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Tue 2009-05-19

The button

Filed under: — daniel @ 18:13

The non-profit I volunteer for got an iMac in the office. So lovely. Such clean design, spoilt only by the Post-It note someone had to put on the front of it to tell people to reach around the back to find the power button.

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5 Responses to “The button”

  1. Martin says:
    Wed 2009-05-20 at 11:00

    I like the way you have to stand them on a pile of phone books to get them to the right height. This I think typifies apple’s design philosophy, just like the post it note (if like me you think it is necesary).

  2. Philip says:
    Thu 2009-05-21 at 10:27

    Or you can put them on a desk.

  3. daniel says:
    Thu 2009-05-21 at 13:37

    Oh, I also like the way the USB sockets are nicely hidden around the back, presumably because they would also spoil the clean design. Obviously you wouldn’t want it to be quick and simple to plug in a USB stick.

  4. martin eisenstadt says:
    Tue 2009-05-26 at 11:46

    you can plug a usb stick into a usb slot on the keyboard.

  5. daniel says:
    Thu 2009-05-28 at 09:41

    It’s one of those compact Apple keyboards, which like the iMac itself, is so streamlined and smooth that I didn’t notice the USB sockets. Thanks!

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