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This reminds me of an anecdote where Jobs was arguing with an engineer about the look of the original Mac's internals: "I want it to be as beautiful as possibl
by jon914 16y ago
This reminds me of an anecdote where Jobs was arguing with an engineer about the look of the original Mac's internals:
"I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet, even though nobody's going to see it."
- btn 16y agoThe complete story for that anecdote can be found on folklore.org: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=PC_Board_Esthetics.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=PC_Board_Esthetic...
- sz 16y agoThat's actually one of the selling points for me. Something that elegant inside the case seems very unlikely to have questionable engineering behind it. My old Dell, on the other hand...