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> What is the obsessiveness with making ever thinner products? Comparing a thicker and thinner version of the same product, the thicker ones always seem more o
by mcphage 8y ago
> What is the obsessiveness with making ever thinner products?
Comparing a thicker and thinner version of the same product, the thicker ones always seem more old-fashioned. I still own my Titanium PowerBook, and when it was new it was so sleek I couldn’t believe it was real, and now it feels so thick and old I can barely believe how I used to feel about it.
- eecc 8y agoWell, that’s because consumers have grown to associate thickness to age, precisely because vendors have put a lot of effort in reducing it.