From: not@telling.you.invalid
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On 20 Sep 2025 14:01:48 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:
>> I suppose they might look dull if you haven't been paying attention
>> to case design over the last 10+ years, but the point is they're
>> different to what currently exists in the market. And for a lot of
>> people who build PCs they're novel because they weren't born when
>> this design was last in vogue.
>
> It was *never* in any kind of "vogue". It was what the PC makers came
> up with because they didn't know any better. When Steve Jobs rejoined
> Apple and came up with the first iMacs and iBooks, that was when the
> rest of the PC industry woke up to the idea that, just maybe, it was
> time to put some decent industrial design into their products.
Gah, that's when they started with all the shiny polished plastic
finishes that I *hate*. Impractical computer equipment sold as
fashion accessories. I never bought it from Apple and I don't like
being forced to buy similar junk from every other company who are
stupidly cloning them now.
> Some of those early efforts were hilariously tasteless.
Thankfully the important things, the electronics, were deservedly
given more attention, such that they can even still be working 30
years later and save me buying more Apple-clone junk of today.
>> PS: the Morris Minor is now cool again now that everything is a
>> same-looking crossover/SUV.
>
> The Morris Minor is a horrible design to look at now.
>
> The timeless designs are the ones that combine looks with functional
> efficiency.
Right, nothing with that horrible fragile shiny finish that Apple
loves then. Efficiency doesn't mean replacing stuff every year just
because the case is all scratched, chipped and smudged.
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