What do you want in the next iMac?
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Mar 23, 2007 at 2:21am
As Macsimum readers know, I’m a big fan of the latest incarnation of the iMac. The 24-incher is the perfect prosumer system and the Mac I use most in my day-to-day work. A recent story at AppleInsider says that the iMacs are “about to undergo a substantial facelift that will showcase striking new industrial designs aimed at leaving both competitors and onlookers smitten.” Which begs the question: what do YOU want to see in the next incarnation of the iconic Mac?
The AppleInsider report has little details (or speculation/rumors) about what a revamped iMac might be like. Here’s what their report says: “People familiar with the matter say the Cupertino-based Mac maker has called upon its award-winning design chief Jonathan Ive and his team to cut the fat from the the current iMac line and outfit a pair of new Core 2 Duo-based models in a form factor that will be both slimmer and sleeker than today’s offerings. For Apple, the impending iMac makeover will represent the first major industrial design overhaul to hit its flagship all-in-one consumer desktop line in nearly three years. The last eye candy to accompany an iMac update came back in August of 2004, when the company retired its ‘sunflower’ iMac G4 design while introducing the portrait-style iMac G5.”
Following the story, there has been lots of speculation over what features a “new” iMac would sport. A built-in TV tuner/DVR? Touchscreen capabilities? A black body or other color options? I’d love to hear what features/design elements you, dear readers, would like to see in the next iMac. Send your thoughts to daseller@earthlink.net with “NEW IMAC” as the subject. I’ll be running some of your ideas next week.
Also, for those with illustrative or Photoshop capabilities, I’d love to see mockups of your design. Send ‘em to the same email address. And when it comes to mind-blowing mockups of a futuristic iMac, see if you can beat this one.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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