Residential lines shouldn't have trouble with the iMac's touchy internal modem, but those in multi-line environments may have problems. For a home computer, the iMac is very speedy, loading Internet pages and programs quickly and easily. The 4 GB hard drive may be a little small for some users, but again, this isn't a computer you'd use to develop software. It's not there. Apple believes floppies are going to go the way of the dodo in a few years, so the company left the floppy drive off the iMac.
Prognostication is fine, but there are still enough floppies around to warrant including the drive.
Sorry, but the iMac gets points off for the omission. IE 4.0 is the default Web browser, and it looks pretty cool on the iMac. The program was surprisingly responsive, and surfing the Net was easy and intuitive. Handy bookmark and search tabs are on the side of the window, and pop out about a third of the way when in use. I found myself wishing I had the Mac version IE on my NT workstation.