I just fail to see the importance of aesthetics in a machine. When I'm using a computer, I'm typically looking at the screen - reading things on it, or watching pretty graphics do things on it. I don't really care whether there is a glowing LED light on the back.
Maybe I am just too middle-class to really be able to spend hundreds of dollars more for "aesthetics."
It's funny how every time the subject of Mac vs. PC comes up, Mac supporters somehow manage to mention the fact that their computers are "elegant," "sleek," or bring up the little light on the outside.
I have two computers, desktop and laptop, both faster than this new Mac and I paid less than the cost of the MacBook for the both of them. They are uglier than hell, and you know what? I don't care! A computer is about the software and usage you get out of it - who cares how it looks!
The closest I get to being amused or pleased with the appearance of any computer I've had is the ridiculous case I've got for my desktop - it's an old Intergraph machine's case, and I was very amused to learn that the machine it originally housed cost $3,300 in 1998, and bragged in advertisements about its 32mb graphics card...
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I just fail to see the importance of aesthetics in a machine. When I'm using a computer, I'm typically looking at the screen - reading things on it, or watching pretty graphics do things on it. I don't really care whether there is a glowing LED light on the back. Maybe I am just too middle-class to really be able to spend hundreds of dollars more for "aesthetics."
It's funny how every time the subject of Mac vs. PC comes up, Mac supporters somehow manage to mention the fact that their computers are "elegant," "sleek," or bring up the little light on the outside. I have two computers, desktop and laptop, both faster than this new Mac and I paid less than the cost of the MacBook for the both of them. They are uglier than hell, and you know what? I don't care! A computer is about the software and usage you get out of it - who cares how it looks! The closest I get to being amused or pleased with the appearance of any computer I've had is the ridiculous case I've got for my desktop - it's an old Intergraph machine's case, and I was very amused to learn that the machine it originally housed cost $3,300 in 1998, and bragged in advertisements about its 32mb graphics card...