[jcadam]

It was the start of Apple's long tradition of form over function.

[scarface74]

How has Apple survived over 40 years if it were just about form over function while most of its contemporaries over the years have disappeared?

[cmrdporcupine]

Arguably it's not the same Apple. I don't see a lot of continuity in approach between the company that brought us the Apple IIe and the company that makes the iPhone.

[scarface74]

Both the company that brought the Apple //e and the company that brought the world the iPhone had Steve Jobs in charge and very much went for vertical integration.