“Laptop computers have many advantages for most students, but desktop systems make much more sense for science, engineering and software programming students because they offer more computing power and greater expandability than most laptops. And as prices for flat-panel displays continue to fall, desktop computers don’t take up nearly as much desk space as they did in the tube monitor days,” Peter Lewis writes for Fortune.
“Apple Computer’s sleek iMac G5, in particular, offers maximum power in minimum space. It was my pick as best technology product of the year for 2004 and remains my top choice for a student desktop computer, especially when running Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger operating system. Prices for the iMac G5 17-inch widescreen model start at US$1,299,” Lewis writes.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Note that he didn’t write “top choice for an aspiring Starbucks employee’s desktop computer.” Schizo much, Peter?
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Fortune: Windows or Mac? Mac better suited to those ‘likely to wind up working at Starbucks anyway’ – July 28, 2005
Fortune’s Lewis: ‘Windows vs. Mac? These days I’d definitely vote for the Mac’ – July 30, 2004
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as i have mentioned before… the guy is trolling for more hits and readership. i wouldn’t read his articles personally… he does come off as kinda schizo.
i’m buying the next iMac. i can’t wait for the rev b intel version.
Carl, just do it. I did. Brilliant!!!!
Carl Carlson
Don’t wait.. the Intel Effect is lunacy.. no developer is going to make the Intel version until the Intel Macs reach critical Mass (ie. 30-40% of installed base).. Until then software will work with all Macs.
Of course, it’s not that hard to imagine shipping PPC and x86 versions of new software.. that’s what the Binary version conversion stuff was all about..
You won’t experience any kind of ‘oh shit it doesnt run on PPC’ until about 2008-2009..
When it’s so inexpensive for developers to make both versions, why would they chop their market in half?
Again, MDN’s comments pwn.
Fortune editor: Lewis. Your last article was insulting to our mac readers. Write a complementary article, and have it on my desk in ten minutes.
Peter Lewis: Yes sir.
for students!
Seriously, an article about student computers, and he doesn’t even use student pricing?
mdn’s comments convince me further that for every little bit i love macs, i hate mac users a little more.