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My immediate response was this is straight up machine porn. But digging into the design of that machine really shows Jobs & company's design philosophy. It was
by 52-6F-62 9y ago
My immediate response was this is straight up machine porn.
But digging into the design of that machine really shows Jobs & company's design philosophy. It was unparalleled.
It looks like that machine came from a publishing or design shop— I'll probably share the video around the office— some of the people I work with saw that desktop publishing revolution when it was new.
And a weird part of me loves the size of the manuals
- wpietri 9y agoThey really did value design. Even at OS version 0.8, the thing was still so much prettier than the competition. The use of Display PostScript made everything so sharp. The dictionary and especially the full Shakespeare in nicely rendered fonts were great demos. The NeXT monitors were so pretty that Steelcase bought a bunch for catalog photos of their furniture. Eventually somebody said, "Well, maybe we should get some computers to go with these" and they became early NeXT users.