Anonymous Coward writes "According to this news, after iMac success, PC style is as improtant as megahertz. What do you guys (and gals) think? " I'd have to agree, as I've owned some nice computers, but they were all eyesores.

pavewrld sent in a couple of links. The first is over at MacWorld Online and announces the new PowerMac G3's, which look similar to the iMac. The second announces the new iMac's, which now come in a variety of colors. Also in Apple news, NikT wrote in to say that Mac OS X server was announced, and it will include Apache and BSD 4.4. Finally, Ethan Butterfield wrote in to let us know of Steve Jobs' keynote address at MacWorld Expo. Apparently Apple has licensed OpenGL from SGI, and John Carmack demoed Quake 3 Arena on one of the new G3's. You can read more at Macintouch. Phew! With MacWorld Expo going on, the Apple news is nonstop.

Jesda Gulati wrote in to plug his Linux based iMac Rival. It's from Infinital Spacial Technologies and it's called the Infinital One. It costs more ($1500) but it has an LCD screen, it weighs less and is smaller than the iMac. I'm not quite sure why, but the press release says you have to add $10 for Linux, but Win98 is free. Has ethernet, PCMCIA, USB etc. It's also better looking than the iMac, although it's a P233 so I suspect a LinuxPPC iMac will outperform it. I still want one. one.

Wattsman writes "There's an article on MSNBC about the NetWinder. The reviewer is pretty pleased with the machine and thinks it's a decent competitor to the iMac." Hmm. That gives me an idea for a poll question.

Rumors are starting to surface about WebMate, the new portable that Apple is supposed to be bringing out. The machine, although the article states "early 99" will probably be mid 99. However, other rumors have a common thread: wireless. Mmm...no more CAT5. Radio stuff that Apple patented ten years ago-anyone know anything more about this? One of my fellow co-workers has provided me with a good write-up about the wireless support.

If you're bored, there's a ton of strange links on the next page, selected by the warped minds of my slashdot co-authors ;-).

kroah sent us a quick message from the Linux-USB list:"Some good news for those of you with iMacs: I have got the keyboard and mouse working on my iMac with Inaky's latest snapshot plus some modifications. The patches can be acquired here. uusbd-imac-981209.patch.gz - patches to the recent uusbd snapshot. Note that Inaky and I are still working on merging this stuff back into his tree, and not all the issues are resolved yet, so it is all liable to change. kbd-981208.patch.gz - a patch to the linux kernel source to add support for multiple keyboards. This patch should apply cleanly to recent kernels (either the official source or the vger source), i.e. 2.1.129 or later. I plan to release a precompiled kernel for the iMac along with some installation notes soon." Linux/iMac running 2.2 for Christmas?

Dandy writes "In this article Robin Miller, one of those rare non-clueless journalists, lets everyone know that it *is* possible to have a Linux computer that is perfect for the average home user who only wants something that is easy to use. Surprise, everyone! It's not really hard after all. "

An anonymous reader wrote in to send us a link where you can read NationalGameReviews take on the next generation Apple iMac specs. "Say hello to chiaMac" It's monday, I suspect we all need to be amused on a monday morning.

Alex Prestin writes "CNN.com did an interesting comparison to see whether Steve Jobs' claim of the G3 in the iMac being faster than any PII held any water. Their tests prove it did not. The iMac finished last, even versus a Celeron..."

Bummer writes "Why are those iMacs so darn popular? The Onion has an informative infographic as to why " Pretty funny. Check it out if you hate or love the iMac.

Josh Baugher wrote in to say " Intel's chairman says he has seen the future of computing " Yes.. you heard it right. Andy Grove says that Imac is a lot what computers in the future will be like. " All I know is that they look even better candidates to be fish-tankized. Anyone got extra Macs they wanna send for fish tank conversion? We'll make a story out of it-send me mail here.

the secret asian man sent us an image that could only have been inspired by the iMac. GRR wrote in to tell us that Symantec is retireing it's Norton Utilities in favor of it's new Bigman Utilities. I found that one extremely amusing. Lastly Jaro wrote in to announce yet another Unix GUI project. This one is called the Unix Desktop Project.

Chops-Frozen-Water writes "It was only a matter of time. At their developer forum, Intel demoed a prototype of a "home entertainment device" that has a transparent blue case. Story also mentions a Korean manufacturer that's working on a Celeron-based iMac lookalike. Whatever you think of the iMac, the design concept is going to be around for a while... "

mrorange (aka Patrick Berry) writes "The iMac, which only sold for 15 days in August, may set a record for monthly PC sales. The final count isn't tallied yet, but the only thing that is close, according to the article, is a Compaq machine that sold last Christmas." I finally saw one a few days ago (I don't go outside much). I still want one, but until Linux is good to go on it, I don't really know what I'd do with it beyond run an X-Server on it :)

Alf Dagfinn Lynegard writes "On The University of Oslos (Norway) campus some Apple ppl put one iMac balloon over our math auditorium and last night some unknown linux-fans made up a Tux poster over the screen of the iMac balloon last night or this morning. (1998-09-04)." The shots are here and here. All I can say is hahahaha. We are definitley going to need mirrors for these shots.

Alex Prestin sent us This Link to a strange picture of the iMac, and what appears to be its long lost little brother. Ewan Leith wrote in to tell the world that "PC Plus in the UK goes on sale tomorrow (the 27th) with Suse 5.2 on the cover CD, along with another CD full of linux programs." Donovan was the first to warn the world that the 2.1.119 kernel is now out. I compiled my 2.1.118 kernel a wopping half hour before the 119 release. Sigh. Colin Walls sent us a link to the latest Spencer F. Kat cartoon thingee. There's another piece of aftermath from last weeks standards hoopla. icetrey wrote in to say "OctobrX and Bishop have chosen me, icetrey, to be the new blackbox themes webmaster. It has a new look, as well as a few new themes for 40.x."

The fun just keeps rolling in with the iMac stuff so I guess I'll just keep posting it. The major notable is that LinuxPPC.org has a page up for the iMac/Linux porting effort. As we all know, the messy stuff is the USB support. Robert Petty sent us this link where you can read about the iMac mystery slot. Tom Drabenstott sent us a link comparing windows and Macs at various every day tasks. Finally Sean Harding sent us a link to a page dedicated to documenting the iMac firmware.

Thanks to hazzmat for sending this one my way: In this article a Microsoft exec by the name of Matusow states that the BIOS in many new PC's will pass 1/1/2000 but recorrupt itself exactly one year later. Server networks fed data from these recidivist PC's will be at risk. This all independent of the OS and application's compliance status. Hey, how come they say things like this abroad, but not here in the US ? Another reason to buy an iMac ?

Martin-Gilles Lavoie writes "For all those pundits who keep arguing the lack of floppy in the iMac (while ignoring the fact that USB floppies are available), a German magazine (c't) has a cool tip on hooking up a regular floppy drive directly on the iMac motherboard Check it out. OpenSource/architechture winers can therefore grab a soldering iron and do it themselves! " In other news, Micah writes "Apparently, 15% of iMac buyers are purchasing their first computer, and 13% are replacing PC systems if this article is correct."