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Gateways new iMac??? what a joke

chrisdazzo said:
blatant ripoff (without the stand and thin profile) much? :mad: way to go, gateway.
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First i have to say that this looks nowhere near as good as an imac and more importantly nothing like one. Second and more importantly i don't get this forum. If anyone designs anything that apple makes, computers, mp3 players etc, and i doesn't look like apple, everyone dogs on it an calls it crap. and if they design something that looks like apples, everyone dogs on it and calls it crap. i'm mean seriously, talk about damned if you do and damned if you don't. Whats the point. what would make you happy?
 
GoodWatch said:
And just why would one do this?
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Because Gerg said:
Originally Posted by Gerg
Remember, there's a lot of software in the business world that cannot run on a Mac
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Which is, of course, blatantly untrue if you run Windows on your Mac.

We have a fleet of Dell desktops running 24/7 for years. All using the same fine tuned and locked-down image. Deploying Macs would triple our costs without added functionality. Makes no sense what so ever.
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Then why would you then even consider running this Gateway? Makes no sense what so ever.
 
AlexisV said:
I think the problem is that whilst it looks nice enough, it just isn't quite good enough. It is an obvious iMac copy, but a Windows PC, which is fair enough. Except that if you're going to try that, you have to make it AT LEAST as good as the iMac.

Anything less than that and it will fail. It is all about design with the market it's aimed at and the product it is trying to be. If the design isn't even slightly up to scratch, it's failed. Not because it is a bad machine, but because it exists to be a 'PC' iMac. It's set itself it's own goals and it fails because a) it isn't thin enough b) the chin's too big and c) it doesn't do anything at all better (except upgradeability, but maybe if that's important to the buyer they won't be buying and all in one.

I can't comment on the materials, but they have to top notch too.
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Why? All I’ve been reading on this forum is that PC users are completely ignorant to Macs or other Apple offerings. To a PC user Macs don’t exist. So this Gateway needn’t compete with iMacs. They are on complete different playing fields. It is a PC, not a Mac. It serves a different audience. They are not made for LAN party kiddies or corporate users. Nor are they made for tuners. They are made for the person who wants a stylish PC that can be placed in the living room and can be used for electronic banking, surfing the Net, communicating with (grand)children and doing some photo editing. In my country, the baby boomers are among the wealthiest part of the nation and I can see this group buying this One. It all depends on the after sales service.
 
The best looking Gateway I have every seen. Too bad they really really really suck at making computers and stores. Remember "Gateway Country"?
 
Spot on, i agree completely.


mashinhead said:
First i have to say that this looks nowhere near as good as an imac and more importantly nothing like one. Second and more importantly i don't get this forum. If anyone designs anything that apple makes, computers, mp3 players etc, and i doesn't look like apple, everyone dogs on it an calls it crap. and if they design something that looks like apples, everyone dogs on it and calls it crap. i'm mean seriously, talk about damned if you do and damned if you don't. Whats the point. what would make you happy?
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First true "all-in-one"

ENIAC in 1946

All in one room :D

785px-Eniac.jpg
 
Gerg said:
Too bad none of the PC solutions on the Mac are 100%. There are other things to take into account, like peripherals, etc., that can't be duplicated yet when running Windows on a Mac. Plus, the Mac is still more expensive.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Macs, but in some instances, there is no choice but to go with a PC. The Profiles are great, they don't take any space like a conventional PC tower & CRT.
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I'm sorry but if you don't know what you are talking about then you should research before you post. When running Windows under bootcamp the Macs are full fledged Windows PC's and have no issue with peripherals or certain software. Connectivity works perfectly with Windows specific products.

While I don't recommend anyone to buy a Mac just to run Windows because that's just stupid but for purposes while in bootcamp a Mac becomes a Windows PC throughout.
 
I saw this article a few days ago on Digg, I immediately broke out laughing. First off the stumpy leg stand sticking out the back, that is never gonna work in the real world... The optical drive placement is horrible, the specs are also horrid for the price point. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone.
 
Abercrombieboy said:
Yeah it is an iMac knock-off. It doesn't look too bad for a PC, but doesn't look as good as the iMac. Gateway has been trying to copy the iMac for years. This is by far their best effort to date, but they still have a long ways to go.
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I think it would be obvious that this computer will take exactly zero sales away from Apple, for the simple reason that it doesn't run MacOS X. There will always be people who would prefer a Mac but go with the cheapest Dell PC because it is cheaper, but _this_ computer is _not_ cheaper. You pay more for less hardware.

