Comments on: At IDF: iMac look-alikes and monitors as hats

All-in-one machine at Intel confab bears resemblance to new Apple PC. Also: High-tech sandwich boards?

iMac it's not

Another way it's not an iMac is that the power brick is
sitting on the desk right next to it. And the rat's nest in
the back. Another half-hearted, Mickey Mouse job.

It's nicer than anything from Dell or Gateway, though.

Knock knock. Who's there? Apple Legal!

> But of course, this is a Windows-based computer
> with an Intel chip, not a Mac with IBM's G5.

Of course! And what an effective defense! Just ask eMachines.

[Stephen Reese]

Parallel Universe--diametrically opposed style

This just goes to show how similar design concepts can be
executed so differently. The Lluon All-in-one's approach doesn't
look integrated. It looks like a flat screen panel was hot glued to
a tower. The G5 iMac doesn't have any remnants of a tower
lurking behind its flat panel screen. I find this to be a facinating
study of how important well executed industrial design is in the
final product. Great case study (pun intended).

Lluon is Lluon

Lluon was released in June 2004, so I (a Lluon user, not an employee of eMachines) think the resemblance of its design with that of new iMac is the concern of eMachines' legal, not of Apple's.

Yes, its adapter is too big and it look a tower (but very thin) attached with an LCD panel (slim indeed) while new iMac looks an LCD panel (but very thick) with a steel foot (slim indeed). Which is better and more stable?

Look at this:
http://www.lluon.com/showroom/pop_vr.asp

Lluon has a concept for digital home hub to be stationed in living room by a TV.

So, it has so many built-in peripherals (a slot loading type DVD-CDRW combo drive, WiFi, 7-in-1 card slot, webcam, 2.4MHz-banded wireless keyboard and mouse, and stereo speakers with a sub-woofer!),

and provides a launcher software (it can be run without boot-up windows) for DVD playing, camcorder/camera album, music/CD player, TV and radio.

I like this product, and you will also, I bet. Do not compare this with iMac.