Re: What GSE-Reactive Really Needs to Make

["Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On 17 Feb 2006 aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:

> >Lately, it seems more like "designer jeans".
> 
> I know very few people who use Mac.  In San Francisco,
> most people who own Mac's also wear designer shoes
> (no kidding)....  It isn't about function, it's about appearance.

Ironically that's a pretty superficial analysis. Almost every Mac user I
know (and I know a lot) is concerned primarily with ease-of-use and
reliability, both of which relate directly to function.
The idea that Macs are a status symbol is probably more a reflection of
Apple's marketing skills than reality. Of all the "well-to-do" people I
know, not a single one of them own a Mac.

> "art" in the case design.  The look of the OS.  They ignore
> the lack of software, because they dont USE their computers
> for anything...  It's just a nice looking box on the desk.

Lack of software? You must be joking. 

Anyway... (trying to steer things back on topic) I recall reading a while
back how the case design for the Apple II was chosen for its
"business-like" appearance which is fairly significant at a time when most
other home computers looked like props from Battlestar Galactica... 
-s

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