WOW! It's hard to believe the design team thought the 520 was ugly. I think the 520 is a rather nice design. I have a 578 and prefer it over my 5400. . It's still an all-in-one like the Mac compacts but has a little bit bigger screen, color, and built-in cd-rom. I also like the speakers in front and the volume controls. The 5400 I have is just huge and doesn't seem to have a personality like the LC 578. Of course this is coming from a guy who likes the looks of the Imac G4.
Mac128 <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 02/12/2009 12:17 AM Please respond to [email protected] To Vintage Macs <vthe [email protected]> cc Subject Re: LC520 free for the cost of shipping He's welcomed to the ugliest Mac of them all! ;-) Seriously, the 520 began its life as a design exploration project following the completion of the Color Classic, to make a larger screened AIO Mac with a built-in CD-ROM, before anyone asked for it. Apple's Industrial Design Group (IDg) could not come up with a design anybody liked, so they took the final prototype (which everybody hated) and stuck it on a shelf never to see the light of day again. However, Sculley saw the finished Color Classic and declared the screen was too small. As part of his marketing strategy, he demanded a large screen AIO Mac be readied for market within 6 months. To meet the deadline, the engineering department literally took the 520 off the shelf and put it into production over the objections of the designers. So outraged and embarrassed by the release of their failed design prototype, they immediately began a re-design which would become the 5200. Just thought you'd want to know the background of what its designers considered the worst example of their work. As far as I know, IDg never before or after allowed a design to be brought to market that they did not officially approve. On Jan 27, 4:26 am, scootr5 <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry all, but Lonnie snagged the machine and whatever I had around > for it. Thanks for your interest! > > Scott > > On Jan 26, 7:07 am, scootr5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got an LC520 complete with all accessories (disk caddies, > > keyboard, mouse, software bundle). It powers up fine, but does not > > recognize the hard drive. I'd hate to just recycle it if someone can > > use it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
