Comments on: Flower Power iMac named one of the Ugliest Tech Products Ever

By: Meine “Apple-Geschichte” | Mac Releases

Meine “Apple-Geschichte” | Mac Releases — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:11:22 +0000

[...] bei Mediamarkt, da sie ein tolles Angebot hatten. Gekauft habe ich den irgendwann einmal zum “hässlichsten iMac” ernannten G3 iMac Flower Power mit 600 MHz. Mir ging es eher um die inneren Werte, nicht um [...]

By: John Marran

John Marran — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:43:41 +0000

I also am not gay, and I am a male…and I want one…if not for anything else but to be different. My office is full of identical HPs (WinXP)…except for the PowerMac 8500/120/G3 at MY desk. This “flower power” Mac would be absolutely show-stopping!

By: louis

louis — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:24:50 +0000

Hey I finally just got one, having 6 imacs total, and i am proud to have apples shining crown to the bubble imac era!!! It is a museum piece and i am looking forward to the day I sell it for it’s original 1499. list price, in 2080.

By: Jae B.

Jae B. — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:49:46 +0000

Still have, and love, a Flower Power iMac. (Mine does not have a yellow background, it’s light grey and white — haven’t seen yellow before. And I can’t see the cords through it like the other Mac pictured. You just have to like flowers!)

The design is clean and pleasant. It doesn’t take over a room, the way some computers do. I think of it as art. I’ve never thought of it as “ugly”, and I’ve lived with it since it came out.

By: Arnold Layne

Arnold Layne — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:25:42 +0000

Flower Power iMac is flat out the best-ever design of the G3 iMacs. I’m a man. I’m not a hippy. I’m not gay. It’s just a great design. You either get it or you don’t. Methinks people that hate this iMac would also hate the Fender pink paisley Telecaster. Naturally, I also own one of those. Remember the rumour that in the early days a frequent question at Apple job interviews was “Have you ever taken acid?” I think the correct answer was supposed to be “Yes”! Fast forward to 2001 and Apple obviously hadn’t forgotten its roots

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:35:17 +0000

Rubbish – FLOWER POWER mac is beautiful! When I saw it for the first time, I had to have it. Yes, they look a bit dated now compared to the G5s. I’ve got a G5, but while happy to get rid of my bondi blue (ten a penny!) imac G3, will never let go of the FLOWER POWER! Was sad to see the flower power wallpaper go when updated it to OSX. (Oh and I’m not a hippy!) PCs are ugly! I’m not a mac obsessed PC hater, there are advantages and disadvantages to both of them – but PCs lose on the beauty stakes every time!

By: verse n' getorix

verse n' getorix — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:04:46 +0000

Ugly – you’ve got to be joking, I know at least 3 females in this household who still absolutely love the thing, so much so that I’m looking into the possibilities of trying to upgrade it by incorporating a mac mini into one.

Actually its a shame with millions of the original imacs still out there that no serious upgrade has ever been attempted.

By: Artbee

Artbee — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:48:10 +0000

The design of the “Flower Power” iMac obviously only appeals to women. Women do use computers you know. Every single article I read on how “ugly” the Flower Power iMac is, was written by a man. The colors on this iMac are soft and pretty pastels with delightful florals throughout. I use mine with the adorable matching desktop wallpaper. If only Apple had produced a matching keyboard and mouse I would be in feminine computer heaven.
This is not a sarcastic comment, I truly love the Flower Power iMac and you all would too if you were a girl or woman.

By: Visionaerie

Visionaerie — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:30:00 +0000

I love my Flower Power iMac, but I think it does have serious self-esteem issues — and it keeps wanting to disconnect all the time. The flowers are nice, but the background yellow makes it look like a toilet seat. Whatever happened to that “image morphing” technology that was going to let you customize your hardware, to look any way you want it too? To be honest, I originally ordered the Sage DV+ iMac — which was recalled! So I think I made the right decision. Any Blue Dalmatian diehard dogs out there?!!

By: Jonny

Jonny — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:44:03 +0000

What gives? How could you call having ot look through smoked plastic at all those ugly wires and crt stuff “beautiful”???

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:51:15 +0000

Brown Zune? Green glow!?

Has anyone ever inadvertently dropped a brown Zune in a public pool?

POOPY!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:37:25 +0000

Scott is right.

There was something fascinating about the way the color was impregnated in the plastic. A friend of mine described the manufacturing process to me. The details escape me now, but the effect was terrific.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:15:08 +0000

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (and all taste is subjective). How any iMac could ever be considered one the ugliest tech products ever, especially compared to the tasteless dreck put out by Dell/hp/Compac etc., is totally beyond me.

P.S. Don’t judge the FlowerPower/Dalmatian iMacs based on photos. They look totally different in person; kinda like the Bondi Blue color of the original iMac, pretty in person, but not very photogenic. I never owned one myself, but I was always intrigued by the manufacturing process; the images weren’t distorted as they went around bends – not easy to do.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:03:35 +0000

@zune scene

I have seen it, held it…I’ve had the full zune experience, and while I don’t know that I would call it the ugliest tech ever…it ain’t pretty.

And just for the record, putting a green glow on a brown item just reinforces the poop jokes.

By: thomas Hart

thomas Hart — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:50:40 +0000

I liked the Flower Power iMac, and had one for a number of years. On the other hand, I’m an aging hippie who still misses Jim Morrison.

By: zune scene

zune scene — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:45:45 +0000

The Zune has never been ugly. People that complain about it just see photos. The real brown Zune has a green glow to it and looks fantastic.