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The design is a bit tacky and has too many useless elements. The extra long thing next to where the SD card goes into. Why is there a slit there? Just to remind

The design is a bit tacky and has too many useless elements. The extra long thing next to where the SD card goes into. Why is there a slit there? Just to remind you of the old Apple II? It's not needed and Apple would never do that. That Apple logo on the front is nothing Apple would do. Lower left? nah. Apple would put one Apple logo on it. On the back. Maybe even none at all (look at the Mac Pro). The headphone jack seems perfect to pull the thing down right on it's screen. The blue glow on the back? really? Apple designs are about removing the bezel and letting the computer disappear and let the screen come out. This thing is like 60%-70% computer and 35% screen. This isn't a "facelift", it's a mock up of a design regression. This would never be something out of Cupertino.

wodenokoto 12y ago
> That Apple logo on the front is nothing Apple would do. Lower left? nah. If you look at the actual apple computer standing next to the mock-up, you'll see the nothing-Apple-would-do-lower-left logo. According to his biography, Steve Jobs added a handle to the original iMacs, not because he wanted people to carry them around, but because it made it less threatening to people who aren't used to computers. So adding things is part of Apple's design history. Anyway, the rest of the slit is a speaker, so while it is obviously there as a throw-back (the whole design is a throwback) it does serve some purpose.