Posted in Computers, Design on February 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
Q. How much does Apple Inc. care about design?
A. A great deal if you look at their products.
To show how far Apple Inc. care about design I have put together two pictures of laptop computers from Apple and from HP. These pictures are of the underside of the laptop. Let me stress that again, ‘the […]
Posted in Communication, Computers, General, Design on February 14th, 2007 No Comments »
When you look at Apple’s web site every day as I do its easy to forget how the design has changed over the months and years. I came across a great web site that allows anyone to browse an archive of a web site as far back as 1996.
You can access the site here.
I looked […]
Posted in Computers on January 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
I think I know where Apple gets some of inspiration.
Being a fan of Apple and Bang & Olufsen I have noticed some similarities in their design solutions. This is even more interesting when you consider that B&O were first to market with their designs.
First - Take a look at this image from the Apple site […]
Posted in Gadgets, Communication, Computers on January 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Yet again Apple has revolutionized the consumer electronics industry.
Today, in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the iPhone which is three devices in one. Having used mobile phones and smart phones for many years the demonstrations on the Apple website show just how well thought out this device is.
First it’s a wide-screen iPod that starts at 4Gb […]
Posted in Computers on January 7th, 2007 7 Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Computers on January 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Computers on January 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Computers on August 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
Summary
Apple has refined its entry level laptop, the MacBook, over and above the iBook G4.
Apple’s latest laptop, the MacBook, is a triumph of design. This laptop incorporates all the necessary design features needed to support today’s home and professional users. The technical abilities of this machine are a given and are discussed elsewhere. As ever […]