Hip-e All-In-One PC 413
stallard writes "Yahoo! News reports this story:
'In November, Digital Lifestyles Group Inc. plans to ship the
hip-e, a new Windows-based PC inspired by the iMac, specifically designed to cater to teenagers. It was Chairman and CEO Kent Savage's own experience after his son asked him for an iMac that led to the new all-in-one system's creation.'"
Specs? (Score:5, Insightful)
CPU?
Latest Intel processor: high performance, low power consumption, quiet, Intel Pentium-M System
Memory?
Plenty of memory capacity - up to 2GB
The configuration page [hip-e.com] only lets you add accessories and change the "skins" for the computer.
Vague specs and zero customability! hip-e, Fuck Yeah!
ripoff (Score:5, Insightful)
i can make a MUCH better computer for that price.
Penny wise... (Score:5, Insightful)
I've met other Windows users that were equal in thier utterly pathetic traction to the Windows platform.
$1699? (Score:1, Insightful)
Ick Ick Ick! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Specs? (Score:3, Insightful)
Talk about a pissed teenager (Score:5, Insightful)
Just imagine you'd asked your dad for an imac and instead of saying yes or no he's actually going to build something similar running windows?
Jeez, it's like wanting to have this really cool sneakers and your mom coming home with these crappy imitations that, at least to her, look just as cool and are so much cheaper. Bah.
LOL A PC can nevar evar be an iMac LOL!!! (Score:0, Insightful)
How much does an iMac cost? (Score:5, Insightful)
Once again, marketing drones fail to understand that 17 year olds are quite as stipud as you think they are, and when 40 year olds try to design for 17 year olds they often get it wrong.
They are the first ones that made one people buy (Score:5, Insightful)
So the "Hip-E" is indeed a copy of the iMac, in that you are assuming they are trying to copy a device that actually sells vs. one whose sales start out in the toilet with one hand on the handle.
How can it compete with this (Score:1, Insightful)
17in G5 iMac
- 512MB DDR400 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
- 160GB Serial ATA drive
- Bluetooth Module + Apple Wireless Keyboard & Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English
- 17-inch widescreen LCD
- 1.6GHz PowerPC G5
- Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra w/64MB video memory
Subtotal $1,573.00
Meanwhile a hip-e node:
Unknown CPU (probably slower)
Same RAM and Hard Drive
Same quality if not inferior other parts
Subtotal $1,699.00
Bottom line: more expensive and slower!
Yeah: an iMac (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:ripoff (Score:5, Insightful)
This is a laptop in drag. (Score:4, Insightful)
Very odd.
Re:How much does an iMac cost? (Score:3, Insightful)
Sure, but you're not really selling to 17 year olds, you're selling to 40-something year olds with 17 year old kids.
Not even for teenagers (Score:4, Insightful)
Actually, yes... (Score:5, Insightful)
You can run your PC software using Virtual PC - except for games, that's why you have consoles...
Re:Hip-e missed the point? (Score:5, Insightful)
Perhaps this is the point entirely. It's possible that they looked at the Mac and thought, "hey, these guys are selling stuff based on nothing more than cool factor, so let's design something that looks hip and cash in on the market."
If indeed that's what they were thinking--and judging from the price v. specs I'd say that was the case--they missed the whole point of the Mac, which is more than fancy hardware. It's also about all the rest of things that Mac users already know about, such as great hardware plug-and-play reliability, solid OS and software that makes the machine instantly useful even to newbies.
His kid lost out.
Re:Yes, only... (Score:3, Insightful)
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Re:Hip-e piramid? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Specs? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Specs? (Score:3, Insightful)
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