Apple's New iMac

When I checked Apple’s website this morning, I found they had already posted pictures and specifications, including price, of their new iMac. Once again, Apple has proved me wrong, or at least that’s how it would appear. I like the damn thing. The real question is whether my wife will want one. If she does, I’ll probably find some way to get her one and then give her old flat panel to my sister.

The 20 inch iMac, priced at $1899, costs the same amount of money as her old machine. It sports a 20 inch flat panel screen and a single 1.8 Ghz G5 processor. It has two Firewire 400 ports and three USB 2.0 ports with two more USB 1.1 ports available on the keyboard. The lower end models are 17 inch flat screen versions sporting a single 1.6 Ghz or 1.8 Ghz G5 processor and are priced at $1299 and $1499, respectively.

The beauty of the first flat panel iMac was the machine’s ability to make itself unnoticeable when you were working on it and noticeable when you were not. I wasn’t sure if Apple could capture that same charisma with a square form factor, but I think they just might have done it. I’ll let you know as soon as I’ve seen one and have had a chance to plunk on its keyboard.