On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
> 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.
The new iMac is nothing new for Apple. In actuality, this is the final
realization of Jobs' product vision. There's a book that Apple put out in
the late 80s called something like "The First Ten Years" that shows all
sorts of prototype designs that were way too radical for the consumer back
then. The new Mac looks like it came right out of that book.
> 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.
I think it's incredibly bitchin' (as is/was the G4 Cube) and I can't wait
til they start showing up in thrift stores in ten years :)
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