Ugly Computers (Was: RE: Appropritate comic strip....)

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Fri Jan 11 16:53:43 2002

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> It's looking pretty certain that the Twentieth
> Anniversary Mac will be youngest Macintosh that
> will *ever* be in my collection...
>
> Lampintosh?
>
> Easily-Broken-In-Two-In-Tosh?
>
> Smackintosh? (what I want to do to it)

Well, first we had MacOS X, the revamp of NeXTstep. Then we had the G4
Cube, an obvious though modernized callback to the NeXT Cube design.
Now it's like they've tried to create something that's entirely
non-NeXT, at least asthetically. Basing the design on a white sphere
places it completely opposite the black cube of the NeXT.

So I'd call it the notaNeXTintosh, or maybe the anti-NeXT.

I think it's a moderately ugly design, but I asked my employer to get
me one as I'm curious (though I'm not curious enough to get one for
home). They're happy to oblige, so I'll get a chance to see how durably
the critter is constructed. It does seem like it'd be likely to get
broken.

-brian.
Received on Fri Jan 11 2002 - 16:53:43 GMT

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