> >> Some would say this is not vintage, classic or collectible (and so > >> shouldn't be discussed here). However, these are all subjected terms which > >> can be (and are!) argued about at length. > > Wouldn't have guessed to discuss an iMac > here, but rather than picking & choosing > certain computer models as being > appropriate to discuss here or not, > wouldn't it just be easier (and fairer) > to define a certain number of years past > which it *is* appropriate? Or has > this already been stipulated?
I don't think anything ever came of this any of the other myriad of times it was brought up. But that said, it's a landmark system (I'm typing this on a 1GHz iMac G4, which is also a design landmark), it runs a now-unusual desktop architecture, it uses an obsolete operating system (as well as OS X) and it's long past being obsoleted by its manufacturer. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. -L. Nimoy -
