05-06-2015, 03:22 PM
The aesthetics of a Mac is tremendously valuable to me but is far from the most important aspect. I love to use beautifully designed devices.
The efficiency of the design, however, is of greater importance. I love the design of the new Mac Pro, but would take a similarly equipped cheese grater -- with ports, etc. configured more closely to that design -- over the current Mac Pro without having to think twice, were it available.
For quite awhile now the design of the various Macs have been trending away from 'tool' and closer to appliance. That is much to the detriment of my desired uses. But truth be told, it could easily be argued that the combination of aesthetics and efficiency that were and are my ideal were no more than momentary happy circumstance along a trek toward inevitable appliancehood.
Apple hasn't moved far enough down that road for me to part ways with them, but I can see the off ramp from here.
The efficiency of the design, however, is of greater importance. I love the design of the new Mac Pro, but would take a similarly equipped cheese grater -- with ports, etc. configured more closely to that design -- over the current Mac Pro without having to think twice, were it available.
For quite awhile now the design of the various Macs have been trending away from 'tool' and closer to appliance. That is much to the detriment of my desired uses. But truth be told, it could easily be argued that the combination of aesthetics and efficiency that were and are my ideal were no more than momentary happy circumstance along a trek toward inevitable appliancehood.
Apple hasn't moved far enough down that road for me to part ways with them, but I can see the off ramp from here.