BILL & HP copy APPLE Design

[fryke]

Please keep the Microsoft bashing at an acceptable level. We all know they do the ugly-stuff, but there's no reason to plot assassinations on our forum.

On topic: Accept that Mac users are the chosen few. 'They' don't have to see what we see. I don't care about someone thinking hp and Microsoft could do something really nice in the future, because I'm actually writing my stories and designing my graphics on a wonderfully (and functionally) designed machine that has an OS integration that Wintels will never reach (or not in time for my next book, anyway).

[adambyte]

Originally posted by fryke
On topic: Accept that Mac users are the chosen few.

lol. We're the "Chosen People!" I've always wanted to be Jewish! Some of my friends are Jews, and they're the funniest people I know!

I'm going to be the next Mel Brooks, now that I'm of the "Chosen" people!

[MisterMe]

Originally posted by adambyte
lol. We're the "Chosen People!" I've always wanted to be Jewish! Some of my friends are Jews, and they're the funniest people I know!

I'm going to be the next Mel Brooks, now that I'm of the "Chosen" people!

We are the chosen few, not the Chosen People, although some may be both. We are the chosen few because we have brains and aren't afraid to use them.

Nobody said that we were chosen by God. It is inappropriate to imply that we are chosen by God, or to misrepresent the words of others along those lines.

[KKBFiredancer]

"There was no intent to try and mimic Apple here," said Kim, HP's worldwide director of marketing for business desktop computers.



Yah. OOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook. Thats what Bill said when windows came out too.

[genehack]

whoa!
PEOPLE this is straight against APPLE,especially the Cube fraction,look:

[genehack]

They have no taste!(Jobs)

http://www.crackman.de/newtenlightme...nmicrosoft.mov

[Rhino_G3]

Originally posted by genehack
They have no taste!(Jobs)

http://www.crackman.de/newtenlightme...nmicrosoft.mov

Ha ha ha, that's good. It's definately a keeper.


On another note... Microsoft has done quite a bit of innovation on their own. Look at the Scroll wheel on the mouse. That right there is the product of microsoft.

As of this moment I'm using a microsoft mouse on my machine. Of course the case has been painted to match my machine and there is no microsoft logo in sight... but it's a Microsoft mouse none the less.

[monktus]

I had a look a the Apple Collection, there are some really interesting prototypes from Apple. They've always had a fantastic industrial design dept, especially with Jonathan Ive around. Unfortunately the Apple Collection site looks awful and they've included some lame photoshop jobs in with real prototypes.

As for the MS article, I think its a natural progression for them and PC design. Since the iMac, Apple have had a much greater influence on computer design, and product design in general. I don't think theres any need to be bitter about the whole thing. Comments like "we're not imitating Apple" seem a bit silly, but what else are they going to say!