I hope Apple goes back to Frog Design, I think those designs had much more character. Also, if you make a design slimmer and slimmer, you're bound to end up with something flat and uninteresting. I also don't like the sharpness of the aluminum at the edges. The plastic designs were much more friendly, imho.
> you're bound to end up with something flat and uninteresting That's the ideal: a computer that gets out of the way. They've been wanting that since long before Steve died, too. Hence the iPad, literally just a screen. Or last year's iPad Pro, where they took the bezel away and there's even less screen, same for the MacBooks. The iMac must be the poster child: literally just a screen. The less device you see, and th…
Yeah, but what's Ive's role here? Isn't the miniaturization more due to electrical engineering efforts (placement/routing/PCB design), than to visual design efforts (making it look thinner than it actually is)?
> But plastic also chips and breaks.
Yes, and I think it gives a device more identity and character :)
> The plastic also didn't vent the computers' heat very well.
True! But Apple is known for their obsession of "form over function", so this is a curious aspect that goes against their principle.
> the edges shouldn't come into it anyway
Yes, that's a good point. But you can't always prevent that e.g. when traveling, or lying down, which is what laptops are made for.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my view because I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I liked Apple in the days of the Apple ][, but I absolutely despise their walled garden, and their assimilation of the supply chain. Design is absolutely secondary to all that.
