# new IMacs..cool or hurl? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470 "2001-02-22T15:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/1 "2001-02-22T15:07:05Z")
Ignoring the hardware specs for this particulat thread, what are your thoughts on the new iMac “flavors” 1. Flower Power 2. Dalmation Blue > **[iMac](https://www.apple.com/imac/)** > > iMac — beautiful, intuitive all-in-one desktops with incredible processors, a Retina display, and the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. I’m leaning towards yuck myself…if they had gone with Beagle Tri-Color however… ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/2 "2001-02-22T15:26:43Z")
- - - Yawn. - The whole Mac obsession with how the thing looks strikes me as kinda girly. Poser-ish. - I’d rather hear that they went to normal-type cases and monitors (so you are free to pick from the PC assortment of components) and dropped the prices a bit. Maybe even set up their OS to allow, oh, I don’t know, maybe another OS if you want. -At least, that’s the stuff that kept _me_ from buying one. - MC ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/3 "2001-02-22T16:16:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MC \* > \*\* Maybe even set up their OS to allow, oh, I don’t know, maybe another OS if you want. -At least, that’s the stuff that kept _me_ from buying one. - MC \*\* Well I didn’t start this thread to be another OS war, but I did want to respond to your point. They do have OS flexibility…it’s called Virtual PC (3rd party software from Connectix) allows you to run Widows and Linux…There are other software solutions out there. And actually, you can run Linux through free Mac specific distributions as well… OS X (due March 24th) …will allow even more flexibility in this area. So if THAT is your reason for not liking Macs, your problem appears to be non-existent. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/4 "2001-02-22T22:14:46Z")
I’m not too fond of the new iMac patterns, but I prefer solids more than prints. 🙂 And despite some initial double-take reactions, I think Apple is really playing it safe – they’ve still got Indigo and Graphite to appeal to folks who want a more “traditional” look, while the new designs can only help draw in newbies (I think the reason the new iMacs were announced in Tokyo was partially to appeal to the Japanese women’s market, who tend to like _kawai_ electronics). Judged on their merits alone, “Dalmatian blue” isn’t half-bad, IMO. And while I’m not too fond of “Flower Power”, it _could_ work as the centerpiece for a Hawaiian-themed computer… 🙂 (And just for _MC’s_ fun, the other day I was running GeneCyst [a Sega Genesis emulator] on Windows 98, which was running in Virtual PC on my iMac… An amusing experience, to say the least. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/5 "2001-02-23T14:48:43Z")
**FLOWER POWER???** They’re serious too, Steve Jobs must be really desperate for sales or something. …\<\<\\>\> ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/6 "2001-02-23T15:28:07Z")
When I read about them, I thought “hurl”. After seeing pictures – well, not in my living room, but I can see that there might be a market for them. The Flower Power is actually pretty appealing in a goofy, non-conformist sort of way. And heck, if you don’t like them, there’s always graphite. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-imacs-cool-or-hurl/55470/7 "2001-02-23T15:58:37Z")
I am the proud owner of a bad-tempered Strawbrry iMac that I would nevertheless defend to the death, but… Flowers and doggie prints? oh, come ON, mind-numbing flourescent pink and orange weren’t bad enough???