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But that was apples FU: Pay us a premium because we are good at asthetics. Thos machines sucked -- Look at SGI their cases were stellar in design even if the g
by samstave 4y ago
But that was apples FU: Pay us a premium because we are good at asthetics.
Thos machines sucked -- Look at SGI their cases were stellar in design even if the guts were mediocre RISC and difficult OS... and they were like 25K for a desktop and 500K for a rack-sized server.
When we built the Presidio complex for Lucas (I was the data center designer) they were throwing out $500,000 SGI racks and even turned a few of them into keg-erators... SGI had the BEST physical case designs.... ( I suppose thats why the tech museum is on the SGI campus)
- smoldesu 4y ago> But that was apples FU Let's be realistic, the actual "FU" didn't come until they announced the G4 cube and redesigned iMac.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoI had a G4 cube and it was also very nice, except i think the power supply was on the power cord (a brick), if I recall.
- jrnichols 4y agoI have a lovely G4 Cube here at home still. The power supply is a strange and large external brick, yes.
- lostgame 4y agoAs someone who considers the G4 iMac to be the single most beautiful piece of computing technology - perhaps any technology - she’s ever seen, (I still keep two operating at home) I just have to say if it was some sort of mistake; it was the best one the ever made.
- wlesieutre 4y agoIf it ever dies here’s a project to consider: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/10/07/ios-developer-turns-vintage-imac-g4-into-an-m1-mac https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/10/07/ios-developer-tur...
- samstave 4y agoI was just talking to price per compute... Its fine they made a piece of art... but thats what you paid for, not a machine. I have tons of machines, two of my current laptops are flagship OMEN gaming for $3,000 a piece. Flimsy plastic bullshit.