computers in the U.S. and Japan for months, and Apple was unable to meet demand.

Apple declared the ‘i’ in iMac to stand for “Internet“. Attention was given to the out-of-box experience: the user needed to go through only two steps to set up and connect to the Internet. “There’s no step 3!” was the catch-phrase in a popular iMac commercial narrated by actor Jeff Goldblum.^[7] Another commercial, dubbed ”Simplicity Shootout”, pitted seven-year-old Johann Thomas and his border collie Brodie, with an iMac, against Adam Taggart, a Stanford University MBA student, with a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion 8250, in a race to set up their computers. Johann and Brodie finished in 8 minutes and 15 seconds,^[8] whereas Adam was still working on it by the end of the commercial. Apple later adopted the ‘i’ prefix across its consumer hardware and software lines, such as the iPod, iBook, iPhone, iTunes, iLife, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, iWork, iSight, iChat, iCal, and iSync. The prefix has caught on for non-Apple products as well.

Apple’s use of translucent candy-colored plastics inspired similar designs in other consumer electronics. For example, grilling machines, portable electronics, pencil sharpeners, video game consoles and peripherals (including the Nintendo 64, which was released in special edition ‘Funtastic’ colors) featured the translucent plastic. Apple’s introduction of the iPod, iBook, and iMac G4, all featuring snowy white plastic, inspired similar designs in consumer electronic products. The color rollout also featured two distinctive ads: ‘Life Savers’ color scheme was based upon the Rolling Stones song “She’s a Rainbow” and the white advert had Cream’s “White Room“, specifically its introduction, as its backing track.

[edit] USB

The original iMac was the first Macintosh computer to include a USB port. In fact, USB was the only peripheral interface built into the original iMac; Apple dropped legacy ports such as the Apple Desktop Bus and SCSI in favor of the newer interface. Although USB was invented by Intel and was also available on PCs at the time, the iMac’s popularity and sole dependence on USB helped popularize the interface among third party peripheral makers, as evidenced by the many early USB peripherals that were made of translucent colored plastic to match the color schemes of the original iMac. Via the USB port, hardware makers could make products compatible with both PCs and Macs. This has allowed Macintosh users to use a large selection of inexpensive devices, such as hubs, scanners, storage devices,jump drives, and mice. After the iMac, Apple continued to remove legacy peripheral interfaces and floppy drives from the rest of its product line.

The successful iMac allowed Apple to continue targeting the Power Macintosh line at the high-end of the market. This foreshadowed a similar strategy in the notebook market, when the iBook was released in 1999. Since then, the company has continued this strategy of differentiating the consumer versus professional product lines. Apple’s focus on design has allowed each of its subsequent products to create a distinctive identity. Apple derided the beige colors pervading the PC industry. The company would later use anodized aluminum, and white, black, and clear polycarbonate plastics.

[edit] Timeline of iMac models

See also: Timeline of Macintosh models

[edit] References

 

1. ^ Walt Mossberg (November 30, 2005). A New Gold Standard for PCs. All Things Digital. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
2. ^ Jon Swartz (April 14, 2000). Resurgence Of An American Icon. Forbes. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
3. ^ Rich DeMuro. Must-have desktop: Apple iMac Core 2 Duo (24-inch, 2.16 GHz) [Internet]. CNET.
4. ^ iMac doomed to fail… (7 May 1998). Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
5. ^ Yet Another iMac Thread! (7 May 1998). Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
6. ^ http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/default/536E5950A3BB66BACC256F0100744663
7. ^ Jeff Goldblum. iMac bondi 3 steps [Internet]. Apple.
8. ^ http://www.wap.org/journal/imac/default.html

[edit] External links

Electronics Portal

 

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