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If you've seen the new iMac color schemes, you know
they're different from all computer designs that have gone before
them. The big question isn't why Apple came up with Blue Dalmatian
and Flower Power, but what market they perceive for it.
However, indigo, graphite, Flower Power, and Blue Dalmatian
aren't the only iMacs coming off the assembly line. Every now and
then, through some miracle or disaster of plastic pattern mutation,
a flowered Dalmatian shows
up, like this sample recently unpacked at my local CompUSA
store.
The mutant iMac is apparently an aberration. To date, sources
have located less than a dozen of these rare models around the
world.
This is reminiscent of the philatelist's misprinted stamp or the
numismatist's mispressed coin - and prices will probably escalate
accordingly.
Expect to see these few floral puppies showing up on http://www.gadling.com/2008/02/01/best-prank-ever-stopping-time-at-grand-central-station/
soon.
As for the ruby slippers, after watching Judy Garland's life
story, we couldn't resist embellishing the image. The real flowered
Dalmatian doesn't have ruby feet.
- Anne Onymus
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flowered Dalmatian shows
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