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As he caressed the side of the latest iMac personal computer, he noted how thin it was - five millimeters, 80 percent thinner than the last one. Then he said, with an air of surprise, as if he'd just thought of it: "Isn't it amazing how something new makes the previous thing instantly look old?"
The new iMac is a risible design. There is no apparent reason why a desktop computer should strive for thinness. It neither has to be squeezed into a bag, nor do people put it on the wall like a flatscreen TV. Instead you are now expected to clutter your desk with a separate DVD-drive at your own expense or to crawl behind the computer just because you want to put in a SD-Card.
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