[aidos]

It’s incredible that Apple have pushed so hard on a misguided design aesthetic at the expense of practicality in recent years. I’m temporarily using shiny slim new MacBook...with a third party Franken-dongle-appendage hanging off the side so I can actually plug it in to anything. Not to mention the insanely loud and clumsy keyboard. Definitely looking forward to my old MacBook getting back from the apple repair shop.

[trimbo]

> misguided design aesthetic at the expense of practicality in recent years

That is not at all a recent thing.

Example: the first iMac mouse in 1998 was round. A casual observer might not realize how misguided this is until they try to use one for 5 seconds and can't keep it in the correct orientation.

Another example: dreadful charger cables that predictably break. It's been this way for at least a decade now.[2]

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_USB_Mouse

[2] - https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Apple-chargers-always-break/ans...

[wiredfool]

The hockey puck mice were actually better if you popped the colored panels off, so that there was a bit of shape to them