Since the first iMac debuted two years ago, Apple has sold 3.7 million of them. As some number cruncher in Cupertino likes to put it, that translates to 5,000 iMacs sold each day, 200 each hour, and 3.5 every minute. Telling numbers, to be sure, but we think we've found even more eye-popping sales statistics.
" You can now get a Mercedes or a BMW for the price of a Ford Taurus."
--Apple CEO Steve Jobs on the $799 iMac
Ruby, sage, indigo, and snow? Though it sounds like a lounge lizard butchering Simon and Garfunkel lyrics, it's actually the list of names that Apple has given the new iMac colors. If these were the names that made the final cut, you have to wonder what else might have been in the running.
Ruby (red)
Aorta
Bing cherry
Crimson
Bloody Mary
Clown nose
Sage (green)
Asparagus
Algae
Poison oak
Ragweed
Wormwood
Shamrock Shake
Indigo (blue)
Tap water
Blue Meanie
Smog
Windex
Denim
Kool-Aid
Snow (white)
Coconut
White zinfandel
Meringue
Cataract
Nondairy creamer
Spackle