I do appreciate design, that's one of things that I really like about Apple. While it's almost universally agreed that Apple went too far with thinness over
everything else, I don't think that means their products can't still look beautiful in that generally minimalist style that is (and should remain) their signature.
I think the Studio is just plain looking - it's uninspired. As a MP 6,1 owner, and soon to be Studio owner, I remember those "can't innovate my ass" promo videos, and however one eventually felt about the 6,1, it certainly looked cool in that Apple way. However, the Studio, it's, well... fine. They didn't blow it, but they didn't blow me away either.
The internals OTOH, I'm super impressed. And cost is reasonable, and actually pretty fair for Apple prices. The Studio is a tremendously more powerful computer than the 6,1 for its day, and it starts $1,000 less than the 6,1 from 8 years ago, not even accounting for inflation (I think that probably says more about the 6,1 being way overpriced).
This folks is why we can't have nice things. Apple finally releases the a midrange to high end desktop and the complaints come because it's more about function. Looks fine. I'm more interested in specs, ports and cooling.
It is funny, but this is the internet after all... on a planet with over 7 billion people, there's
always going to be enough Mac users on this forum to make it
seem like lots of people are saying the same thing. As we all should know by now, literally no matter what Apple released, no matter what price, there are going to be disappointed folks.
How it sells will say a lot about how successful Apple was at figuring out their target market (and they might even discover that there are a lot of people who are going to buy this that
aren't in their so-called target market).
