I owned a G4 Cube, I loved that machine. Unfortunately it got nuked in a lightning storm!
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Apple Designing More Functional Products Since Jony Ive's Departure, Argues Bloomberg Reporter
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I've never thought of SD as being permanent external storage. Too fragile. It is there for the convenience of popping it in. Whether its from a camera, or just has some data on it from another machine.
The new products generally have been great design-wise with a BIG exception and that's the new iMacs..I still can't believe how bad they look vs previous gen iMacs..HUGE bezel..removal of that beautiful Apple Logo..they just look like a prototype and I honestly can't believe they approved this design after generations and generations of amazing iMac designs by Jony Ive.
I also dislike design of Airpod Max..doesn't look pretty at all.but M1 iMac design is really shocking.
I also dislike design of Airpod Max..doesn't look pretty at all.but M1 iMac design is really shocking.
I agree with you, as a designer sometimes the client rejects ideas and forces you rethink them. Ultimately resulting in a better finished product. I always got the impression that Steve Jobs got the best out of Jony. I do wonder when Steve passed, if Apple just looked to Jony and never challenged him because they didn't have that relationship and hoped Jony would just do what he did.
So agree with you ;( apple will become (or already be) a company like the other , without the past feeling . Very good computer and product but without soul
They have just tried it with a new bold Safari redesign. How well did that go? 😋
How many times do you point your mouse backward toward you? I'm guessing fewer times than you charge it.
Or maybe not every product that Apple makes needs to look identical?
A blocky Apple Watch might look cool and match with their iPhones, but in real life, it would get caught on sleeves and would be an absolute pain while working out, and they probably realized this. And that’s why they decided to stick with the rounded off design.
Same with several of their other products. The AirPods case isn’t squared off, the HomePod isn’t squared off, the Apple TV remote has flat sides but has a rounded back.
Apple has never, ever had a fully uniform design, even during the Steve Jobs era.
Just pick a random year, let’s say… 2009.
The iPhones had black or white glossy back casings, whereas the iPods had colored stainless steel ones.
The MacBook Pro and iMac had a unibody design, but the white plastic MacBook and the Mac mini did not.
So yeah, just because some of Apple’s products have gotten more squared off over the past two years doesn’t mean that needs to happen with all of them.
... agrees everyone.
Apple's product design has improved since former design chief Jony Ive left the company in 2019, according to an opinion column by Bloomberg reporter Alex Webb.
Stating the obvious. Ives is a form over function guy to the point of train wreck status without Jobs.
Even with all the time we've had to get used to it, the M1 iMac is still shockingly bad when viewed next to the rest of the lineup.
Larger battery is in tension with another functionality - lightness. So thinner is functional and form. For me these laptops seems heavy. Everything is a trade off.
... he did, until Jobs died, and he realized he could get away with not having the ports. In the context of the time and where he was at the company, leaving out ports wasn't something he could have done no matter how much he wanted to.
When its was 'all Ives' ... the ports went "POOF"!
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and quite usefull.
Ideally we'll see an SD-microSD adapter that is flush with the edge of teh Mac, as was avaiable a while ago when SD slots still existed. This allowed having a microSD card inserted all the time without risk of damage. Very useful to the backup to it with CCC and QRecall so if you have an SSD failure or mess up a document you still have a backup. With SD card sizes now even a Time Machine backup is feasible.
I think there is a lot of hate going on about Jony and I know that I don't care for many of Apples latest designs that he was involved with. With that being said, I think him and the rest of the design team were doing some amazing stuff before Jobs even came back. Apple had already begun working on the translucent plastic styles and the there is no doubt in my mind that the iMac saved Apple. Steve Jobs gets a lot of praise for getting Apple functioning again but Ives and the rest of the design team were just as crucial.
And in other news, bear poops in the woods.
While I may not agree with all their choices (SD card is of minimal value, HDMI should have been 2.0, and the notch is just stupid), others make a ton of sense (real keys, performance, battery life). On balance? Heck of a lot closer to optimal than it's been since we got the 'thin and light exclusive to everything else' design.
While I may not agree with all their choices (SD card is of minimal value, HDMI should have been 2.0, and the notch is just stupid), others make a ton of sense (real keys, performance, battery life). On balance? Heck of a lot closer to optimal than it's been since we got the 'thin and light exclusive to everything else' design.
There are MicroSD adapters for Macbooks that are completely flush. I used one as a media drive in my 2012 cMBP for 8 years until I sold the machine recently. Cards keep getting bigger and cheaper until my last card was a 256GB for under $40.
Jony Ive Was Involved in the New M1 iMac Design, Despite Leaving Apple in 2019
Despite leaving the company in 2019, Apple's former chief design officer, Jony Ive, helped design the new 24-inch iMac, according to an excerpt...
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You mean the notch they didn't put on the iPad, iMac, Watch or Display & analysts say will be gone from the iPhone in a few years. The only reason a notch was added the new MacBook Pros was the maximise the available screen area. Specifically adding extra on top to accommodate and laying the the ground work for future FaceID implementation. Once they hide the notch on the phone expect the MacBook to follow suit in an all new model in 3-5 years. The notion that the most known brand on earth needs gimmicks the be recognised is ridiculous.
I’m loving the undoing of all the Less that Apple added over the past 10 years or so…less thickness each year, less ports each year, less keyboard action…which too often resulted in less functionality.
Hoping Apple soon next undoes all the Less they added to the software interfaces!!
Go Apple!
Go (stay) away Jony!
Hoping Apple soon next undoes all the Less they added to the software interfaces!!
Go Apple!
Go (stay) away Jony!
I think the idea is a different one: to bring macOS and iPadOS/iOS together over the next years, the Mac needs to lose the menubar entirely. I really think that the goal is in the end one operating system on all devices (technically it always has been the same OS, just with different UI kits). And the first step has been done: the menubar is not in the regular screen area anymore.
Yes, yes, yes.Good Riddance Jony Ive.
I f---ing hate this mouse design. I mean what idiot came up with a design that doesn't allow you to use the product while it's charging?