Apps :: Question re machines and optimizations
It leaves a lot to be desired aesthetically. The guy who put together the "beauty" obviously had a well thought-out plan and executed it very well.
I don't know what the beast/Wraith guy's original intentions were. Maybe he had the same intentions and vision in his mind as the guy who put together the "beauty," but it's just a less-skilled execution of it. Some people are more skilled at making things fit and look right; others just hack it together and only care that it works.
I have to admit, though, beast/Wraith has a kind of "Mad Max" (or is that "Mad Mac"?) appeal to it. As an avid Apple-hater, I have a sinister appreciation for it like that -- I've wanted to destroy some of the Macs I've owned. But the one area where I give Apple a lot of credit is on style and aesthetics, so it works both ways -- love-hate (with the love part being very twisted).
Actually I think it was SE30, not 90. It was one of the last of the all-in-one luttle Macs, with the little built in screen which I think(?) was possible to get in color, but standard was greyscale. Always wanted one when they were around but never had one. The oldest Macs are collector's items now.
I'm also ambivalent about Macs generally. But gotta admit - they always have style, and were always better to use for officey type things than Windows..
Style is great until you realize how Apple's quirky choices locked users in to Apple-only or Apple-approved hardware. And I don't mean their EULA, which is still far more restrictive than Microsoft's will ever be (Apple only lets you install their operating systems on their own hardware, etc.). Instead of using PCI buses like everyone else, they stupidly chose NuBus (my PPC is a NuBus Mac, it also has the funky AudioVision video connector that forbids me from using a VGA monitor without buying a cable from Apple, etc.). Apple is to be commended for physical and UI style, for their attention to things like ergonomics, for studying how people relate to data and molding their software so it's more intuitive (though I have an article from a 1991 PC magazine comparing intuitive experiences between Mac, OS/2, and Windows -- OS/2 won and Mac came in third). As a hardware vendor, though, Apple *bleeping* sucks.
http://lucky13.blogsavy.com/2007/03/13/maddox-rocks-mac-users-suck/
http://lucky13.blogsavy.com/2007/03/22/anti-mac-rant/
As for as office work, I think it's debatable. I can't argue that WYSIWYG desktop publishing was infinitely easier on Macs than on PCs with WordPerfect for DOS. WPWin and AmiPro (and Page Maker for Windows), though, brought WYSIWYG to the PC. I think I lost some amount of productivity when I stopped relying entirely on my WP (DOS) keystrokes and started paying more attention to what was actually on the monitor.
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