Rumor: Brushed metal iMacs

I was hoping they would make the new imac look like apple's cinema display but they made it super ugly with the black.

The front apple logo is distracting. I don't like the black screen frame and the black plastic back looks simply cheap.

Why is Apple trying to make the new computers match standard pc's like dell.

I love the apple cinema display, They grey metal looks expensive and the white is easy on the eyes. Not to mention it has a clean look on my desk.

I hope they update the mac mini but leave the design alone because I am not buying the new imac in the new design. It's just ugly.

Maybe all their designers were working on the iphone and so apple contracted out the new imac design to China.

Well, one thing that's really bothered me about the iMac design is the HUGE bit of white space under the actual screen. This design seems to eliminate that and, I would assume, they would use the unused space behind the screen for the actual components. Let's face it, does it really matter if the screen is 1" thicker in depth--for a "desktop"?

This design only makes sense if the imac goes portable and touchscreen.

When I saw that mockup, I made one to show how I envision the next iMac to look like. See it here: http://uros643.googlepages.com/imacredesign

... Tell me what you think about it and if it's better than the one shown on this post =]

im looking for a new (mac, im sorta a fanboy)desktop bu the cheapest mac pro worth getting is 3200 plus a monitor. This would be great considering how ugly the imac is.

"Thats Great"....But
When will Apple give us a keyboard and mouse to match it?
They never gave us something to match the previous brushed
metal computers and video screens.

" No, I don't think so. Apple seems to be slowly moving away from the brushed metal design, and I don't think they'd introduce a new model with it."
-jtbandes

That explains why they changed the Nano and Shuffle lines from plastic to the "brushed metal" design. Oh, wait...

imho, the only thing that could make the current imac any better is to make the base optional so that it could be wall mounted. Apple isn't usually in the game of giving options like that, so i don't expect it, but it is more likely than going to brushed metal.

I bought a G4 iMac because the LCD could be tilted and swiveled to suit my needs. This "mock up" lacks any capacity to adjust viewing angles thus lacks the usefulness and versatility I expect from Apple.

Give me an iMac with a sapphire-hard anodized coat and I'll buy it. Keep the iconic white color, but give consumers who want to pay the choice of color, too, but avoid the pastel-colored iPod look.

Bump up the processor and bus speeds and offer 20-inch, 24-inch, and 26-inch LCDs.

this is making me realize just how long it's been since i read a good old-fashioned Apple hardware rumor. ever since the iPhone was announced, it's like everyone just stopped dreaming.