Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, iMac, Reviews
PC Mag likes new Intel iMacs
C.K. seems to like his new Intel based iMac (there really
should be a better way of describing the Intel based Macs without having to use 'Mactel'), but what about the editors
of PC Magazine? They have made it an 'Editors' Choice' and given it four and a half circle thingies. Why does this
20 inch iMac (that's the model they got their hands on) deserve such praise?It is fast, at least with Universal applications, and the iMac form factor is very good (Jobs even called it 'perfect,' though I don't think I would go that far). The reviewer at PC Mag only had two complaints about the iMac, and they really aren't iMac specific:
- Classic is no longer supported on the Intel Macs
- Running applications in Rosetta is slow
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Erick Erickson said 12:16PM on 1-20-2006
How about i2,Mac.
Reply
Erick Erickson said 12:17PM on 1-20-2006
How about i2,Mac.
Reply
Erick Erickson said 12:18PM on 1-20-2006
Uh, that should be 2 as in squared. i^2Mac, as I'd put in my old TI-85 calculator.
Reply
Dan said 12:37PM on 1-20-2006
iMac Duo. How hard was that?
Reply
Piotr Malecki said 12:46PM on 1-20-2006
Perfect would be if Apple removed that white space below the LCD, and made it have a equadistant border around the outside.
A feature that would be interesting would be a scroll wheel behind the iSight on the back of the iMac which would allow you you to tilt the iSight without having to tilt the whole iMac.
I'd also like it if the 20" iMac were height adjustable, so that you could place it beside a 20" ACD and the LCD panels were at the same height off the desk.
Otherwise the iMac is almost perfect. (barring the $2000 CDN that I have to save up for the 20")
Reply
applekoolaid said 12:58PM on 1-20-2006
So, when do folks think the Intel Mac mini will arrive and which processor will it have? I'm hoping soon and I'd bet the mini gets a scaled down version of the Duo. We'll see...
Reply
kevin said 1:30PM on 1-20-2006
Piotr,
Yea, definitely not perfect.. could use some changes. I like some of those you mentioned.
Still, I like the incarnation of the iMac that they used to have before the current one:
http://www.everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_imac_fp.jpg
It was great, thin-panel display and you could adjust it almost any way you wanted it. Looks and feels clean and transparent. Unlike this iMac with a huge lower bezel.
Reply
tV said 1:30PM on 1-20-2006
i've got a pc p3 1.3gig 512megs of ram that boots fast, in 28sec i can be online and in her pants. My shiny new imac with 768megs of ram takes 90sec to boot!!!!! by that time she's lost interest :(
Reply
kevin said 1:31PM on 1-20-2006
Oops, that link messed up.. here:
http://www.everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_imac_fp.jpg
Reply
Edsel said 1:54PM on 1-20-2006
Yes, MacTel is a bad moniker, it sounds too much like Mattel, the toy company.
I'd like to think that one day, Mac processors will be provided by "iNTEL". a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple.
Reply
Nathan said 2:35PM on 1-20-2006
Why not "MacIntel"? Pronounced like "Macintosh" with the stress on the "Mac", and "Intel" pronounced exactly the same as the company. I've seen it used before, and in my opinion it's far better than "Mactel".
Try it. It just rolls off the tongue.
Reply
Piotr Malecki said 2:46PM on 1-20-2006
7:
Yeah, the iMac Flat Panel (w/ dome) does look nicer then the current design of the mac.
But, in this world if your design doesn't change then you're labeled as stagnant, which is something that Apple never wants to be called.
For the name I prefer to call it a Intel iMac (rolls off the tongue easily enough).
Reply
FritzLaurel said 3:38PM on 1-20-2006
I was calling them the IBMs (Intel-Based Macs). And I was hoping that during the Stevenote that Jobs would say "now we have to talk about one more thing..." and the letters "IBM" would pop up on the screen. And then it would morph into "Intel-Based Macs" just to screw with those IBM bastards. But nooooooo.
Anyway, the best alter-name I've seen so far was a variation on that theme, the "ICBMs." Or, Intel Chip-Based Macs.
Cheers,
FL
Reply
em-tv said 1:11AM on 1-21-2006
With the monitor spanning now fully supported, I am going to get one of these new iMacs soon. Maybe I'll wait until more universal apps are released, or Amazon has one of their rebates.
Reply
Tom Morris said 9:10PM on 1-21-2006
Name suggestion: iMac Duo.
And for those who hate the name "MacBook Pro" (and, after having dropped 1,700 on a new one, I'm going to have to force myself to like it!), how about PowerBook Duo?
The advantages? It's short, simple, doesn't sound too stupid and actually describes what's inside. They're also disposable. Once Apple finish the move over to Intel, we can simply drop the "Duo" and refer to them as iMacs, PowerBooks and the such like.
Reply