Quote:
Originally Posted by HansTWN
Apple products always excelled in good looking design, while usually lacking in features (see multitasking on the iphone, bluray on the Macs, and countless other examples).
|
Well, my opinion would be different on this one. I can see where you are coming from, though. Steve Job's has always carefully designed his products. He wants them to do one thing very well, and not to mess up the design with things that aren't necessary to his vision. So his first Mac's had small black and white screens for much the reason that eink screens are B/W today. At the time content wasn't in color, and color output (printers) was quite limited.
This was a reaction to the previous debut of the Lisa, that had everything, including a color screen, but that ended up pricing itself out of the market.
However, where it is part of the product vision the Mac has spent extra to provide peripherals that are necessary. Examples include the small 3.5" floppies, the first CD-Rom's, Firewire, and software such as iLife. Many of these innovations were consistent with the view of the Mac as a multi-media device. And those B/W displays may not have had color, but they were the only choice if you wanted a full screen GUI.
In fact, those who argue that Mac's are not premium priced usually base that on the fact that you have to add additional hardware to the bare bones PC in order to catch up to the Mac configuration.
Now, I don't know why there is not a good Blu-ray option, but I bet its not because Mac's are under-featured and has more to do with how Jobs has positioned the line.
MLH
(I don't own a Mac)