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Apple [yawn] updates iMac
October 12th 2005

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Earlier today Apple began spinning the "new" iMac G5. This product is said to feature improvements over the company's earlier prosumer desktops:

• Integrated iSight video camera
• Front Row technology
• Thinner design
• A very "shufflle-esque" remote
• Slightly faster processors
• Dual-layer SuperDrive
• DDR2 memory
• Bundled Mighty Mouse
• Tweaked pricing at $1,300, $1,700

“The new iMac G5 debuts our amazing Front Row media experience, and we think users are going to love it,” said His Steveness. “Plus, the built-in iSight video camera delivers out-of-the-box video conferencing with friends and family, as well as hours of fun with our new Photo Booth application.”

Less was more...

Tellingly, perhaps, is a comparison in the press release made by Apple with Microsoft's Media Center. Worse is the fact that DDR2 has appeared first in a prosumer product and not the pro, which increasingly seems like an afterthought to the folks in Cupertino.

The words best suited to describe the "new" iMacs are "featuring stuffing"...

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