You're mixing up design and style. The Thinkpad was very well designed, in that it solved a problem well given a set of requirements and constraints. It was a w

You're mixing up design and style. The Thinkpad was very well designed, in that it solved a problem well given a set of requirements and constraints. It was a workhorse laptop meant for business travelers, not a consumer device like the iPhone. Both were well designed, but for different purposes.