iMac reaction

Had a couple ideas rattling around in my head for this post but I decided to go with iMac reaction. How can I do it when the iMac hasn’t been introduced yet? I have ways, scary spooky ways. Besides if I waited until after the announcement a bunch of people will have better articles written.

So hop on Chris’ plane to Tuesday and let’s check out the reaction to the new iMac.

Wow, the range of reaction to the new iMac has been incredible. While I personally found the new look incredibly exciting others we not so enthused, people are complaining that the tight enclosure will make upgrades nearly impossible. Others find the new design a decidley backwards step from the previous generation. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion but, upgrade issues aside, I find the new design very interesting.

Got to admit I am a little disappointed in the video card. The specs are fine for this moment in time (well you won’t be running Motion) but it seems as though while processor requirements are scaling up more slowly than any time I recall video card requirements, particularly for games, are swelling faster than a hyper active goiter. I guess it’s a good reason to upgrade in a year or two. The only other spec I had a problem with was the memory, I mean it seems a little light for a premium priced computer doesn’t it?

Which brings us to the price. Yeah people are screaming that it’s just too expensive, everyone wants a $399 Dell. I gotta say, you want a cheap Mac get the freakin eMac, hell get a refurb. they’re great computers. And comparing a Mac to a Dell? Send me some of what you’re smoking.

In short, the faithful should be happy, the switchers will be on the fence and I want one.

Now when you read the iMac reaction you’re gonna see a lot of articles just like that, but you get to read it here first.

Ruminating Roger’s Really Ravishing Regurgitated Regalia
Hey, Roger’s been sending in the links like clockwork. Submitting links earns you a place in alliteration hall of fame. Congrats and thanks Roger, remember AHoF looks great on the resume.

Roger’s link SignMaker
Possibly a repost but an excellent link none the less.

A link to Scott Musgrove’s stuff. He’s one excellent artist.

Saw Exorcist: The Beginning this weekend. Watch out cause here comes a spoiler: It sucked. No really. It had every chance to be a good movie, a nice plot twist and plenty of budget but it really, really sucked. It wasn’t Meatballs 2 bad but it was pretty lame. So since I paid cash to see it I guess I’ve helped to make the world a little more likely to see yet another prequel/sequel Exorcist movie. I am truly sorry. In way of recompense I offer a link to this very well done short:
Le Prince Bleu

Hey that’s french, it means the The Blue Prince. Got Bailey to help me out the other and to translate this:
“Regarde le viseo pas mal drole”
Bailey doesn’t speak French but he got one of his underlings to translate it literally as:
“look at the face; not bad funny”
Which left me as befuddled as ever. For those of you doubting that Bailey is Kaiser Soze…
Note: Kaiser Soze is a mythic man of will, who kills like maybe a hundred folks just so no one can identify him. Then disappears like a puff of smoke.
Bailey lives in Canada, no one has ever seen a pic and, most telling, it turns out that Bailey (I know this from correspondence) isn’t his real name. Nope Bailey told me his real name was: Kaiser Zose. Just a coincidence? I think not. So don’t mess with Bailey.

Game Pick:
Throw your cards right

Video chatted with Tim Robertson this weekend, it was fun and something I had never done before. In the course of our chats Tim made a joke so funny that I literally had to fight to stop laughing. Sure we’ve all been there but this time it was really painful. I still laugh when I think about it. I’d share but it was one of those visual right thing right time deals that really wouldn’t translate well to print. Point being Tim will find the following hilarious:
it’s Hardees where I live

Every time hear those swift boat guys it makes me a little more favorable towards Kerry (not a big fan). Cause it reminds me that GWB was eating TexMex back in the states. Even if everything said about Kerry is true he was still there and GWB wasn’t. The deal is that in Viet Nam people were trying to kill US servicemen. In Texas servicemen were trying to kill beers. But the low road is easily travelled and it was only a matter of time before a similar smear was directed at the President:
Pleasure Boat Captains for the truth

And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.