The HP TouchSmartAbout 10 months ago, I purchased an Apple iMac. When I unpacked it, plugged it in, and began to use it, I was so overjoyed that I soiled myself. I thought there could not possibly be anything cooler (the iMac, not soiling oneself). I thought that the iMac had carved out a niche so rock-solid that other PC makers wouldn't even bother to challenge the uber-cool iMac. I was wrong.
While watching TV one night without pants, I noticed a commercial for an "HP Touchsmart series PC". I thought it was a great idea. I went to the HP site, checked out this new machine that piqued my interest. After sniffing around to find out its specs, appearance, and price, I was very impressed. Well done, HP. Then my attention turned to my beloved iMac, which now did not look so "bleeding edge".
I wondered why it was that Apple had the iPod Touch which you had to navigate by touch, and the iPhone which you had to touch-navigate, yet Apple hadn't put two and two together and bless the iMac with touch interface?
My theory is that the iMac product team has made the unpardonable technology sin of "tech-snobbery". And now, they got caught with their pants down by the number one PC maker in the world. What's worse for iMac is that the Touchsmart is a pretty powerful machine, especially when you consider their IQ506t model. WOW!
So now I’m left with that unnerving sensation of tech-envy. But I just purchased the iMac mere months ago, how the hell do I justify a new PC to the wife?
Smarten up, Apple. You can do better than this!
4 comments:
Patience, Grasshopper.
Do a Google search on the HP and read the Globe and Mail article. It sounds all cool and such, but I'm left feeling that it's...a PC with touch capabilities. You'd be disappointed that it didn't work quite as well as your iTouch.
Apple is never the first out with a "new technology". But they always seem to wind up as "the best".
I did read that article, if it is the globe article where the guy had the Touchsmart in his kitchen for a week. Their family seemed to get some serious use out of it, althought they didn't like the constant fingerprint smudge clean-up duty.
However, I do agree with the "Apple is never the first" idea, but they do radically re-think previously introduced technology, so I'm curious to see the iMac team's response.
You can put lipstick on a pc but underneath will still lurk that baritone voice and too-big too-hairy hands.
After hearing Darwin's explanation, he seems very PC-like.
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