Aesthetics

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Sat Jun 19 08:35:20 1999

Has anyone ever put together a list of handsomely designed computers?
Not great runners, not powerful, but just aesthetically pleasing? My
impression is that there probably are not all that many, and that the
first machines to exclude from such a list are the iMac grotesques.

I would offer just a very few for initial consideration:

Epson QX-10

Apricot

Honeywell DPS-6

Olivetti ETV-300

IBM PS/2 towers

I realise the possibilty for some very subjective judgements here, but it
strikes me as an interesting point of view in studying industrial design.

I can think of a number of machines I really like, some I don't, that are
really quite banal.
Received on Sat Jun 19 1999 - 08:35:20 BST