>Just a quick rant while I wait for another pot of coffee to brew. It seems a
>lot of people are talking about "form vs. function" and how it relates to
>apple products, (in particular, the g4 cube) When I first saw the cube I
>thought it was a wonder piece of engineering and industrial design. My
>problem with it is, WHY?
I have a hard time, too figuring out the market for the cube.
>Why make another novelty computer when you've shot yourself in the foot to
>adhere to a "matrix" of consumer & professional products. Apple is ignoring
>general market demand here to make something pretty.
Maybe the cube is a line of subcompact macs, in which case, the
portable sister will be a small G3 Duo ?
>
>Not not staying Apple should stop what they're doing or that the ibook,
>powerbook or cube are bad products. I just think some real development has
>to be done in these two areas to keep apple on the front line of computing
>trends instead of playing catch up all the time. Of course, that's just my
>$2.00 worth. Oops, coffee's ready. Hey, what do you guys think?
Apple has to keep the "coolness" factor going. The cibe is neat , but
I wouldnt buy one. They need to keep coming up the the designs like
Blue and White G3 (awesome case design).
Mad Dog
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