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This pegged it: > The fundamental difference between the Mac and other personal computers is that the Macintosh is visually oriented rather than word oriente
by JasonFruit 13y ago
This pegged it:
> The fundamental difference between the Mac and other personal computers is that the Macintosh is visually oriented rather than word oriented.
That is the crux of what Apple brought to people with the Macintosh, why they love it, and why I wish it never existed.
- Tloewald 13y agoIt's not really visual vs. word it's recognize vs. memorize. If the mac had no icons but simply had text labels (which was pretty much Raskin's design) it would still have been revolutionary (modulo stolen from Xerox etc.)
- DerekL 13y agoCould you explain what you mean? What about the older systems do you prefer? Command shells, modes, on-screen text menus, key combinations, text-only or low-resolution displays? But I'd really like to know why you think that it'd be better if Macintosh never existed. Do you think that people would actually be happier with the older ways, and they just don't realize it? Or that most people really are happier, but they should be miserable? Or do you wish that most people didn't use computers at all?