It occurs to me that the whole thing was written as a joke, as Rob and Marcos have observed. Going through it point by point as Macalope has done shows each point to be way too lame to be serious.

In the ‘lope’s defense, I propose that quite possibly we are all getting a little hypersensitized of late. It isn’t hard to do. We who observe the tech-weenie blogosphere are constantly seeing the Apple/Macintosh funeral dirge being sung by its detractors. From where we sit, the whole world looks hostile. We’ve circled the wagons and we’re shooting everything that appears less than loyal.

I modestly suggest that the war is over. We won. It is now time to switch from angry zealotry to smugness. With the iPhone we will have the only truly functional home neural network on the planet.

It’s time to smile benignly at those teeming huddled masses yearning to operate a seamless wirelessly networked home with Windows(r), and say, “neener neener neener.”

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/pc_world_editor.html

Please, everyone, 10-reason lists are NOT funny.

Whether anyone else appreciates the humor is a matter of taste. Personally, I like humor that has me questioning the sanity of the author.

Huh? The power cord on the iMac is hard to pull out intentionally, let alone accidentally. I can’t imagine this “feature” would be on the wishlist of more than a handful of iMac owners.

Aside from that, you have my hearty endorsement for more USB ports. Seriously, all we get is 3 (on the 20″ model)? One of which goes to the keyboard? I have to run two external hubs just to plug in all my gear. Lame.

It’s not a question of FSJ being more interesting than RSJ. The real question is how many CEOs/companies are interesting enough to spawn their own widely-read fake blog? I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t picture myself tuning in daily to read Fake Steve Ballmer or Fake Michael Dell.

Jon: it’s iMac wish-list time indeed. Here are some of my ideas:

- integrated iPod dock right at the top, with a sweet trapdoor mechanism to keep dirt out
- colours ahoy
- angle-poise iMac stand kit for those who want to make their Mac float in space (Apple sold a separate swivel stand for the eMac so a stand kit would not be a first)
- modular hard drive bay(s) along the bottom, so it’s as easy to switch around as the MacBook … or even Mac Pro!?!
- a redesign which removes the chin and puts the power supply either in a brick like the Mini or in a bulge at the back of the display … preferably as a counterweight or attachment for said angle poise arm
- ingeniously cunning invisible until you touch them slots at both sides of the screen for add-on speakers (I’m thinking of the iPod accessory universe here, we want those for Macs too, right?)
- that iSight camera which is actually inside the display which the rumour sights go on about whenever they spot it in patent form; ie. eye-contact
- iPhone as tablet input device, so you can get the goodness of touchscreen in a form which better suits it
- Thinner, shinier, cleaner sharper curves … think of a 5G iPod compared to the click wheel generations and repeat the mantra: What Would Jon Ive Do If He Were Here Right Now? (For sure he’d make a Mac or two, that’s what Jon Ive would do.)

The sky’s the limit really. Which is why I just don’t believe in “perfect designs”. Like the end of history, they’re a contradiction in terms. Never discount innovation.

Make our jaws drop with a new iMac revolution, and then sucker punch us at Macworld 2008 with the MacBook nano. That’s my advice. I’m off to drool and cackle!