I think perhaps James has missed the point. It's a case of perspective and he's read too much into it. Last time I looked up this site was called Hacker News,

I think perhaps James has missed the point. It's a case of perspective and he's read too much into it. Last time I looked up this site was called Hacker News, not Hipster Fashion Daily - or any other derivative you care to come up with. It's nice to have nice things, I don't think anybody here would disagree. It's really nice to have nice things that work really well, but when it comes to these kinds of objects and the primary readership of this site, computers are tools in 95% of situations. I think sacrificing function over form when you're talking about a tool is plain silly... it would be like trying to compare the pro's and con's of buying a ferrari over a pickup truck. They each have their target customer.