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Ask HN: What are the best-designed products you've ever used?
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#12My first two Macs:
I was a long time Apple //e user and my Mac LCII with a //e card was a great combination of hardware and software with how the //e card could take advantage of the Mac hardware. I also had Soft AT to run my dos compilers for my CS class.
But I upgraded two years later to the Powermac 6100/60 with the 486 DX/2 DOS Compatibility Card. The integration wasn’t quite a slick but it worked pretty well.
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#13Kuhn Rikon Can Opener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcdoKOhKYbg
Seriously.
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#14Palm V
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#15Fleshlight
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#16Nintendo DS Lite.
The right size. Great battery life. More useful than the first iPhone. Great homebrew.
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#17- Maya
- Unreal Engine
- Microwave oven with just two knobs: one for "power" and one for "duration"
- Victorinox swiss army knife (I forgot which model it is but it's going strong for years and will probably last a few decades)
- Victorinox trifold wallet
- Audio Technica M50 series of headphones
- Teostra Timer android app for the game 'Monster Hunter 4 Unlimited'
- Not a single product but: Motorcycle. I haven't had as much fun with anything else.
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#182015 15" Macbook Pro. The screen size and resolution is perfect for coding and watching movies. Keyboard is super comfortable, the touchpad is the best of any laptop I've ever used. The physical size and weight of the laptop is hardly noticeable in my backpack. It integrates flawlessly with all my peripherals like a mechanical keyboard, mouse, external monitors, etc. macOS is also sleek and simple. The overall experi…
Agreed 100%
This might sound stupid, but another thing I really like is that the headphones jack connector is aligned with the Caps Lock key. When I take the laptop on my couch with headphones, I just look at the Caps Lock key to find the socket.
It might be random chance, but I think someone at Apple designed it this way. Saves me maybe half a second but it's thoroughly satisfying.
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#19BlackBerry Bold keyboard
Bold 9000, circa 2008. Hands down my favourite mobile keyboard ever. It's 2019 and I still cannot type on touchscreens properly, knowing that devices like that once existed and made typing a joy.
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#202013 MacBook Air - It went down first with the SW and then the HW. The common ground is easy to see.