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04/23/2008, 4:15pm, EDT

Wednesday, April 23rd

Fujitsu debuts iMac-like F/A50 desktop

Fujitsu has announced a new desktop system, the F/A50. The computer represents part of an increasing trend in the PC world, in which low-cost PCs by the likes of Gateway and Dell have attempted to reproduce the all-in-one design of Apple's famous iMac. Similarities in this case are extremely close, as the A50 features an identically-proportioned case, rear-mounted ports, and glowing indicator lights buried under plastic. The display is smaller however, measuring 16 inches, which limits it to 1366x768 resolution.

Inside the system uses a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo and a 250GB hard drive, with graphics supplied by an integrated X3100 chipset. Wireless technologies include Bluetooth and 802.11b/g; 2GB of RAM is installed by default, but this can be expanded to 4GB. Ports include five USB connections, an SD slot and a PC Card slot. The A50 goes on sale in Japan May 17th, and should be priced at approximately 180,000 yen ($1,752).


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not bad
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04/23, 4:32pm, EDT
the best looking attempt so far to copy the imac. still doesn't run osx tho
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fugly
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04/23, 4:55pm, EDT
Apple iMac has better processors, better graphic card, better design, and OSX at a lower price. Why would anyone be remotely interested in this fugly knockoff?
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Computer Names...
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04/23, 5:00pm, EDT
that sound like jet fighter names.
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hmpf
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04/23, 5:01pm, EDT
I don't like the two silver column stand, personally.
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i love lamp
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04/23, 5:20pm, EDT
it looks like a lampstand. crappy.
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keyboard
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04/23, 5:22pm, EDT
is that seriously as thin as they can get a keyboard.
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Not Economical
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04/23, 7:22pm, EDT
Tiny monitor, integrated video, slower processor and Windows, for nearly the same price as the 24" iMac 2.4? Good lord, who would buy this??
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But
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04/23, 7:38pm, EDT
I don't want to have to pay for Windows. If they offered a UNIX or Linux machine, I might consider it.
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jwpacker - the price
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04/23, 10:29pm, EDT
Keep in mind, that's Japan - they may be including tax, and things are often more expensive there.
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unix machine
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04/24, 8:57am, EDT
Mac OS X is unix.
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