Re: Apple /// and it's beige color finish.

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article markhass@calweb.com writes...

>>   From: spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
>>maybe they'll just change the color scheme to black in future. ;)
> 
>bad idea. do you know what a black box is, amoung others places and uses
>they use them in india for baking bread. to fire them up all they do is 
>put out in the sun and they heat up to pizza baking temperatures.
>Black absorbs and retains heat, not good on electronic components.

    There are already several all black colored computers (brand-name
PC clones mostly), and don't forget that Macintosh Apple introduced a
few years back ("MacTV" was it?). I wouldn't see this as a problem, 
unless you used your computer exclusively outdoors in direct sunlight.
Come to think of it, almost all notebook computers I've seen are black
in color, aren't they?

    I heard that companies are starting to lean towards black as it 
blends in with most electronic home appliances (i.e. television set,
stereo, CD player, VCR, etc). Years ago biege was more a color to 
blend in around the home, in fact that was the reason Apple choose
biege for the II, II Plus, IIe, III and early Macs (late 70's, early
80's color scheme). Heh, my old Mach III joystick is the prefect
example of 70's color scheme: biege base, brown stick with orange
and brown buttons (yuk!). The same model from the late 80's was 
changed to platinum with grey buttons.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca