The new iMac's out.

While the previous iMac was both sexy and innovative, emphasizing it's thinness and taking advantage of natural affordances such as a weighted base, what Apple's given us this time reads like an overweight flatpanel that's outgrown it's stand.

By placing all of the connectors in a row along the right-rear surface they've given it an inadvertant combover that interferes with tilt and mobility. No wonder they don't show it with attachments.

Apple missed an opportunity for a true innovation here centered on desktop vs. mobile usage: a Superdock that would connect everything to the desktop through a usable satellite station. Ideally it would include a charge and sync dock for your iPod, mobile phone and wireless mouse. Then throw in your data connectors but also add AC power, all with one elegant cable.

Don't you get the feeling that this design is all about reducing the manufacturing costs of the previous model?