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While it was garish its purpose was to stand out and attract attention so the the Mac wouldn't die. It worked. I think the toned down version of Aqua released
by joshmarinacci 4y ago
While it was garish its purpose was to stand out and attract attention so the the Mac wouldn't die. It worked. I think the toned down version of Aqua released only a couple of years later for Snow Leopard still looks pretty good today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Leopard#/media/File:Leopard_Desktop.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Leopard#/media/File:L...
- Rimintil 4y agoI always preferred the 'platform' for the Dock vs. the background we currently have. I do wish windows rolled up into a bar like MacOS Classic did it.
- another2another 4y agoLooking at that picture I'm reminded of how sursprised I was (still am!) that they used a picture of an actual bare Hard drive on the desktop to represent the internal disk. Surely hardly any users even knew what a hard drive looked like outside of the computer case, but there it is on the desktop, seemed like a very un-Apple thing to do.