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sharke
I quite like it. I've always liked less busy, minimalist designs - and I quite like bright colors too. I'm looking forward to updating. 

 
Well I do like something.  I like the trashcan Mac Pro.  It looks very modern and kinda Ikea.  I always loved Ikea.  So, + 1 on that.

No worries, I'm sure that this design will be copied and offered for Windows PC users, as almost all things Apple. ;)

Uh.. I do not know if I am ever buying another PC again. I'm hanging on to my nice 24 inch p, um monitor I mean.. But I think a next Gen or 3rd Gen surface pro is my next, "workstation, tablet, pc, toaster that runs software" whatever we call them now

I too like the look of the new Mac. Strange shape considering where the software is going. The round(ish)? box will be much easier to place in a room. Glad somebody is thinking about the outside of the box.

It has the merit of being surprising and breaking away from the norm. Who ever said that the current tower was the definitive best-possible incarnation of the desktop computer, anyway...
 
One thing about Apple is that, when they decide to move forward, they usually go all the way and drop whatever they feel is going away in a near future. There's hardly a thing like a transition period, and they get a lot of heat for that. That's what happened when they ditched the floppy drive, that's what happened when they shipped the MacBook Air w/o a dvd drive...
 
And now they've created a computer that's basically just a component of the ecosystem. People hanging to their PCI cards will have to go external. The new Mac is all about Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3.
 
For people who equated the Mac Pro with expandability but still liked to have it all within the tower, I guess that this marks the end. 
 
I'm not sure how people will react. For example, the cube was a great idea imho but it failed. This new one does look promising. The design kind of makes sense, I think. Something more square-ish would probably be easier to tuck in a corner somewhere, but the cylinder is nice too.

Rain

Linear Phase

sharke
I quite like it. I've always liked less busy, minimalist designs - and I quite like bright colors too. I'm looking forward to updating. 

 
Well I do like something.  I like the trashcan Mac Pro.  It looks very modern and kinda Ikea.  I always loved Ikea.  So, + 1 on that.

No worries, I'm sure that this design will be copied and offered for Windows PC users, as almost all things Apple. ;)

For half the price ;)

Well, the Apple one may be twice the price but it won't cost me a minute of my time researching which components will work with which others and putting the actual thing together. Time is money. 
 
And also, five years from now when I decide to replace it, it will still have resale value. 
 
 
I had to pay to get rid of my last couple of PCs... Literally.
 

Talking of Cubes and resale value...Here's one of these computers from 13 years ago going for just under $250 on eBay. 
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Mac-G4-450-MHz-Cube-1-5GB-160GB-Leopard-Tiger-OS-9-2-15-Display-Speaks-/190849031492?pt=Apple_Desktops&hash=item2c6f7d1d44
 
Not bad... A late 2010 MacBook Pro like mine, which I paid $1300, is still going for $500-750. Not bad either, and pretty cool when it's time to upgrade,

Rain
Time is money.

 
Coming from you... that is...  hilarious.
 
BTW, this is me being nice. :-)
 
all the best,
mike 

Rain
Well, the Apple one may be twice the price but it won't cost me a minute of my time researching which components will work with which others and putting the actual thing together. Time is money. 
 
 

You can buy them ready made y'know ? ;)

Better get use to it because unfortunately it's inevitable that the GUI will become more simplified as the GUI moves to a new direction -- examples, 

. HUD - Heads-Up Display, more basic ones commonly used in aircrafts for over a decade.  With HUD there will be no more luggin around large monitors to concerts, the more advanced HUD will probably be a tiny device that can be positioned anywhere and cost much less for manufacturing and materials which means only a mere fraction of the price compared to a 32" LCD monitor or how about a 62 inch for just $200.  The new HUD will have much better graphic display with transparency settings (which is part of the reason why the GUI will need to be simplified) and of course have excellent user-interaction using, 

. Gestures UI - already you can get a Gestures Interface the size of a USB stick for just $60 and this tiny little box is dead simple to use -- connects via USB and your ready to roll, wave and jiggle LOL!!.  And, 

. VUI - Voice UI but much better than previous speech UI software. The latest VUI will have more features and be more precision along with a secure lock-out to your voice that can also be a voice-print for secure only shopping and a fast universal translator.  Samsung has already developed the next generation VUI and hopefully from there it will be greatly improved within a year or so.   VUI --- much like in the Star-Trek movie, the computer will also talk back and users settings to change the voice to whatever you prefer (Darth Vader?, Chipmunks?, Marilyn Monroe?, Elvis?, Captain Kirk?, SnagglePuss?, Army Drill Sergeant?,) so basically whatever personality you want --- do you 'really' want your PC to have way more attitude? LOL!! 

So yeah, eventually we'll see much larger Heads-up Displays (HUD) much like in the movie, Minority Report but have both Gestures and voice UI. 
 
PS: I read that Apple is developing the Heads-Up Display initially to be introduced in a watch, a miniature iPhone wearable watch format.