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The aesthetics mainly. HomePods, for all their flaws, are very decent speakers in a small footprint. They blend in and are very minimalist, in my opinion, and
by ctvo 6y ago
The aesthetics mainly.
HomePods, for all their flaws, are very decent speakers in a small footprint. They blend in and are very minimalist, in my opinion, and that's important to me.
- semi-extrinsic 6y agoDepends on your taste, I guess. For me this is quite minimalist: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41A-xmDb8nL._AC_SY400_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41A-xmDb8nL...
- count 6y agoYes, it depends on taste. Those are just boxes...
- reaperducer 6y agoThey look like the sort of pack-in speakers you got free with a Packard Bell computer in 1993.
- mlavin 6y agoThey look like reasonable bookcase speakers to me, not enough hard gray plastic with yellowing from heat to be vintage OEM like these: https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/Bi0AAOSw5cRZICJN/$_86.JPG https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/Bi0AAOSw5cRZICJN/$...
- zrobotics 6y agoNot to dogpile, but do you remember the 90s? In 1993, computer hardware that wasn't SGI wasn't allowed to be any color besides Beige, to the point that in the late 90s having a black PC was a design trend instead of the default.
- reaperducer 6y agodo you remember the 90s? I do remember the 90's. I wasn't a fan of it. computer hardware that wasn't SGI wasn't allowed to be any color besides Beige I used to dream about one day pounding away on SGI gear. I eventually (early/mid-2000's) got moved to an office with meteorologists that had Indigos and Octanes, and I think Irisseseses. Blue was awesome. But then they all got replaced by generic Dell machines. Ick. I remember back before all computers looked the same. Back when keyboards were vastly different between models, and would have blue or red or brown or very rarely green keys. Standardization? That was for the Telex at work. Computers were going to free us from that tyranny. Except they didn't.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoIf what you really want from your computing experience is freedom in the form of a colorful keyboard, there's options out there for you. Perhaps you would like to start with some cute pastels? https://thekey.company/products/dsa-magic-girl-keycaps-round-2 https://thekey.company/products/dsa-magic-girl-keycaps-round...
- FireBeyond 6y ago> computer hardware that wasn't SGI wasn't allowed to be any color besides Beige Not true. Digital (DEC) PCs were "almost white" (maybe stightly off-white but still approaching a cream, not beige). Hard to find a picture that shows this without having aged but this does a good job: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/68/16/product-96816.jpg https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/68... Note the marked difference between the beige floppy drive and the case. Also: https://www.speedhelp.net/Bilder/Computer/ISA/P1/digital_venturis_fx_5133.jpg https://www.speedhelp.net/Bilder/Computer/ISA/P1/digital_ven...
- saagarjha 6y agoThat seems pretty not white to me.
- askafriend 6y agoI personally would not want these monstrosities anywhere in my house.
- turtlebits 6y agoThere is a reason they call those "bookshelf" speakers. No great place you can put them outside of an office or a dedicated space you can give them enough separation.
- reaperducer 6y agofor all their flaws, are very decent speakers in a small footprint This is an understatement. I bought one just yesterday, and was very very surprised by how small it is. It just blends in unobtrusively with the room. It's like it's not even there. A pretty good step on the route to making computers blend in with the world. If you're a tech nerd who is OK with wires and blinking lights all over your home, this won't be important to you. But if you are someone, or live with someone, for whom the aesthetics of your home are important, this is a very important feature.
- tyre 6y agoI'm six months into owning one and am still blow away by the quality of the sound. And yes, the aesthetics. It just looks good. Actively good.