With an emphasis on blue and the psychedelic, Apple has introduced Flower Power and Dalmatian. Apple's bold patterns are designed to represent the energy of the music revolution. The new colors are a preview of Apple's dedication to the digital lifestyle and today's digital music revolution. Inside Flower Power and Dalmatian, Apple has introduced new music and movie media features. For the first time in the iMac line, users will be able to rip, mix, and burn their own music CDs with iTunes software and the newly included CD-RW drive.
Users can create data CDs as well.
Each computer also sports two Universal Serial Bus ports. Criticism has been unleashed because of the conspicuously absent DVD-ROM drive. Apple is using the release of the new iMacs as an opportunity to increase the cost of its least expensive model. Although the new iMacs are both visually and functionally appealing, this price increase may not be a good move at the same time Compaq, Hewlett Packard, and Dell are all marketing systems in a choice of colors that offer the same power and functionality for less money. Only time will tell if fashion and technology together will entice the market to absorb the price increase and adopt a psychedelic tie-dye approach to the world of computing.