Roughly how long do iMacs last?

[dave_the_nerd]

I have few questions and id rather not start a new thread so here goes...
Recently while in Best Buy shopping I saw that Dell and a few others are selling all in one PCs. Did Apple invent the all in one PC?

No. I think Compaq did, but I don't remember. It was the 1970s and I wasn't born yet.

A quick google says the HP 9830 was the first, but there were so many blink-and-you'll-miss-it computer companies back then...

See also: Commodore PET. :awesome:

Second question....

I don't do cell phones nor do I own a cell phone but I see there are a lot of phones that look like they are trying to copy the iPhone......is this my imagination or not?

Yes and no. The iPhone built on what came before it, and added some nice features, a really good touch interface, and apple's ever-present slickness. Android phones (most of the other smartphones you're probably looking at) did the same thing, except what they're building on includes the iPhone. YMMV as to whether they've surpassed it.

But take away the color icons and the touch interface, and it's just a ripoff of PalmOS anyway. 😛

 

[BentValve]

Thanks Dave.

BTW I was born in Minneapolis and lived there thru my childhood, I hear you guys are having a nasty winter.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Ugh. Yes.