Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
by flenserboy on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:38PM
(#26975148)
With Ive it's not the specifics, it's the trend — always thinner, always shaving away functionality, always looking to subtract something without appearing to have consulted users. Compare this to the work of the designer Ive has taken many cues from — Rams went for simplicity, but always with an eye to functionality and a user-orientation. It's the latter that's missing from Ive's designs.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Did you miss the iMac announcement last week?
Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
by philistine on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:19PM
(#26977044)
It's not the specifics, it's the trend. The iMacs got thinner, sure, but the aggregate shows it is no longer their priority. The iPad Pro got thicker in the same event that unveiled the thinner iMacs. The iPhones have gotten thicker in recent years. My 2020 Macbook Air is still 2.8 pounds when ultralight PCs weigh only 2 pounds.
iPhones got thicker before Ive left. MacBook Airs got their first big refresh while Ive was still there and they were thicker.
They just reached a useful minimum, I don't think it has anything to do with Ive.