I think arbitrariness is a good way to put it. Was in an era when full colour bitmap graphics were becoming effortless to draw on screen, so let’s make EVERYTH

I think arbitrariness is a good way to put it. Was in an era when full colour bitmap graphics were becoming effortless to draw on screen, so let’s make EVERYTHING a high res texture! That will prove how modern and powerful this machine is! But now, it’s less impressive so the sheen doesn’t sparkle as much. Where as maybe the older 1bit display of an old Mac isn’t trying to sell you anything thru UI fancyness. The fact that it’s not impressive technically is maybe less of an issue when it was obviously not the thing they wanted you to focus on.