See:
http://www.slate.com/id/2303250/
Photos of early personal computers:
http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/intro
When a technology is just getting started, product designers do not know
what the machines should look like. They do not understand what the customer
I wrote:
It is symptomatic of early machines that the designers don't know what it
is they're trying to accomplish because they have no experience using the
machines. It is not their fault. They tend to go overboard and throw in all
sorts of features that are not called for. Early technology
Examples of elaborate and useless features in naval technology include:
Modern naval rams, which became popular in the late 19th century after the
Battle of Lissa (1866).
Cage masts, seen in battleships before Pearl Harbor. They were supposed to
let shells fly through without toppling the mast.
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