[gwu78]

Instead of trying to make improvements to Apple's (or whoever's) stuff, let's stimulate consumer demand for great looking _enclosures_ for (small form factor) hardware. There should be a market for enclosures that look as good as Apple's (or whoever's). Note I said "as good as" not "just like".

Give consumers the option to mix and match enclosures with the cheap electronics that go inside and see what happens.

The growing market for RaspberryPi enclosures stands as proof that it is possible to have many different enclosures, made by third parties, for the same PCB. And that consumers will buy them.

I've long wondered why there should not be a wide variety of enclosures to choose from for various popular small form factor "development" boards. Would such enclosures sell? Why not? The growing number of third party Pi cases being sold is testing that assumption.

I'd even go so far as to guess that if you give consumers great looking enclosures to choose from, you will actually sell more development boards.