[lbo-talk] Jobs

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Nobody seems to be arguing with the fact that Apple machines are sturdier and that the O/S doesn't crash. But there is plenty of contempt for the fact that it's nice to look at. 

That bothers me. Beauty is not a problem. Aesthetic considerations are not necessarily superficial. 

??? 

Joanna 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> 
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 
Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 6:13:10 AM 
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Jobs 

On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Wojtek S wrote: 


> As to Doug's question about millions of people being fooled by Apple 
> marketing gimmicks 

That was not my point at all. I started using computers in 1971 - Fortran on a DEC PDP-11 and APL on an IBM 360. I did some programming - nothing fancy, but I know how these things work. But I can't be bothered anymore. I like the fact that Apple's stuff is elegant and easy to use. Yeah, they're brilliant marketers, but they also know how to make something that looks nice and works well. 

Doug 
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