It appears that Apple's 17" eMac has been
a good seller for Apple. First released only to the education
market, this G4/700 MHz computer, was opened up for purchase
to the general public only a few
months later. There is a certain dignity and
elegance to the machine but it lacks the immediate warmth
of some of Apple's other offerings.
However the more you work with it, the more
appreciative you become of the simple lines of the design.
I just came back from Yosemite National Park and this machine
reminds me, in a way, of
El Capitan. You are a little awestruck by a massive, yet
stark beauty of both items, and it takes a while to take their
measure ... to come to terms with them. After the ice has
broken and you know them better, you are rewarded with a richer
relationship.
On to the pictorial ...
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A picture of Saturn on the side of the
eMac box is very appropriate. Saturn is one of our largest
planets and the eMac is one of the bulkiest, and definitely
the heaviest Mac in Apple's stable. The eMac does not
have a handle built into is body, and lugging its 50
some odd pounds around the house, will negate any need
to head for the gym
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It is All about white man! Like the G4
iMac, Apple has turned its back on Multi-Colorism. A
white on white optical mouse and keyboard are part of
the machines accoutrements
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The eMac in its chrysalis ... about
to spread its wings
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Ok, this is it. The whole kit and caboodle
that you will have shelled out about a thousand bucks
for
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It almost looks like this could be a flat
panel display from this angle. Actually the eMac is
quite deep, 17 inches or so. The screen size, in a happy
coincidence, is also 17" (16" in actual diagonal
viewing area)
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The eMac took its design from the last
available CTR
monitor from Apple.
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Looking down on the eMac ... literally,
not figuratively
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Down and from the back. Nice clean lines
makes what is a rather plain computer, quiet elegant
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Looking at the eMac from the back, and
below. The ring of holes that cut through the body of
the machine are for air circulation. The computer and
its monitor throw off a lot of heat which is exhaled
through the back. At the bottom of the ring you can
see the fan peeking through (also white by the way).
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From the bottom you can see the metal
compartment cover. Underneath the cover you will find
the two RAM slots. The eMac can take up to 1 GB of RAM
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All fired up and ready to go.
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