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Re:HelloSystem – OS with original Mac philosophy with a mode... by joshmarinacci on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @02:16PM (#34522831)
While it was garish its purpose was to stand out and attract attention so the the Mac wouldn't die. It worked. I think the toned down version of Aqua released only a couple of years later for Snow Leopard still looks pretty good today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Leopard#/media/File:L...

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Re:HelloSystem – OS with original Mac philosophy with a mode... by Rimintil on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:59PM (#34524106)
I always preferred the 'platform' for the Dock vs. the background we currently have.

I do wish windows rolled up into a bar like MacOS Classic did it.

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Re:HelloSystem – OS with original Mac philosophy with a mode... by another2another on Thursday January 26, 2023 @09:33AM (#34532019)
Looking at that picture I'm reminded of how sursprised I was (still am!) that they used a picture of an actual bare Hard drive on the desktop to represent the internal disk.

Surely hardly any users even knew what a hard drive looked like outside of the computer case, but there it is on the desktop, seemed like a very un-Apple thing to do.

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