So how will it do in the PC market? I'd say this is a really, really tough sell. The PC market sells on price, and nothing but price. You can put a cheap Dell under your desk and an awful big monitor on the desk for that money. And Apple may be a brand name that people are willing to pay extra money for, but Gateway surely isn't.
 
I think they did a good job. There is the problem of viewing angle. You can't change it. Other than that and the thickness, I think it's pretty nice. Then again, most people on here are 'chin' haters, so that probably plays a large role. :p
 
Typical Apple fanboy criticisms ..... :rolleyes:;):p:D

As far as I'm concerned this is a leap forward in PC design which is bound to create competition and will no doubt improve over coming revisions ..... it will sell very well to Home/Consumer users who don't mind paying a premium for style :)

Negatives :
Too expensive = Will get cheaper next time
Low Powered = Will get better next time
Small Screen = Will get bigger next time
No Bluetooth = Will be included next time

Positives :
2 PCI Express slots = Can it be upgraded to the latest Graphics cards ??
2nd Hard Drive bay = So Frikkin Sweet !!
TV Tuner = Kick Ass !!
Media Card Reader = Very welcome !!
Detachable WebCam = If this is battery powered and wireless then it beats a built-in Cam hands down !!
Clever Power Brick = Very nice idea !!

All the negatives can/will be improved/remedied with the next version ..... while all the positives really kick Apple in the nuts ..... hopefully the next iMac will implement some or all of these ideas !! :cool:
 
Perfectionist said:
Typical Apple fanboy criticisms ..... :rolleyes:;):p:D

As far as I'm concerned this is a leap forward in PC design which is bound to create competition and will no doubt improve over coming revisions ..... it will sell very well to Home/Consumer users who don't mind paying a premium for style :)

Negatives :
Too expensive = Will get cheaper next time
Low Powered = Will get better next time
Small Screen = Will get bigger next time
No Bluetooth = Will be included next time

Positives :
2 PCI Express slots = Can it be upgraded to the latest Graphics cards ??
2nd Hard Drive bay = So Frikkin Sweet !!
TV Tuner = Kick Ass !!
Media Card Reader = Very welcome !!
Detachable WebCam = If this is battery powered and wireless then it beats a built-in Cam hands down !!
Clever Power Brick = Very nice idea !!

All the negatives can/will be improved/remedied with the next version ..... while all the positives really kick Apple in the nuts ..... hopefully the next iMac will implement some or all of these ideas !! :cool:
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Wow you are such a Windows lovin' fanboy you're practically kissing Bill Gates' back side.
Funny how you defend a more expensive machine than the iMac with much lower specs and say, "It will get better"
Then you make up your own functionality of the webcam, you're laughable.

The TV tuner kicks ass?? Huh?? It's unusable outside the U.S. We're paying for something we can't use.
You gave props to a $5.00 media card reader?? Nobody ever uses those. I have friends that are pro photographers that never pull the card out of their cameras.
Then you gave props to the Power Brick?? LOL. Wow, if this doesn't exude Gates lovin-Windows fanboyism nothing does.
 
HLdan said:
Wow you are such a Windows lovin' fanboy you're practically kissing Bill Gates' back side.
Funny how you defend a more expensive machine than the iMac with much lower specs and say, "It will get better"
Then you make up your own functionality of the webcam, you're laughable.

The TV kicks ass?? Huh?? It's unusable outside the U.S. We're paying for something we can't use.
You gave props to a $5.00 media card reader?? Nobody ever uses those. I have friends that are pro photographers that never pull the card out of their cameras.
Then you gave props to the Power Brick?? LOL. Wow, if this doesn't exude Gates lovin-Windows fanboyism nothing does.
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All true. He is right about the card slots and 2nd hard drive bay, though.

By the time the negatives have been addressed, Apple will have moved on, however.
 
As for the PC, I dun have too much to say about it, simply looks like an iMac knock off and a poor attempt at that.

However, what is up with that website? OMG! I honestly gave an attempt to find out more about the PC but the SLOW loading site and cryptic graphics that give you worthless information when you click on them, made me give up pretty quick! Gotta say, they certainly should win an award for the most confusing and useless site ever made.
 
Why is it that all "all in one" designs are a knockoff of the imac? To me, it's just a logical next step - tower sales decreasing, laptop sales increasing, why not just build a "laptop" for the desktop? One will naturally aim to try to include all of the components into the screen, as that's the only component that cannot be eliminated (unless you build the computer into the keyboard, but that's harder). Granted, the iMac is near the top of it's class as far as design goes but does it mean that everything else is just a knockoff?

srlsy
 
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