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I'm really nostalgic for the era of Apple computing and overall product design shown in the photos.

shortrounddev2 1y ago
What, you're not impressed by apple going with the same uninspired brushed aluminum macbook design 15 years in a row? What about the same beveled slab of black glass for the iPhone? Is that not innovative enough for you?
- sssilver 1y ago
  Have you seen any viable alternative idea that genuinely improves it?
  - shortrounddev2 1y ago
    Yeah going back 15 years to when laptops looked good
    - sssilver 1y ago
      Do you have a concrete example of a laptop from 15 years ago that in your view and experience had better design than the current generation MacBook Pro?
      - shortrounddev2 1y ago
        Any thinkpad
- refactor_master 1y ago
  How many mainstream laptops with innovative design are there really though?
  - shortrounddev2 1y ago
    Before Apple started going back to the well for 15 years straight, apple laptops were pretty cool and innovative
  - thewebguyd 1y ago
    There are (were?) other OEMs that at least tried stuff, although not as much anymore. Lenovo has the trackpoint on the keyboard, Microsoft tried a high powered detachable (Surface Book), Asus has that dual screen laptop thing, Lenovo tried the Yoga swivel display/tablet convertible, there's Framework.
- vFunct 1y ago
  Yah I wish Apple made laptops like those Windows laptops, with angular wedged plastic housing holding a barely functioning trackpad and 30 different USB-A ports with grills and 5 fans and all topped off by bright rainbow LEDs everywhere and of course an Intel-Inside sticker so you remember what kind of CPU you have in case you forgot. Maybe add a Dragon print on the cover as well? That would be so cool. I am also an adult.
  - 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
    > 30 USB ports > Dragon on the cover I already said I'm in
  - can16358p 1y ago
    You forgot the screen lid hinge that always breaks in an unacceptable time, either completely or getting to a point a slight vibration causing screen to shake because of loose hinges.
  - crinkly 1y ago
    Don’t forget the CoPilot key you accidentally hit that suddenly pops up a window after 2 minutes waiting saying there is a problem at the moment. And if it’s Dell, a built in rattle!
    - kcplate 1y ago
      > And if it’s Dell, a built in rattle! Best comment on HN today.
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  - shortrounddev2 1y ago
    Why do apple fanboys think of MORE ports and efficient cooling systems as a bad thing?
    - vFunct 1y ago

What, you're not impressed by apple going with the same uninspired brushed aluminum macbook design 15 years in a row? What about the same beveled slab of black glass for the iPhone? Is that not innovative enough for you?

sssilver 1y ago
Have you seen any viable alternative idea that genuinely improves it?
- shortrounddev2 1y ago
  Yeah going back 15 years to when laptops looked good
  - sssilver 1y ago
    Do you have a concrete example of a laptop from 15 years ago that in your view and experience had better design than the current generation MacBook Pro?
    - shortrounddev2 1y ago
      Any thinkpad
refactor_master 1y ago
How many mainstream laptops with innovative design are there really though?
- shortrounddev2 1y ago
  Before Apple started going back to the well for 15 years straight, apple laptops were pretty cool and innovative
- thewebguyd 1y ago
  There are (were?) other OEMs that at least tried stuff, although not as much anymore. Lenovo has the trackpoint on the keyboard, Microsoft tried a high powered detachable (Surface Book), Asus has that dual screen laptop thing, Lenovo tried the Yoga swivel display/tablet convertible, there's Framework.
vFunct 1y ago
Yah I wish Apple made laptops like those Windows laptops, with angular wedged plastic housing holding a barely functioning trackpad and 30 different USB-A ports with grills and 5 fans and all topped off by bright rainbow LEDs everywhere and of course an Intel-Inside sticker so you remember what kind of CPU you have in case you forgot. Maybe add a Dragon print on the cover as well? That would be so cool. I am also an adult.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
  > 30 USB ports > Dragon on the cover I already said I'm in
- can16358p 1y ago
  You forgot the screen lid hinge that always breaks in an unacceptable time, either completely or getting to a point a slight vibration causing screen to shake because of loose hinges.
- crinkly 1y ago
  Don’t forget the CoPilot key you accidentally hit that suddenly pops up a window after 2 minutes waiting saying there is a problem at the moment. And if it’s Dell, a built in rattle!
  - kcplate 1y ago
    > And if it’s Dell, a built in rattle! Best comment on HN today.
- deleted 1y ago
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- shortrounddev2 1y ago
  Why do apple fanboys think of MORE ports and efficient cooling systems as a bad thing?
  - vFunct 1y ago