So, now, instead of a white plastic computer exterior with white keyboard and white mouse, we have a black and chrome computer exterior, white and chrome keyboard and white mouse. A little mismatched, perhaps? The thing looks absolutely horrendous. What is the point of the black border around the screen?

I was planning on purchasing a new iMac when Leopard is released. I'm now actually considering buying an older iMac and upgrading to the new OS in October.

Schmendrick, York, England

I totally agree with Mark from Springfield, a black and silver keyboard would be a much better match. Besides that I love it!

Sid, St. John's,

To Mark, Springfield: I got a 20" white one a few months ago and I think I prefer the look of it, but I agree the new bluetooth keyboard will go nicely with it, so I just ordered one!

To Ray, Vancouver: Apple markets their computers as beautifully designed items that you have to pay a little extra for (though surprisingly little) if you want to feel more pampered than if you go for the generic warehouse equivalent PC. Imagine you're an employer with 100 ungrateful employees bleeding you dry, eating into your non-existent margins with their incessant demands. What kind of computer are you going to buy them so they can waste time surfing the web all day? (Besides this, the creative industries, especially movies/music production, are dominated by Macs.)

Godfrey Wind, Austin, TX

Ray - the business community never took to macs cause noone trusted a couple of hippies in a garage. Wheras you could buy a PC from a trusted supplier like IBM, esp when Compaq reversed engineered the PC and produced clones --> cheaper.

This is all despite Apple making a geniune "graphical/windows" based machine and the PC being made in a rush from industry components available (basically a calculator chip x86). Hence early PCs were a real mess wheras Apples were designed for the job.

Apples back then and even until 95 were far superior in performance, stability and ease of use to ms windows machines.

Apple used proprietry hardware (Nubus? instead of industry stanbdard PCI) and Motorola chips. Bill Gates actually wanted Apple to licence their OS for use on other platforms.

IMO - Apple should have decided on HW or SW, dam shame really.

Terry, london,

Remember "an image says more than a thousand words can."

Simon Salosny, Santiago , Chile

The "new" iMac is a big disappointment in design terms. The "chin" is still there and, when viewed with the ultra-slim keyboard, looks more out of proportion than ever.
And can someone tell my why Apple (or anyone else) doesn't offer a keyboard with a built-in trackpad instead of a separate mouse? I'd buy a bluetooth keyboard with integrated trackpad in a second.

DB Smith, Cuba, NY

I Like the new iMac but one thing bothers me about the new keyboard. The colors for the new iMac are basically black and silver, however the colors of the new keyboard and mouse are white and silver like the old iMac. Wouldn't black and silver on the keyboard and mouse be a better match for the new system? What do you think?

Mark, Springfield,

Totally great! The looks are astonishing and once again will have the rest of the industry playing catch up. I can't wait until OS X Leopard can be added.

Len Nigro, University Place, Washington

My Apple friends all act as if Apple is a religious cult instead of a company with a 5 percent market share. What's with all that? A computer is a computer and its the results that count. My favorite computer service shop recently switched from Apple to PCs because he got tired of bringing up the rear sales-wise. If Apple is so great, why hasn't the business community taken to it? Let's hear Steve Jobs on that question.

Ray, Vancouver, BC - Canada