This bubbles up every time one of these arguments appears, bear in mind industrial design around that point was heavily constrained by toolchains and what could

This bubbles up every time one of these arguments appears, bear in mind industrial design around that point was heavily constrained by toolchains and what could be manufactured. This does not give Apple a free pass, they could have picked different colour plastic, or different proportions or a dozen other things. Manufacturing has improved massively in 30 years, that's why the argument is about now and not then.