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Archive for January, 2007

How modern is the Apple Mac?

How modern is the Mac? [or any PC for that matter]
Recently I came across an advert for next computers in a 1989 edition of Byte magazine and thought how there were parallels with today’s Macintosh computers.

The advert proposes that the ‘NeXT’ Computer in the 90s will contain 7 of the ten breakthroughs. I will discuss […]

Mac .v. PC

Why is using a PC so much more frustrating than a Mac?
I must admit I feel that I am a little biased because I use a Mac as my personal home machine and I have done so since 1987 when I got my first 512k Mac.
However my preference is not because I am a blind […]

Is the PSP elegant?

I got a white PSP for Christmas. As I am a MacBook user I was pleased with the colour.
The PSP functions as expected and, on the whole, is well designed.

I think that with any hand held device there will be trade-offs between portability and usability.The best feature is the screen - clear and crisp. UMD […]

Elegance

via wikipedia.org
Elegance is the attribute of being unusually effective and simple. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness, particularly in the areas of visual design and decoration. Elegant things exhibit refined grace and dignified propriety.
Some westerners associate elegance with simplicity and consistency of design, focusing on the main or basic features of an […]

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